If youre trying to build muscle, youll have to put on bodyweight. This is a fact. Certainly when you start training with weights you can get more toned up, but soon the law of diminishing returns will set in, and to make further progress, youll need to gain weight and strength.
You want muscular bodyweight and not fat, so this is not just a matter of eating everything you can lay your hands on. You will certainly have to eat more than you probably are at the moment. Most aspiring bodybuilders dont eat nearly enough quality food.
I dont want to be negative here, but there are a couple of things you will need to bear in mind.
First, if you really go for this in a big way, you could well outgrow your clothes, so you may need to get a new wardrobe.
Second, eating enough quality food will hit your pocket.
Having said that, you can save money by intelligently increasing your food intake. First off, you dont need to waste a ton of money on expensive bodybuilding supplements. Protein is protein is protein. If you eat enough food you wont need supplements.
You need to find a reliable way of measuring your body fat index. This is to keep track of your fat levels. Youre looking to increase muscular body weight, sometimes known as lean body mass. Lean body mass equals total body weight less the weight of fat you carry. If your total bodyweight is increasing, but your lean body mass isnt, it simply means youre getting fatter!
Your weight training is the stimulus you give your muscles to get them to grow, and the food is the fuel they need in order to grow. You need both components in your weight training, plus proper recovery and rest. As you go through a weight training cycle, ideally you will be lifting heavier in each successive workout.
You should also look to increase the amount of food you eat as the workouts get harder. Do this gradually, in order for your body to adapt. If you suddenly slap 2000 calories on your diet itll most likely end up down the toilet, and youll give yourself digestion problems, Try adding a couple of hundred calories each week or so, and keep an eye on your fat levels.
If you boost your diet and youre not into hard training, all youll do is gain fat. You need to be training hard, so the bodyweight you gain is muscle.
Its unfortunately true that you cant gain muscle without putting on some fat as well, unless you have amazing genetics. Therefore, you may have a cycle where you try and gain as much muscle as possible. Then at the end of the cycle, do another cycle where you try and lose the extra fat you gained, whilst hanging on to the muscle you gained in the first cycle. Its really hard to gain muscle and lose fat at the same time.
The best way to increase food intake is to have 5 or even better 6 meals in the day. The smaller size meals are easier to digest, so the body should adapt more easily.
Dont make the old mistake of cutting carbohydrates out of your diet, this will rob you of the energy you need to complete your workouts. Aim for 1 gram of protein per pound of lean body mass.
You want muscular bodyweight and not fat, so this is not just a matter of eating everything you can lay your hands on. You will certainly have to eat more than you probably are at the moment. Most aspiring bodybuilders dont eat nearly enough quality food.
I dont want to be negative here, but there are a couple of things you will need to bear in mind.
First, if you really go for this in a big way, you could well outgrow your clothes, so you may need to get a new wardrobe.
Second, eating enough quality food will hit your pocket.
Having said that, you can save money by intelligently increasing your food intake. First off, you dont need to waste a ton of money on expensive bodybuilding supplements. Protein is protein is protein. If you eat enough food you wont need supplements.
You need to find a reliable way of measuring your body fat index. This is to keep track of your fat levels. Youre looking to increase muscular body weight, sometimes known as lean body mass. Lean body mass equals total body weight less the weight of fat you carry. If your total bodyweight is increasing, but your lean body mass isnt, it simply means youre getting fatter!
Your weight training is the stimulus you give your muscles to get them to grow, and the food is the fuel they need in order to grow. You need both components in your weight training, plus proper recovery and rest. As you go through a weight training cycle, ideally you will be lifting heavier in each successive workout.
You should also look to increase the amount of food you eat as the workouts get harder. Do this gradually, in order for your body to adapt. If you suddenly slap 2000 calories on your diet itll most likely end up down the toilet, and youll give yourself digestion problems, Try adding a couple of hundred calories each week or so, and keep an eye on your fat levels.
If you boost your diet and youre not into hard training, all youll do is gain fat. You need to be training hard, so the bodyweight you gain is muscle.
Its unfortunately true that you cant gain muscle without putting on some fat as well, unless you have amazing genetics. Therefore, you may have a cycle where you try and gain as much muscle as possible. Then at the end of the cycle, do another cycle where you try and lose the extra fat you gained, whilst hanging on to the muscle you gained in the first cycle. Its really hard to gain muscle and lose fat at the same time.
The best way to increase food intake is to have 5 or even better 6 meals in the day. The smaller size meals are easier to digest, so the body should adapt more easily.
Dont make the old mistake of cutting carbohydrates out of your diet, this will rob you of the energy you need to complete your workouts. Aim for 1 gram of protein per pound of lean body mass.
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