Body building?!
Question: I'm a young adult male body builder, and i was wondering
do you have to eat alot of protein to build your muscles?
i don't want to eat alot of protein, because its not that good for you, and i want to keep my abs toned (not bulked) but my arms bulked (not toned)
hope that makes sense. I appreciate it folks!
Answers: I'm a young adult male body builder, and i was wondering
do you have to eat alot of protein to build your muscles?
i don't want to eat alot of protein, because its not that good for you, and i want to keep my abs toned (not bulked) but my arms bulked (not toned)
hope that makes sense. I appreciate it folks!
Yes it makes sense and yuou will need to eat a lot of protein..if cooked right and grat recipes will get you eating like a horse.. Heres a few tips i found.
1) Count all the calories you eat in a normal day. Don't change anything at all, just eat like you normally do and count how many calories you have consumed. This is a very important step, so try to be as precise as possible. Also, weigh yourself.
2) The day after you counted calories, you will need to eat 500 calories more then you normally do. So, if you counted 3000. For the rest of the week, you would now need eat 3500 calories a day. exchange eating three big meals a day, spread those calories out over 5 or 6 smaller meals eating one meal every two and a half to three hours. Remember, to get big, you have to eat big.
3) Weightlifting: Get to a gym and lift. This is one of the most important steps to gain weight, so make sure you doing this correctly.
4) At the end of the week, weigh yourself. If you have taken the above advice you will notice you're gaining weight just after one week. Gaining more than 1 or 2 pounds a week is not healthy and means you're putting on too much fat. Look for 1 or 2 pound gains at the end of the week. It may not sound like much but it will soon add up as the weeks and months go by.
5) This is important. At some point, you will notice no weight gain. It's at this point, you will need to eat even more, as much as an extra 2oo-300 calories a day. Every time you haven't gained weight for at least 2 weeks, add an extra 250 calories. Also, Increase the weights your lifting. You should increase the weight as the weeks go by or you will not see any weight gaining results. You will get more toned but you will not increase in weight unless you lift more.
Important tips.
Stay clear from bad fat. Get rid of the junk food and stick to high protein, low saturated fat foods such as, chicken breast, turkey, rice, pasta, fish vegetables, fruits nuts and flax seed oil, etc.
Keep track on your progress.Weigh yourself once a week. Drink about half gallon a day or more. This will give you the energy needed to gain that weight. Get at least 8 hours of sleep each night. If your following these steps to the latter you're gonna need it.
Granted protein does help build muscle, it also adds a lot of bulk to everywhere. You are not really allowed to pick and chose where the bulk goes. I would suggest creatine. It seems to promoted muscle growth with less bulk. You will still need to have more than normal protein intake, but you can get that from eating and forgo things like protein shakes. Maybe take fat burnering pills to keep those abs the way you like.
YOU DON'T REALLY NEED IT, YOU CAN GET PROTEIN FROM FOOD. PROTEIN DOES HELP THE MUSCLE REPAIR AND GROW THOUGH. BUT IT IS BELIEVED THAT MOST AMERICANS EAT ENOUGH PROTEIN IN A DAY THAT ANY ATHLETE WOULD NEED, EVEN IF THERE NOT ATHLETES. ONE OF MY FAVORITES BODYBUILDERS, MIKE MENTZER, DID NOT BELIEVED IN PROTEIN SUPPLEMENTS, HE DIDN'T TAKE ANY. YET HE BECAME A LEGEND IN BODYBUILDING. HE JUST BELIEVED IN A WELL BALANCED DIET.