#78: Should you be in maintenance mode? If so, how do you adjust your training?

What is the difference between maintaining your muscle mass and building it? We teach you how to know whether you should be in maintenance or build mode, how to adjust your training, and how to track muscle gain, maintenance, or loss. 

1:44: What is maintenance mode?
3:30: Importance of focusing on muscle building as early as possible
4:17: Example of how age-related loss in muscle mass can occur 
10:34: Why we shouldn’t fear “getting bulky/bigger”
12:50: How to know if you’re ready for maintenance 
13:43: Genetics
14:44: Age 
16:09: Seasons of life 
17:06: Aesthetics 
18:07: Difference between build mode and maintenance mode 
20:08: Difference in training between these two modes 
21:24: RPE scale
25:00: Training in build mode for some muscles, but maintenance mode for others
28:40: Changes in training if you want to build muscle while losing fat 
31:30: How do you measure whether you are losing or gaining muscle?
34:23: Suggestions for how to make small tweaks

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