Gettin Buff

[Dbzhub]

Well I got thin, not thin thin but in the ideal weight range, now i want to get strong and buff. I'm considering joining my local gym. But the main problem is, I dont know what to eat. I mostly have cheerios and fruit and water that helped me lose wieght but now i want to gain muscle. I heard white meat like fish and chicken do the trick. Any suggestions or anything at all?

[Jack]

PROTEIN!

 

Protein is essential to building new muscle and is vital in recovering and rebuilding damaged tissue. Aim to get most of your protein from meats and fish, but you can also get protein from dairy products and legumes.

 

You should also aim to get your Carbohydrates from foods such as potato, rice, bread, and pasta. You should still have sugary simple carbohydrates such as juice and fruit but try not to have too much.

 

However, what exactly are your goals here? Do you want to become big to look good, or are you interested in functional strength to aid your athletic performance? If you are after the aesthetic side of building muscle, check out http://www.bodybuilding.com - but note that aiming for large muscles will not necessarily give you much strength, speed, or endurance which are all vital qualities for Martial Arts performance.

 

Strong and Buff would mean training for strength and for size, you can train for both but it would be far more effective picking which one you would like most - size or strength - and then letting us know so that we may be able to help you sort something out.

 

Let me know,

 

 

[Dbzhub]

i want to look good. you know like vieny arms and a hard stomach.

[rabid hamster]

Hmm, you lost 40 pounds in 3 months? that's awesome. but anyway, i know you should eat lots of protien and carbs after your workout... also I remember hearing that bodybuilders wake up in the middle of the night and have a protien shake, then goes back to sleep(because muscles are developed fast during the night or something..). though i don't know if that's true. maybe you want to think about reading "combat conditioning" by matt furey. i'm thinking about getting it.

[Jack]

Heh, well in that case you will be wanting to follow something known to bodybuilders as a 'bulking' phase. With a bulking phase, you weight train regularly with heavy weights and eat a calorie excess, along with consuming 1-1.5g of protein per lb of bodyweight. You will put on muscle, and also fat. After you have bulked for a period of time, bodybuilders then get rid of the unwanted fat to reveal their hard-earned muscle with a cutting phase, in which they create a caloric deficient state and add cardio.

 

For proper indepth information, check out this article...

 

http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/layne2.htm

 

Good luck to you.

 

 

 

 

[Jack]

On 2002-07-22 16:20, Hiya wrote:

 

Hmm, you lost 40 pounds in 3 months? that's awesome. but anyway, i know you should eat lots of protien and carbs after your workout... also I remember hearing that bodybuilders wake up in the middle of the night and have a protien shake, then goes back to sleep(because muscles are developed fast during the night or something..). though i don't know if that's true. maybe you want to think about reading "combat conditioning" by matt furey. i'm thinking about getting it.

 

Some bodybuilders get up in the middle of the night to consume a protein shake, but many do not considering how that messes up natural sleep patterns (There are four stages of sleep and you'd be interrupting the 2nd or 3rd stage, and when you went back to sleep its back to step 1... kind of wasteful) And yes more growth hormone is released when the body is asleep, so sleeping more will lead to more gains.

 

I think Combat Conditioning will get you strong and buff just like weightlifting, but will also condition you for your martial art.

 

 

[Dbzhub]

oh man, so your saying i have to go back to being fat to gain muscle and then lose the fat to see it?

[Jack]

Yes, but with a clean bulk you can minimize fat loss.

 

 

[Dbzhub]

so we're saying 3000-3500 cals a day?

 

But it would be from chicken, burger, fish pasta bread cereal etc but not from candy and soda right? how about pizza? mmm pizza

[Jack]

You could have pizza as a weekly treat. Bodybuilders have a cheat day once a week in which they eat above their set number of calories. This boosts the body's metabolism and also gives the mind a break. So throw in some pizza once a week, sure.