Definition: “Catabolic”
by Troy March on Wednesday, August 25th, 2010 | 1 Comment
Catabolic is the opposite of anabolic. For our purposes, catabolic describes the tearing down of muscle tissue. Your body can go into the catabolic phase of metabolism for a variety of reasons. Inadequate/incorrect nutrition and over-training are two of the most common.
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[...] phase of metabolism. To build muscle, we want to encourage the anabolic phase and discourage the catabolic [...]