What is the relationship between male fitness and muscle gain?

To put it simply, the two are bound by "one of the paths and core goals" - scientific fitness is the only core requirement for men to actively intervene in muscle gain, and muscle gain is the initial desire of most men to enter the field of resistance fitness. However, conversely, not all fitness can achieve the effect of muscle gain, nor is male fitness only for the purpose of muscle gain.

Not long ago, I met a kid in the gym who had just finished the college entrance examination. He ran on the treadmill for an hour every day, and occasionally touched the dumbbells twice and tossed them casually. After practicing for almost two months, he came over to me and asked me why he had lost 5 pounds of body fat, but his chest muscles still had no outline at all. This is a typical failure to figure out the corresponding logic between the two: only resistance training of sufficient intensity can cause controllable micro-damage to the target muscles. With subsequent nutritional supplements and rest, the muscles will become larger after completing excessive repairs. You will not be able to do aerobic consumption every day. If you do not lose muscle mass, it is already considered good. Where is the room for muscle growth?

Nowadays, there are two extreme opinions on the Internet about the relationship between the two. One is that "men will definitely gain muscle as long as they practice", and the other just lies down and says, "Building muscle depends entirely on talent, and training is in vain." In fact, both of them are quite ridiculous. The former completely ignores the role of diet, rest and basic hormone levels. I once took a friend who worked in the backend to train in the gym for 2 hours every day after get off work. The standard of movement is more stable than that of many old coaches. He eats fat-reducing meals with less oil and salt every day, and often stays up late to correct bugs. After practicing for half a year, his arm circumference did not increase at all. Later, he ate 3 more egg whites and 200 grams of steak every day as required, and went to bed an hour early. His arm circumference increased by 2.3 cm in two months. ； The latter is purely to make up for one's own laziness. Except for a few cases where myostatin secretion is abnormal, ordinary healthy men can gain 3 to 5 pounds of pure muscle in 3 months as long as they train, eat, and rest properly. Those who shout "no gain no matter how hard they train" either have all the wrong movements and the weight is not in place, or they have given up before they lasted for a full month.

Of course, don’t bind these two completely. Many men’s fitness is not for the purpose of building muscle at all. I know an older brother who has been running marathons for 6 years. He also goes to the gym twice a week to train his legs and core. He deliberately controls his muscle mass. He said that too heavy muscles will increase the weight of running and affect the pace. For him, fitness is just a means to maintain sports performance and avoid injuries. Building muscle is a burden that must be avoided.

In fact, to put it bluntly, it’s easy to understand if you think of building muscle as saving money: fitness means you go out to work and make money. If you do a job with little profit like handing out flyers (such as ineffective paddling training), you will definitely not be able to save money.； If you squander all the money you make and still owe credit cards (for example, if you don’t supplement your nutrition after training and stay up late every day and have an overdraft), you won’t be able to save any money. ； But if you lie down and do nothing every day, it’s even more impossible to save more out of thin air, right?