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  • richardgavel
    richardgavel Posts: 1,001 Member
    ythannah wrote: »
    richardgavel wrote: »
    Theoldguy1 wrote: »
    Mellouk89 wrote: »
    Can you even build substantial muscle mass with manual labor?

    I've worked pretty tough jobs, none of the people I worked with were particularly buff. Unless they did some type of training on the side.

    You can build muscle with manual labor jobs. The "buff" part is how lean they look and that has to do with diet/excess calories.

    Bricklayers. roofers, landscapers, farmers. Many of these jobs build muscle.

    But doesn't that ignore the fact that to build muscle you have to progressively continue to increase the amount of weight? The bricks don't get heavier.

    So what happens if you stop increasing the weight and just keep lifting the same weight? Do you lose muscle or do you maintain it?

    I'm guessing the manual labourers achieve a certain level of "buff" and then just stay there, if nothing changes.

    It is possible to lose lean mass, as many of us have unfortunately found, under the right conditions. Too large of a deficit, not enough protein, and the body will break down some muscle for energy. I believe this is true even if you weight train as it will break down more lean mass than it builds.
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