You know, everybody talks about making gains – but nobody talks about what to do AFTER. If you don’t protect your gains – what you worked so hard for – can be easily lost. Here’s 3 tips on how to make sure you don’t lose them. Let’s get into this…
Making gains ain’t easy…
It takes discipline, consistency and sacrifice. Not to mention all the conversations you need to have with yourself when the bed feels comfy and the drive to the gym seems like a Lewis and Clark expedition.
But we’re not here to talk about motivation (which doesn’t work, btw – but that’s a conversation for another day)…
No we’re here to talk about an uncomfortable truth nobody likes to talk about:
Gains are NOT easy to make – but the irony is – they’re easy to lose. Painfully easy.
Miss sleep. Undereat. Overtrain. Get sloppy with recovery. And weeks – sometimes months – of progress start bleeding away quietly.
You don’t lose gains in one catastrophic moment…
You lose them slowly – through neglect. If you care about what you’ve built – you need to protect it.
Here’s 3 tips to keep your muscle EXACTLY where you put it…
1. Train Hard – But Recover HARDER
Training is the stimulus…
Recovery is where muscle is actually built and preserved.
Most people obsess over volume, intensity and programming – but ignore sleep, rest days,and nervous system recovery and you’re putting EVERYTHING at risk.
When recovery lags:
- Cortisol stays elevated
- Muscle protein breakdown increases
- Strength drops before size follows
You don’t need to train less – you need to recover better.
That means:
- Prioritizing sleep. Period. It has to be as important as diet of training
- Managing stress outside the gym
- Giving your body the raw materials it needs to repair muscle tissue
Gains are intentional…
And recovery should be as well because if you don’t make recovery intentional – muscle loss isn’t accidental – it’s inevitable.
So, recover as hard as you train. That’s step one. Step two?
2. Eat Like Your Muscle Depends On It (Because It Does)!
One of the fastest ways to lose gains is pretending food doesn’t matter once the hard work is “done.”
Muscle is metabolically expensive tissue…
If your body senses a shortage of calories or protein – it will get rid of it.
To protect muscle:
- Hit daily protein targets consistently (1.2 – 1.6 per pound of body weight)
- Avoid aggressive calorie deficits for long periods
- Fuel training sessions instead of surviving them
Eating enough isn’t “bulking irresponsibly”…
It’s telling your body that muscle is worth keeping.
The goal isn’t just to build mass – it’s to signal long-term safety and abundance – so your body doesn’t cannibalize what you’ve earned.
This is the reason God created protein powder…
To ensure you reach your protein intake target.
Finally, one more thing you can do to protect your gains?
3. Wrap Your Muscle In Armor By Adding This ONE Thing
Here’s where most people miss the mark…
Muscle loss doesn’t just happen when you stop training – it happens during:
- Calorie deficits
- High-volume training phases
- Intense cardio blocks
- Stressful periods with poor sleep
This is where HMB (β-Hydroxy β-Methylbutyrate) swoops in like a knight in shining armor.
HMB is a metabolite of leucine – an essential amino acid – that’s been clinically studied for one primary role:
Reducing muscle protein breakdown.
To put the process simply:
Training breaks the muscle down, protein helps build it back up and HMB helps slow the breakdown in the first place.
Like I said, it’s like wrapping your muscles in armor.
That makes it especially valuable when:
- You’re cutting fat but want to keep size
- Training intensity is high
- Recovery resources are limited
That’s why I call HMB “muscle armor” – because it’s a defensive tool – not a replacement for training or nutrition…
It’s an added layer of protection for muscle earned with your blood, sweat and most likely, tears.
Protect Ya’ Gains
Look, building muscle is hard…
Keeping it doesn’t take rocket science – but it does take intention.
If you train hard but ignore recovery, nutrition and muscle-protection elements like HMB…
You’re not maintaining – you’re leaking progress.
Protect your gains like they matter – because once they’re gone – you don’t get them back for free.
It’s not the work you do once that changes you – it’s the work you protect long enough to become permanent.
So, protect ya’ gains…
Nobody else is going to do it for you.
“The price of excellence is discipline. The cost of mediocrity is disappointment.” – William Arthur Ward
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