Today I stumbled across a great article that I thought you would find interesting. It’s by Tom Venuto the author of Burn the Fat, Feed The Muscle.

The article lists the top 10 foods that Tom who as a natural bodybuilder eats to maintain single digit body fat.

The list is broken down into starchy carbs and whole grains, vegetables, and lean proteins, plus healthy fats.

This is not a sales page, it doesn’t try to sell you anything…it’s just a great article if you are looking for ideas for your healthy grocery shopping list.

Cheers,

Mark 

Muscle building is not all about how much weight you can lift, it’s also about eating the correct muscle building foods. 

An effective muscle building program includes many aspects to it and bodybuilders need to pay attention to each and every aspect.

The two main aspects of healthy muscle building are eating a healthy balanced diet that contains muscle building foods and performing a regular and consistent exercise program.  Read the rest of this entry

The body needs 20 different amino acids to make protein for the tip-top growth. Amino acids help your body be healthier by building up your muscles, hair and nails, your blood supply, skin and other internal organs.

The human body can create 12 of the necessary amino acids, the remainder need to come from the foods you eat. These are known as the essential amino acids; the 12 made by the body are called non-essential amino acids.

A well-balanced diet contains the necessary amino acids the body needs and then some. The body needs both essential and non-essential amino acids for tissue protein synthesis. Read the rest of this entry

In addition to a regular body building routine to build muscle, you need to feed your body the right foods to build muscle. It’s not enough to just eat a certain number of calories; those calories need to be the right combination of foods to help your body build muscle.

The right foods to build muscle are naturally high in quality protein, so the number one thing you should look out for in your diet plan are protein rich foods. Protein breaks down into amino acids which are necessary to increase muscle mass

With the help of a trainer or online guide you can determine how many calories your body needs to gain muscle mass. Using this number you should divide your daily intake between proteins, carbs and fat as follows: 30% protein, 55% carbs and 15% fat. If you are on a fat loss program as well, you will need to cut back on the carbs. Read the rest of this entry

People who have made the conscious decision to stay fit and look great have realized that there is a lot of help available for them to achieve their health and fitness goals. They make sure they have a balanced and healthy diet, they stay away from bad habits and they utilize whatever exercise equipment is available.

For some individuals, however, they feel that they would generate even better results if they add just a little bit more help – and this time, it comes in the form of bodybuilding supplements. More popularly used by body builders themselves, more and more individuals have noticed that these supplements also do a lot to improve their own physical efforts at developing their bodies – not necessarily to the effect of body builders. Read the rest of this entry

When you are doing your bodybuilding training correctly you will notice increased muscle growth and increases in strength, but above all you will feel fit and healthy and you will be eager to get the gym and do your next workout. However, if you are overtraining then everything will begin to go downhill quickly.

What is overtraining?

Put very simply, overtraining is when you are working your body too hard and not giving it enough time to recover. Very often this can also be made worse by not giving you body the correct bodybuilding nutrition in order to speed up recovery between weight training sessions. Read the rest of this entry

Many of those new to bodybuilding will make drastic changes to their diet when starting their quest to increase muscle size. Others will incorporate small changes to their diet over time, and some will not change their diet at all. So which is the best way to go? Here are my top beginners’ tips for adapting yourself into a bodybuilding diet.

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