Protein & Calories

Laws of thermodynamics, the only way the human body grows is through converting food into mass. Without enough food, no mass can be grown.

>>35581661
Protein builds muscle but calories give you the energy to lift heavy and they also support muscle growth.
Protein intake is determined by your body weight and calories are about how active you are.

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Protein isn't the only thing that has nutrients

>>35581661
>13%
>5%

>>35581661
Because that's just how the metabolism works. Growing muscle is not the only purpose of a human, he also needs to stay alive, which is pretty major.

5% lol

jesus christ that image is such a lie

13->5%

kek

>>35581661
are you over 18?
I don't know why this makes me so mad
to make it super fucking simple
calories are needed for you to live
protein is needed for most bodily functions
yeah, protein is found in muscle
when you eat a fucking slice of meat it doesn't go right into your blood stream and then slaps itself on your muscle
that's fucking retarded
it gets broken down the same way everything else does in your stomach

>>35581661
because you're dumb and overall calories means more energy

you need energy to store fat or to make muscle

protein is essential, but it's like having enough oil but no fuel.

Drunk anon out.

>>35581661
he needs to add like 5-7% to those bf %

>>35583714
f'real

>>35583589
>not taking into account his obvious lack of legs

>>35581661
Chemical reactions within the body.
Most of which involve heat or energy transference of some sort.
>Ok nutrients are in the stomach ready to be absorbed
>Well how do we absorb them?
>Oh let's you some of our fat as energy and than replace it with calories Anon ingested!
>Ok nutrients are absorbed, how do we get them to the muscle?
>Let's use a little more energy to keep the heart running a little faster than usual! that will push nutrients faster.
There are reasons why you have an increased heart rate for a few hours after working out.
It exist to push nutrients enriched cells to the damaged muscle/bone asap.
This just requires energy.
The reason you need to keep a basic layer of fat on your body is because of the bodies ability to use that energy on the spot.
If you had absolutely zero fat you would have died the first moment you forgot to eat.
That of course is implying you wouldn't have become sick with anemia or some other disorder first.

>>35583927
even then this dude wouldn't be even close to 5%.

That competition level shit. He's maybe, MAYBE 11-12% in the after photo.

>>35583980
Sub 10% not by much
In 1st picture he is off by about 1% abs start forming at 14% you can see them and his rib cage is becoming visible.
Second picture obvious definition, ribs obviously visible at this point.
Would imply he has gone past the state where abs become defined.
So safe to say right under 10%

>>35581661
you need to be in a caloric surplus in order to build decent amounts of muscle, if you dont get enough carbs and fats, you'll just be chilling in a caloric deficit and wont build as much muscle