On Muscle Gain
Weight lifters wanting to increase muscle require more protein-heavy selections before or after a workout. Broiled salmon with white beans is an example of a good choice for an after-exercise meal. In order to bulk up, I follow this two point plan especially when the trip is lurking over the horizon.Training is the way to increase muscle mass. But in order to train one needs enough energy from the right foods. Instead of tucking away a load of steaks, I usually munch through foods high in starch and carbohydrate. I'll put on an average of two pounds of lean body tissue each month by eating an extra 500 calories of carbohydrate a day.
My current diet plan:
Breakfast
A big bowl of cereal with toast
Mid morning snack
Banana with orange juice
Lunch
Large chicken baguette followed by a Mars bar
Mid afternoon snack
Fruit scone, with a portion of fruit.
Dinner
Big portion of chill or chicken or salmoni with a large portion of rice
I realize some exercises actually thwart putting on muscle. Running, rowing, or using step machines may trigger hormones that hinder weight gain, so keep them to a minimum. I maintain running at most twice a week for cardio. Training buddies at the gym tell me that one of the most effective methods of rapid muscle gain is eccentric training, which involves overloading the muscle while it?s in the lowering stage of the lift. So I count for two seconds on my lift but four as I lower.
I have been doing this for at least four weeks and I have seen significant muscle gain.
5 Comments:
Your post inspired me to start lifting again. I had been avoiding it because I can't get reading done while lifting, but I now realize that sometimes you can't multitask, you just have to do the one thing.
You know what, it might sound crazy but when I read I lift free weights to work on my biceps!
Hehe. That sounds like a good idea. I guess I could technically read while doing lower body workouts also. Oh the list of things one can do while reading just grows and grows. :)
I wish that I could eat like that, but my body just doesn't respond in the same way. It seems to want to horde any processed food as fat.
I have a friend who is a personal trainer, and every few months he tells me he has the new workout that is the apotheosis of fitness. It's typically the opposite of the previous eureka workout, so I have to laugh.
I don't strictly adhere to this diet though I make sure I eat food from every major nutrition groups. I no longer have big meals but have snakcks--so I'm munching all the time throughout the day! :)
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