Diet for body building
NUTRITION is vital to success. I can’t stress that point enough. So many people go to the gym and toil for months even years wondering why they never see any appreciable gains. If this is you, you probably need look no further than your eating habits.
Building a body is like a house. You can go through the motions all you want on the construction site, hammering and sewing, but if you don’t have any building blocks to work with in the first place you will end up with nothing. No clean sources of protein and carbohydrates no body. Yes, it’s that simple.
OFF SEASON –GAINING MASS
When you’re up nutrition can prove to be more challenging than training. When you train you only need to focus for 90 minutes. To stay the course and eat enough to grow you need to concentrate every waking hour.
Overall, l would say diet is about 70 percent of the mass building equation when compared with training. The plain and simple truth is that if you don’t pay attention to what you put in your mouth. You will never achieve the look of a body builder. You still have to train and it requires more mental focus. In mass mode, eat a minimum of 5-6 times a day if you are serious about growing. My philosophy was eat until you are full then come back and eat again soon after. To grow you have to make yourself eat at regular intervals whether you feel hungry or not.
I will show you what to do remember that this is the diet of a full time body builder. This is my job most people may not want to go to these extremes. It means nights out and eating whatever you want is rare rather than the norm. It means preparing meals ahead of time and sticking with staples such as chicken breasts and protein shakes no matter how tired you get from them. I do it because its how l make my living food is not enjoyment for me it’s part of the process by which l survive. Just keep that in mind as you read on. For my protein my primary sources are beef, turkey and chicken. On the curb side l have grits, pancakes and baked potatoes. I’m not a big fan of vegetables but they are a good source of fibre. If you can stomach them you should try to have a vegetable with at least three of your meals. Here is an example of a typical off season day. My food choices won’t be the exact same everyday but this gives you an idea of how a meal might look as well as my totals for the day. I will eat these meals spaced 2-3 hours apart. — Additional information from Online.
The writer Simon Gama is a fitness trainer at Bodyworks Gym in Bulawayo.