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Have I missed out on 'Beginner gains'?

I've been doing a split routine for about a year now. During that time I've eaten about maintenance or just below. Therefor I have only seen small muscle gains and some strength gains.

People talk about beginner gains as being some over natural way to gain size for beginners, but since I've been lifting for about a year now have I missed out on my beginner gains because I haven't been eating enough?

Posted May 19, 2015, 6:41 AM UTC

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Scholar_of_IronKinesiology•

No. The beginner gains is the initial adaptation of an untrained CNS.

The only way to sort of miss out on them is by not using progressive overload between each workout. and even then you can still make up for lost time.

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HOBO_BOY•

Eat more but with food that grow muscle mass, this is what I did I team and worked out, it's all like a scale if you can balance the three you'll start gains. There really isn't any beginner gains it's just your body stay to grow.

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Shreddy_Shreddington•

? tf

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HOBO_BOY•

I'm just saying what worked for me, doesn't mean it works for everyone

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FroStatus•

I read that five times... Still clueless.

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Scholar_of_IronKinesiology•

I don't think english is his first language

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TomatoT0m•

guys, you need to balance all three

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