How to Build Muscle with Insulin and Not Gain Weight

Hello Dear One!

Now most of us are well aware of the belly fat packing prowess that Insulin boasts – but what’s this about muscle??

Insulin is a hormone that is considered ANABOLIC = BUILDING.

And along with it’s ability to build FAT, it is also REALLY GOOD at building muscle.

If you’re familiar at all with body builders and their seasonal cycles of, “BULKING” = higher levels of insulin and fat in/on their body, and then, “CUTTING” = lower levels of insulin and fat in/on their body.

 

But what’s SUPER COOL is that in order to USE Insulin specifically for muscle growth:

A). You don’t need to be Muscle Head or professional Gym Rat

B) OR deal with the long periods of lifestyle shifting AND weight gain 

Couple things.

High levels of Insulin build Muscle as WELL as store Fat EASILY.

Low levels of Insulin don’t build Muscle as well, and release Fat EASILY.

So what happens if you want both?

What happens if you want to build muscle AND BURN FAT??

What you can do is aim to make your Insulin HIGHER specifically around your MUSCLE BUILDING sessions.

Ie: STRENUOUS glycogen depleting strength training sessions.

And when you do so you’ll get the best of both worlds.

Glycogen = stored glucose.

Our bodies aim to keep 80-100mg in our blood stream.

When we go past that threshold Insulin is released aiming to move it ELSEWHERE.

First place it’ll look is our muscles, then our liver, then to adipose (FAT) tissue.

So if the first two spots are already full to the brim…fatter fat cells it is!

BUT if we make a point to strategically DEPLETE our glycogen reserves then we actually have a USEFUL place to put glucose WHILE building BIGGER and STRONGER muscles!

Additionally as far as Insulin’s prowess for muscle growth it also:

– stimulates protein synthesis
– inhibits muscle breakdown

Ok, so how does this work for people who want to BURN fat as well, and for Fat Burners who characteristically eat less carbs and also have less insulin in their system overall??

Keeping Insulin LOW through majority of day, or ALL day if you’re not doing a strenuous muscle building workout.

But when you DO aim to hit the weights and work your body have more carbs AFTER.

This is perfect for Fat Burners as we can easily coordinate strength training workouts with our CARB FEASTS.

Or if you’re NOT 100% in a Fat Burning space, but still aim to keep your diet lower carb typically – simply have more carbs after your weight workouts, and less on other days.

Additionally as a Fat Burner (who’s body is set up to be muscle sparing as well as recycle protein, by the by) eating more protein in general (ahem, which we push) would be additionally helpful in this effort.

And with this tactic – having your carb feast (more carbs) after your weight workouts, and having more protein in general (.7-1g/lb of bodyweight), as well as prioritizing sleep

This way of eating may be just as effective as a higher carb diet for muscle building (but probably NOT MORE).

So there you are.

Another way to literally have your cake and eat it (after your weight workout) too.

And if you’d like to get into a Fat Burning mode where losing fat is easy due to INSULIN being low, WHILE still have the ability to BUILD MUSCLE by strategically using your CARB FEASTS – please check out Fat Burning PRO (self study) or Fat Burning Mastery (one on one coaching).

 

To getting you clearer on how the body works, and how to make it work for you.

xox, M