...additionally, if your theory held, I should be destroying muscle rather than building, but that’s not happening. The opposite is happening - I’m gaining strentgh and muscle mass weekly.
Are you doing any wieght training? Have you ever weight trained?
That’s not what I’m saying at all. It’s not one or the other.
It’s like taking a step backwards when you train on an empty stomach and you burn muscle for the energy. It all depends on how much you burn. Over time, it could be a net loss of muscle but if you replenish nutrients properly, muscles can grow.
If you’re gaining real muscle weekly as a natural bodybuilder, I’d say you have the genetics of a world class champion unless of course you just started lifting. Noob gains are amazing but even at 60, most men cant build muscle weekly Most are lucky to put on 5 pounds of muscle in a year and that comes with 5 to 10 pounds of fat.