Article: Are There Really Exercise Non-Responders?
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Bigcountry08
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I don't really know if I buy this. Is it really that your body doesn't respond to exercise, or is it that these individuals don't have the mental capability to push them selfs. I've been lifting for ten years myself, and I have seen plenty of people in the gym who go every day and never seem to obtain any gains. You can take the nice route and say that's due to genetics, or you can sit down and actually watch them and start to notice a few things. These are usually the people that do the following, never switch there routine, never pick up a heavier weight, to long of breaks between sets, and worst of all have a very low tolerance for pain.
EatMoar
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Clearly they just don't want to push past failure and way hence why they don't grow. However I do believe some can reach their genetic capabilities earlier than others.
weedprotein
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Agree with both of you fellows .
OnionKnight
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i stopped reading after the first paragraph. could anyone who read the whole thing clue me in on if they were all on a strict controlled diet properly adjusted for their individual body sizes?
theres a reason they say diet is 80% of the battle
theres a reason they say diet is 80% of the battle
Bigcountry08
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Doesn't say. Besides it shouldn't really matter how much you eat cause your body can only digest 30 grams protein at a time the rest of it just gets flushed out of the body....
DNAMP
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Calories is more of the factor here, he never never mentioned protein. Gotta eat big to get big
OnionKnight
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he was being sarcastic lol
officefat
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This is not correct and is a bro-science myth. You only benefit anabolically from 30-40 grams of protein per serving. You will still absorb the caloric value and fully digest a 60g protein shake. search for "Layne Norton Protien" and read his article.
SinghDaKillaa
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I agree its just bro science.
compudog
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Anyone can increase their fitness level, it goes along with being a mammal and having the kinds of systems our bodies do. That's evolution. However, not everyone has the same capacity to enjoy the process. If you take 2 people and put them through the same exercise protocol and 1 enjoys it and the the other hates it, obviously the one who enjoys it will get better results, because they'll put more effort in. So I would say that by appearances, evolution has selected *against* that trait, for the most part. Specifically, I would guess that the primary "goal" of evolutionary selection would be conservation of calories (in order to reduce the chances of dying of starvation), and a secondary goal might be physical strength and fitness, which would require regular "non-essential" expenditure of calories (going against the primary goal of conserving calories), and therefore would only show up in small segment of the population. Long story short, if you love it, great go for it. If you hate it & can only manage to squeeze out enough to maintain your minimum health goals, so be it.