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Analysis v1
Strong Support
If you're a young guy who lifts weights and already eats enough protein, taking extra leucine pills for 12 weeks won't make you stronger or build more muscle in your thighs than just lifting weights by itself.
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Leucine Supplementation Has No Further Effect on Training-induced Muscle Adaptations
Randomized Controlled Trial
Human
2020 AugThe study gave some guys 10 grams of leucine daily while they lifted weights, and others got a fake pill — both groups got equally stronger and built the same amount of muscle, so the leucine didn’t help any more than just lifting weights alone.
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