Here is a link to the mp3 file.
http://realitybasedfitness.podbean.c...-BradPilon.mp3
The question starts at the 18 minute mark. Mark begins answering around 18:30. He's talking about how being a teenage to early 20's guy puts you in a position where muscle growth is easy, and then at the 19:06 mark says:
"If your like me and in your thirties and still trying to put on muscle it is the hard work that you put in in the gym, and the
hard work alone, thats going to build that muscle. There's a
permissive role of nutrition, but its the hard work thats going to make you grow."
I'm assuming that when he says "permissive role" he means that the caloric base must be present to build muscle.
He then says at the 19:59 mark:
"The muscle responds to work, and it doesn't necessarily respond to nutrient intake."
Then he goes into explaining that if training with progressive and demanding protocols you won't lose muscle while on a deficit. That I get.
At the 25 minute mark one of the host ask if this (Eat Stop Eat) is something that you can do while trying to gain muscle mass. At 25:47 Brad says:
"It gets me right back to the thought that it is the work you do, and your ability to pick the right program that allows you to progress in strength thats going to determine the increases in your muscle mass."
I'm going to assume that he is taking it as a given that one has to supply sufficient calories to gain muscle. Perhaps he is trying to say that one doesn't have to massively overeat to gain muscle.