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Strong Support
If you're a young man who already lifts weights and eats enough protein, doing strength training twice a week for 12 weeks will make you stronger and build more muscle — and taking leucine supplements won't make any extra difference compared to taking a sugar pill.
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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 and others a fake pill, while both groups trained and ate the same amount of protein. Both groups got just as strong and muscular, so leucine didn’t help extra — which means the claim is right.
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