Am I too Lean to Build Muscle?

Lindsay explains why someone can be “too lean” to effectively build muscle even if they’re eating at maintenance and maintaining body weight. She argues maintenance calories don’t automatically mean an optimal physiological environment for growth because the body also evaluates energy reserves (body fat), recovery, training stress, sleep, and hormone signals like leptin, plus changes in estrogen and thyroid hormones that affect performance and recovery.

Topics discussed:

(00:00) - Welcome

(01:31) - Social Media Body Bias

(06:51) - Maintenance vs Reserves

(08:08) - Budgeting Analogy Explained

(11:58) - Hormones and Leptin

(16:36) - Menopause Muscle Reality

(18:58) - For Who and What Goal?

(24:13) - Shredded Influencer Myth

(30:00) - Is There a Bodyfat Number??

(33:17) - Find Your Sweet Spot