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How do I become stronger? (physically) (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I visit my boxing gym every three days. I work there until I'm sweaty as heck. But I'm not gaining enough volume. I think my fat is inhibiting my muscle growth. But at least I'm improving my technique, and can notice performance increases.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

There can be multiple factors

Consistent muscle stress, not enough to cause pain, but enough to encourage growth. Ensure your doing just enough exercise to get to technical failure then stop.
Sleep
Stress
Adequate high quality protein, check the diaas score, but animal protein is best
Too much sugar in the diet, which messes with insulin
Mixing fat and carbohydrates, which causes inflammation

Basically the body needs to be in balance to build muscles.

Don't worry about hypertrophy. Use something like grip strength to track your progress, not muscle bulges.