When viewed in these terms, muscle gain and muscle loss are the result of periods where protein synthesis rates exceed protein breakdown rates, and vice versa, respectively. (legionathletics.com)
Now, mechanically speaking, muscle growth is the result of protein synthesis rates exceeding breakdown rates over extended periods of time. (legionathletics.com)
Therefore, if you want to gain muscle as quickly as possible, then you want to do everything you can to keep protein synthesis rates at or above breakdown rates. (legionathletics.com)