Just How Long Does it Take to Build Muscle Mass? (Part 2) :

👉 Just How Long Does it Take to Build Muscle Mass? (Part 1)

Just How Long Does it Take to Build Muscle Mass? (Part 2) :

Everybody has a limit as to how big your muscles can grow, this also known as the adaptation ceiling in bodybuilding speaks. This simply means that once your muscles has reached its fullest potential, the muscle growth tends to slow down. Your body recognizes that it's about to reach its limit so no matter how hard your work, your muscles will "slow down" its growth.

Bodybuilders tend to gain fat during their muscle building program because food is the fuel for muscle growth. Body fat acts as a buffer for you to gain muscles instead of losing them. This is the reason why fat people tend to show more progress in muscle definition than leaner people. Ectomorphs tend to lose muscles while trying to gain a couple. It could be psychological and the argument behind may be that they don't want to gain the fat back by not eating the necessary amount of food, is that right?

Hormones play an important role as well. testosterone (male muscle building hormones) influences muscle growth, so if testosterone level is low, you may find it difficult to build muscle mass fast. Maybe that's why men have bigger muscles than women.

Your genetic make-up, diet and muscle building program is the key to building muscle mass.