This
post looks at the kind of diet plan that is used by bodybuilders to gain
muscle bulk and while in its purest form is actually designed to help
you gain weight, it is pure muscle weight that bodybuilders are looking
to gain, not fat.
Bodybuilding Diet Plan
| A bodybuilding diet plan is based around providing the body with as much protein as it can metabolize in order to build up muscle while at the same time cutting fat from the body to create a result where the body’s muscles stand out with good definition in response to a set of poses that causes them to flex and tighten to create that image. Of course to the average person who is looking to merely lose weight, this is actually a very sensible type of diet to use. |
The other side of this coin is that this type of diet
will only work if you do. That means you have to exercise hard in order
to build muscle strength if not so much of the bulk of bodybuilders.
Their bulk will increase by a relative amount depending upon how hard
you exercise, for how long at at what rate.
For bodybuilders to build muscle size and bulk, they need to perform
low reps with very heavy weights, eat a large volume of protein rich
foods and sleep for a minimum eight hours a day for those muscles to
grow during the repair process while sleeping.
For dieters who want to lose weight, a similar pattern needs to be
established, although you will not be working out with such heavy
weights. Instead, to cut fat from the body, you’ll need to exercise to
the extent where you are burning more calories than you consume. At the
same time, you need to be working to build up muscle strength so that
the stronger your muscles become, the more of the calories from your diet they are capable of burning off during exercise.
The high protein diet
will consist of egg whites, whey protein drinks (as these are the two
highest most concentrated forms of protein), coupled with lean meat,
fresh fruits and vegetables and only very low levels of low GI carbs
such as oats. Cakes, biscuits, pizzas, burgers, takeaways and in fact
any junk foods are totally off the menu as are all forms of bread, dairy
products and fatty meats.
If you think you’re game for this type of diet and exercise plan, then it is perfect for long term weight loss and improved fitness levels.
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