You’re Training Hard but Still Small? These 10 “Healthy” Eating Habits Are Holding You Back

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You’re Training Hard but Still Small? These 10 “Healthy” Eating Habits Are Holding You Back

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If your training is on point but your body isn’t changing, chances are your , not your workout, is holding you back. A lot of people fall into the same nutrition traps when trying to build muscle—and they quietly kill progress for months.

Here are 10 diet mistakes to stop making

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if you actually want to grow.

1. Eating “Clean”… but Nowhere Near Enough

You can’t build new muscle tissue out of thin air. If you’re in maintenance or a deficit, strength can improve, but scale weight and muscle size often barely move.

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