Why CARBS are the most important macro for building muscle

I know, I know, I know carbs are the enemy!!! Carbs will make you gain bodyfat and carbs are the reason that I can’t lose weight!!! I know we have all heard this more times than we can count on both hands; at least I have!!! Protein is what builds muscle, blah blah blah fucking blah. Well my friends I am going to let you in on a little secret here and that is that CARBS are actually what build muscle in more ways that one, IF and only IF you understand what they are on how they actually work in your body.

But before we get to it, I am going to give you all a little physiology lesson. When you eat any form of carbohydrates, your pancreases releases a hormone known as insulin which is released into your bloodstream and takes the sugar floating in your bloodstream, along with fats and proteins, and shuttles them to either a muscle cell or fat cell depending on where it is needed most. When you are a bodybuilder or anyone for that matter who is active and creates a physical need for recovery of some form in their body, a vast majority of the carbs and other macro nutrients will be shuttled to muscle for repair. If you are sedentary then you can bet your ass it will be stored as fat simply because your body does not have a need for it at the given time.

So with that being said, does protein build muscle, yes!!!!!!! BUT, without carbs and the subsequent insulin spike protein can’t do its job in the first place! Without the insulin spike your body can’t utilize stored body fat for energy and get leaner!!!! Without the spike in blood sugar, your muscles will not have the energy needed to train at a high level, and THAT WILL LEAD TO MUSCLE GROWTH!!!!

So before you go keto or any other fad diet on me, remember that CARBS are not the enemy! Carbs my friend will lead to progress and that is what I assume you are looking for!!

BEYOND JUST BODYBUILDING!!!!