Can athletes be muscular?
Can athletes be muscular? Yes, Endurance Athletes Can Build Muscle. What athletes take to build muscle? Increasing calories An increase in dietary energy intake, or total calories, is essential to gain significant muscle mass. In other words, an athlete needs to consume approximately 200 to 500 extra calories daily (on top of current daily energy needs) to add a pound of muscle. How do athletes get muscular? Athletes looking to increase muscle size utilize more total reps and reps-per-set at moderate to heavy resistance (70-85% of 1RM), and they often use multiple exercises to target the same muscles in different...