Muscle building and high protein diet plan
This high protein diet will help you if you struggle to put on muscle mass regardless of how much you eat or spend in the gym, your diet could be to blame, view this simple high protein diet plan that works and is realistic to follow. The below muscle gain diet is just a guideline, it's easy to follow and you don't need to buy expensive foods or supplements, you can follow it to the word or you can chop and change the foods to suit, but if you want results it is important to follow the structure. You don't need to buy a protein supplement, but if not you should replace it with another high quality protein source, protein is very important for building and repairing muscles. You should include good carbohydrate foods like whole wheat pasta, brown rice, potatoes, this gives you good natural energy to work those muscles and trigger growth, about 50 - 60 percent of your diet should be made from good complex carbohydrate foods. | Muscle building diet/high protein diet |
Meal 1 - Fiber to keep your digestive system healthy and processing those good foods efficiently, fiber will help make the most of what you're eating. Whole wheat cereal (shredded wheat, weetabix) - semi skimmed milkFruit (apple, banana, pear)Protein shake
Meal 2 - This should be your mid day meal, perfect time to get some good quality carbohydrate foods like pasta or rice. Chicken or tuna pasta (whole wheat pasta), or chicken sandwich (whole wheat bread)Piece of fruitVegetable, (sweet potatoes, carrot, tomato)
Meal 3 - The protein you consume needs to be of a high standard, poor quality meats will be high in fat and contain less protein. High quality chicken with vegetables, or steak with vegetablesOrange juice, piece of fruit or yogurt.
Meal 4 - Eat something before you go to sleep, ideally something high in protein and low in fat so your body can repair and grow while you're sleeping. Your body cannot store protein for very long so this is why you need to continually eat it. Protein shakeTuna sandwich (whole wheat bread)
This is designed to build muscle and tone up, try it for 1 month combined with a good weight training workout. Train at least 3 times a week, Lift heavy with good technique. To build muscle you should be consuming about 3000 calories at least for an average sized man. Leave this high protein diet page and return to the diet tips page Go to the workout routines home page
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