TweetSTEP #1
AVOID This Insulin Sensitivity Trap
(and store MORE muscle glycogen)
If your muscle cells are more sensitive to insulin, you’re going to pull more nutrients, glucose and other growth factors into your cells. And that means you'll add mass faster.
But what if the modern meal structure promoted by most muscle growth experts actually suppresses insulin sensitivity right when you need it most? What if there was a better way to increase insulin sensitivity and accelerate muscle growth after a workout?
Well that’s exactly what research published in the Journal of Applied Physiology would suggest. Researches found that the typical "6 small meals per day" structure resulted in a WORSE metabolic status, indicating muscle growth would likely be slower.
Instead, when these scientists shifted the study subjects to a meal structure that was closer to how our ancestors ate, their insulin sensitivity increased along with whole body glucose uptake and overall fat burning. In other words, these dudes got leaner and bigger!
So what does this “evolutionary” meal structure look like? Basically, these guys would eat very little during the day as they hunted their food, and then dig into a huge feast at night.
Why does this work for modern muscle freaks? The fasting period during the day is all about burning fat. Then late day workout nutrition is about being anti-catabolic. Finally, the evening feast is about going hyper-anabolic and triggering insane muscle growth.
And in case you missed it, this style of eating, which I show you in detail on the next page, actually makes you leaner and bigger at the same time!
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