JJ Virgin
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You could just stop. So I will say in 40 years of helping people put on muscle, I've never had someone get too big. Never. It's never happened. Muscles, metabolic spanks, it holds everything in tighter. It helps you burn fat. It helps you become more insulin sensitive, along with a whole host of other things. The only time I've had people get too bulky is when they're not lifting weights, right?
You could just stop. So I will say in 40 years of helping people put on muscle, I've never had someone get too big. Never. It's never happened. Muscles, metabolic spanks, it holds everything in tighter. It helps you burn fat. It helps you become more insulin sensitive, along with a whole host of other things. The only time I've had people get too bulky is when they're not lifting weights, right?
Right. They're not eating their protein. They're not lifting weights. They're sitting on the couch. You want to get big, sit on the couch. Yeah, right. That's how you can get big. It's not going to be you at the gym. Trust me.
Right. They're not eating their protein. They're not lifting weights. They're sitting on the couch. You want to get big, sit on the couch. Yeah, right. That's how you can get big. It's not going to be you at the gym. Trust me.
It takes a ton. When I decided, you know, to get super fired up for 60 and to prove a point, I was so sick of hearing this like, you know, it's a downhill slide. I'm like, all right, well, what if it's not? I thought, you know, I'm going to get in the best shape of my life for 60. I hadn't done a DEXA body scan since 39. And so I actually trained for it.
It takes a ton. When I decided, you know, to get super fired up for 60 and to prove a point, I was so sick of hearing this like, you know, it's a downhill slide. I'm like, all right, well, what if it's not? I thought, you know, I'm going to get in the best shape of my life for 60. I hadn't done a DEXA body scan since 39. And so I actually trained for it.
I upped my calories because I was like, if you really want to focus on putting on muscle, if it's your number one goal, you're better off just doing that, upping your calories, not a ton, but some, and doing that. And I literally did. It was a little bit of a mental game because I was like, all right, you're doing this on purpose, right?
I upped my calories because I was like, if you really want to focus on putting on muscle, if it's your number one goal, you're better off just doing that, upping your calories, not a ton, but some, and doing that. And I literally did. It was a little bit of a mental game because I was like, all right, you're doing this on purpose, right?
But I went in and my DEXA scan at 39 and at 59 were exactly the same. Same muscle, same fat-free mass, same fat mass, same weight. And then I knew what I'd been in my 20s. And because I put this on, I now ripped down. I did a cutting phase and went straight down to where I'd been in my 20s. But the cool thing is I'm actually stronger than I was in my 20s. Wow. And so it's possible.
But I went in and my DEXA scan at 39 and at 59 were exactly the same. Same muscle, same fat-free mass, same fat mass, same weight. And then I knew what I'd been in my 20s. And because I put this on, I now ripped down. I did a cutting phase and went straight down to where I'd been in my 20s. But the cool thing is I'm actually stronger than I was in my 20s. Wow. And so it's possible.
Like it is possible to do these things. Well, plus in my 20s, I wasn't taking creatine. I wasn't taking MitoPure. Like there's all sorts of things. I wasn't doing the level of protein that I'm doing. So I was like going, all right, I know so much more now. than I did then. I mean, I was afraid to take creatine back then because the bros did it.
Like it is possible to do these things. Well, plus in my 20s, I wasn't taking creatine. I wasn't taking MitoPure. Like there's all sorts of things. I wasn't doing the level of protein that I'm doing. So I was like going, all right, I know so much more now. than I did then. I mean, I was afraid to take creatine back then because the bros did it.
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So women have less muscle mass than men. Duh, right? And when you look at creatine, we basically make about a gram a day from eating protein, from getting essential amino acids, right? And then we are going to also ingest creatine from meat or seafood every day. However, We have about 100 to 140 grams of creatine in our body.
So women have less muscle mass than men. Duh, right? And when you look at creatine, we basically make about a gram a day from eating protein, from getting essential amino acids, right? And then we are going to also ingest creatine from meat or seafood every day. However, We have about 100 to 140 grams of creatine in our body.
And we need to take in, we need to make at least a gram a day and take in a gram or two every day from diet. Now, women have less creatine stores than men because we have less muscle mass than men. We store creatine mostly in our muscle, a little bit in our gonads. We don't have those either. And a little bit in our brain.
And we need to take in, we need to make at least a gram a day and take in a gram or two every day from diet. Now, women have less creatine stores than men because we have less muscle mass than men. We store creatine mostly in our muscle, a little bit in our gonads. We don't have those either. And a little bit in our brain.