This article was co-authored by Danny Gordon and by wikiHow staff writer, Jessica Gibson. Danny Gordon is an American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) Certified Personal Trainer and Owner of The Body Studio for Fitness, a fitness studio based in the San Francisco Bay Area. With over 20 years of physical training and teaching experience, he has focused his studio on semi-private personal training. Danny received his Personal Trainer Certification from the California State University, East Bay and the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM).
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- ↑ Danny Gordon. Certified Personal Trainer. Expert Interview. 18 October 2019.
- ↑ https://www.eatright.org/fitness/training-and-recovery/building-muscle/strength-building-and-muscle-mass
- ↑ Danny Gordon. Certified Personal Trainer. Expert Interview. 18 October 2019.
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- ↑ https://www.eatright.org/fitness/training-and-recovery/building-muscle/strength-building-and-muscle-mass
- ↑ https://www.gicare.com/gi-health-resources/increasing-calories/
- ↑ https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/fitness/in-depth/the-best-foods-to-fuel-a-workout/art-20269958
- ↑ https://www.nasm.org/docs/pdf/protein-metabolism-(pdf-slides).pdf?sfvrsn=2
- ↑ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4836564/