Minimum Calories Needed for Muscle Building

Topics discussed:

• (00:07) - Recap of why Lindsay started Lifting Lindsay
• (10:09) - Surprise! We're talking about building muscle!
• (11:17) - Do you have to be in a calorie surplus to build muscle?
• (21:29) - Thinking about it in terms of building a house
• (30:39) - Marker 5
• (31:10) - Most women don't know how to train safe and hard
• (44:11) - You can't jump right into training intensely
• (46:39) - Would you want to learn how to train with intensity?
• (48:31) - Sometimes builidng is boring

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✔ Lengthened position training

✔ Strategic pauses and isometrics

✔ Improving muscle tension

✔ Building strength and muscle with intentional execution

✔ Learning how to make the target muscle do more of the work

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Creators and Guests

Host

Lindsay

Wife and mother of three. I have a deep passion for learning and teaching. I also really love lifting weights and fitness.

Guest

Alex Parker

Fitness Coach • Make weight loss & building muscle effortless and permanent.

What is LiftingLindsay's More Than Fitness?

Dive into the joy of fitness with Lindsay and other guests exploring how it goes well and beyond the gym floor, the number on the scale, the size of your waist or the calories you're counting.