Eat For Muscle.
All the weight training in the world will come to nothing without the correct nutrition to back it up. Muscles need calories to grow. They I? also need the right combinations of carbohydrates for energy, protein for muscle repair and fats to protect joints and improve metabolism. Plus your diet needs to include a good range of vitamins and minerals as these will help protect your body from the ravages of intense training.
When you exercise, your body produces ‘free radicals’ that can cause muscle soreness and general discomfort (and if left unchecked can even lead to heart disease or cancer) so a diet rich in antioxidants is also recommended for people who do a lot of training. Antioxidants are enzymes and nutrients that can fight free radicals and they are found in a range of vegetables, fruits, seeds, nuts, grains and even red wine.
GET THE BASICS RIGHT
Nuflition for weight training is a subject that could easily fill book, and unfortunately? there isn't the space in this guide to cover it in detail. However, over the next pages I have given you the golden rules for eating to gain muscle and you will find a sample meal plan that provides the right comnination of carbs, protein, fats and antioxidants to get the best result from your training. It is not suggested that you rigidly stick to the menus week in, week out. Rather you should use it as template for creating your own meal plans incorporating as wide a range of different foods as you can. Believe it our body will thank you for it.
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