Become an official Henselmans Certified Personal Trainer: ⁠ https://mennohenselmans.com/online-pt-course What is the optimal body fat percentage range for muscle growth? Chapters 00:00 Introduction 00:49 Anabolic resistance 01:23 Mitochondrial dysfunction 01:46 Inflammation 02:31 Impaired recovery capacity 03:56 Lower testosterone and GH levels 05:15 The hard data 06:06 New Ribeiro et al. study 08:10 Practical application Reference Anabolic resistance https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnut.2021.615849/full Mitochondrial dysfunction https://journals.physiology.org/doi/abs/10.1152/japplphysiol.00387.2022 Inflammation https://journals.lww.com/acsm-msse/fulltext/2017/06000/inflammation_relates_to_resistance.4.aspx Impaired recovery capacity https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7277746/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6068684/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23238093/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30747578/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33820879/ Lower testosterone and GH levels https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7593428/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7536210/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11502822/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2690428/ https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/obr.13082 Male Obesity-related Secondary Hypogonadism https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6785957/ Female estrogen https://academic.oup.com/humrep/article/23/11/2555/2913840 Bulking debate - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QACnWACSZrs New Ribeiro et al. study - https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40520-022-02313-7 Newly-found studies https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0002916523273839?via%3Dihub https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17530988/ https://www.nature.com/articles/ijo2010257 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12603-012-0377-5 #optimalbodyfatforbulking #leanbulking #leangains #sustainablebulking #mennohenselmans #personaltrainer #personaltrainers #personaltraining #personaltrainerlife #personaltraineronline #personaltraineronline #bulkingwithoutgettingfat #mennohenselmans #personaltrainer #personaltrainers #personaltraining #personaltrainerlife #personaltraineronline #personaltraineronline