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Muscle building and alcohol

When building up muscles, you must pay attention to a healthy and balanced diet. In addition, an athlete needs the right training program and sufficient recovery. Again and again one reads the statement that muscle building and alcohol are not compatible.

Alcohol can have different effects on a training session. Alcohol influences muscle building on several levels. On the one hand, the production of the body’s own hormone testosterone is reduced, which severely disrupts muscle building.

Alcohol is therefore not recommended for muscle building after a training program. Furthermore, alcohol ensures that the body generally absorbs and stores fewer nutrients. The body’s ability to absorb important nutrients is therefore slowed down by alcohol.

In addition, alcohol withdraws water from the body, as a result of which the body lacks water when breaking down harmful substances and is also painfully lacking when building muscles.The muscle cells cannot grow optimally with a low water supply and muscle growth is inhibited. The lack of water also plays an important role in the temperature balance of the body. The blood vessels expand due to the alcohol and ensure that the body cools down slowly.

In order to maintain body temperature, the body now needs more energy, which in turn is missing for optimal regeneration after muscle building training. In addition, alcohol causes unhealthy and unrestorative sleep, which also has a negative effect on regeneration. It is therefore best to avoid alcohol after a muscle-building training. You can find more information on this topic here: Muscle building and alcohol and muscle building and nutrition

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