Thread: Building Muscle/Working out

Originally Posted by Cornelius

My problem is nutrition. When I go work out, I cannot seem to eat enough protein. There's only so much chicken, tuna, eggs and vanilla flavored flatulence-inducing protein shakes I can stuff into myself. When I look at reports on what the bodybuilders eat, I'm not surprised that I dont get anywhere. They eat more in a day than I can eat in a week! Granted, there's no comparison in terms of workout, but still.
Now when I dont go to the gym, I seem to be able to eat much more... junk, that is, and it shows. The whole thing seems like a setup.
Roids seem like a good idea - I read somewhere here that they make your beard grow!

this is the perfect example of using crap protein. you shouldn't feel like crap after drinking a protein shake and it should NEVER give you gas. a typical guy can only assimilate around 45g of protein in a day and considering how many different types of protein there are in foods and how many different places we can get protein, a shake with 26g of good quality protein is plenty. the key is good quality. the best type is high alpha lactobumine whey protein.

another huge factor here is the rest of your diet. if you want to actually have energy to work you have to be consuming quality fruits and vegetables, especially greens ones and good fats. good fats include some saturated fats (contrary to what advertisers want you to think) like coconut oil which is one of the best, and you need some type of animal fat. so don't get the lean chicken and beef, get the free run organic stuff that doesn't have the hormones and other crap, and eat the fat too.

oh and the amount of carbohydrates from grains that we actually NEED is very low, and they are the worst thing you can eat for breakfast, they slow the metabolism and are almost immediately stored as fat. fruits and veggies for breakfast with a tbsp of coconut oil is great for breakfast.

if you eat a well rounded diet and are active along with working out, you will never have to worry about bulking up and then leaning down because your body will keep itself at your healthy weight.