How Much Muscle Can We Build Naturally? Your Genetic Potential
You might want to look like Arnie or Thor, but your genetics dictate that you won’t. Not without steroids…
Many of us desire the muscular physique of our favourite athlete or action movie stars.
Building muscle requires two key things. First, resistance training and progressive overload through exercises such as lifting weights in the gym. Second, people must consume enough protein to repair the muscle they just damaged.
That’s how to build muscle 101.
If you’ve ticked those boxes, how much muscle can you grow?
We’ve all seen huge guys in the gym who are obviously using steroids. You cannot compare yourself to that. But if you want to build as much muscle as possible without using performance-enhancing drugs, what can we expect to achieve?
This article explores our ‘genetic potential’ or ‘genetic limit’ for building muscle naturally.
What is your genetic potential?
Genetics determines the upper limit of an individual’s muscle-building potential.
Think of it as a scale. On one end, we have the genetically gifted, who probably had muscle mass as a…
