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5 Signs You're Building Muscle (Even When the Mirror Says Otherwise) | Ep 435
You're training consistently, eating enough protein, doing everything you're supposed to, but when you look in the mirror or step on the scale, nothing seems to be changing.
Or worse, you look softer than last week. What's going on?
The mirror and scale are terrible short-term indicators of muscle growth.
They're influenced by glycogen levels, water retention, inflammation, and your nervous system, none of which reflect actual changes in muscle or fat tissue. If you're judging progress by how you looked this morning vs. last week, you're setting yourself up for frustration and bad decisions…
The skinny
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