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your body uses protein structurally as building blocks or functionally as enzymes. Strength training tears the muscles, which causes them to be rebuilt. Your body needs adequate protein to do that. Proteins are made from amino acids, since the body can‘t synthezise all of them some have to come from eating. That‘s why your protein sources should be diverse
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It’s only a little helpful if you’re already eating a balanced diet with some protein sources in each meal. Below are some better priorities. Most people haven’t tackled these bigger opportunities yet.
- Muscle: Make sure to do higher weights/resistances and incrementally increase this weight.
- Cardio: Make sure to push yourself and do higher intensity work and incrementally increase how often you do this.
- Weight loss: Make sure to eat fewer calories, which typically is easiest by eating more filling less calorie dense foods.
- Significant muscle mass gain: Make sure to gain weight. Depending on your activity level and amount of time spent eating, you may or may not need to eat less filling and more calorie dense foods.
- Mood/Mind: Make sure to get enough sleep, on average 8 hours is optimum for performance.
- Mood/Mind: Do more cardio. Cardio seems to positively affect pretty much every aspect of health.
- Mood/Mind: Make sure that you’re at a healthy weight. Not being overweight seems to positively affect pretty much every aspect of health.
- Mood/Mind: Eat a healthy diet, which should include a variety of types of food, including carbs, fats, proteins, green vegetables, fiber, etc. As a rule of thumb whole foods are usually more healthy than alternatives.
- Injury avoidance: Make sure to practice and prioritize proper form.
- Injury avoidance: Don’t neglect rest days.
- Injury avoidance: Try to improve slowly and consistently rather than make large changes all at once.
- For everything: Be consistent.