Thursday, March 1, 2012

Building Body Mass

Bodybuilders and athletes want to add more muscle and bulk to their bodies in the forms of lean muscle. We have outlined some simple pointers to get you to your ultimate goals.

1. Follow a strength training program that challenges your muscles and pushes your body to increase the resistance on a continuous basis.
2. Add 500 to 1,000 calories each day to current dietary intake, to allow the body to use protein already present in the diet for muscle growth and not be broken down to fuel activity.
3. Include both high carbohydrate and protein foods in your diet. (Chicken, Egg Whites, Chesses, Lean Steak, Ground Lean Beef, Broiled Fish)
4. Choose low fat carbohydrates and protein.
5. Eat several small meals throughout the day to support training and muscle-building
6. Add a good protein supplement to your diet. MetRx and BSN make a fine product, but there are many good products on the market to help out in reaching your goals.

The best way to start your day is with a good well fueled breakfast. Include foods that contain carbohydrates and protein such as nonfat milk, yogurt, or eggs whites. Some energy bars provide carbohydrates to replenish the muscle glycogen stores and protein to help build and repair muscles. Start burning your furnace early, it needs fuel, so don’t forget about your breakfast. It is important.

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