How sterss prevents muscle growth

The state in which the body builds muscles is called anabolism while the state in which the body breaks down muscles is called catabolism.

Skinny guys should do their best to avoid the catabolic state as much as possible so that they keep their hard earned muscles. I used to be very skinny and i had a hard time building muscle, the reason my progress was slow is that i wasn't aware of one of the most dangerous catabolic factors out there which is stress!!!
How can skinny guys avoid catabolism

we all know that stress is bad for our health but do you know that its bad for your muscles too?
Stress forces the body to release the hormone cortisol which breaks down muscle tissues!!!

In the beginning i though that mental stress is the thing that i should avoid but later on i discovered that physical stress too results in releasing cortisol!!!

do you know what this means?
this means that over training or staying in the gym for prolonged periods of time will erode your muscles especially if you were initially skinny.
How to avoid the release of cortisol

Skinny people have the body type called ectomorph which is a body type that burns food quickly and hardly accumulates any fat. Because of its nature the ectomorph body type breaks muscles quickly when subjected to stress!!

This means that if you are a skinny guy you should avoid stress at any costs in order to grow. you can do this by:

* Living a less stressful life style
* and avoiding over training (spending more than 1.5 hours in the gym, going more than 3 times a week or training the same muscle more than once a week)

I have spent years doing the wrong things in the gym and didn't get any result, fortunately i came across the book No nonsense muscle building which helped me get rid of most of the misconceptions that i had about body building and guided me to the right way that a skinny guy should take in order to get bigger, its worth checking out.

Not only does stress affect the health but it also breaks down muscles!!

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