Muscle Building Diet Tips
For Hard Gainers and Skinny Guys
A good muscle building nutrition plan is vital for anyone wanting to gain muscle and weight. A good diet is what makes you gain quality muscle and proper nutrition is what makes muscles grow.
Mastering the principles of nutrition is the key to building muscle, training obviously has an effect but if you do not have the right foods to feed your muscles then you wont grow its simple biology folks.
The following key principles i am going to share with you are key for designing muscle building diet plans.
Eat Often – Every 3 - 4 Hours
If you want to gain more muscle then you need to feed your body more, you can expect to gain muscle with only 3 meals a day.
Aim for 6-7 meals a day for your muscle building plan. Try the following split:
The above is just a simple example of how to fit 6 meals into your day, you do not have to have protein drinks etc and can just have a high protein snack such as a meat sandwich or something. Use your imagination.
Eat A Variety Of Foods
Constantly change what you eat and think of different meals, if you don't have variety you are more likely to give up. Change is good so keep your body guessing.
Eat More Calories
It is as easy as it sounds and all muscle building diets need to be high in calories. If you consume more calories then you burn your body will grow. Its easy.
Try this simple math
Your bodyweight in lbs x 18 = How many calories you need a day to gain muscle.
Eat 30-40 Grams Of Protein Per Meal
All muscle building diet require extra protein in them to build muscle in each meal you should aim to eat between 30 and 40 grams of proteins. You can eat more then this but your body may find it hard to absorb it.
Plan Your Meals
This is the most important tip i am going to give you. You must plan your meals in advance, this will not only keep you motivated but save you time and will stop you from eating foods that are not on your plan.
A great tool to help you with your diet and sticking to your meal plan. If you fail to plan then you plan to fail. Planning your meals in advance is a sure fire way of sticking with them.
Here you can download a selection of our free printable meal planners. All the meal planners are in PDF format and will require adobe reader or similar to view correctly. Feel free to print as many copies off as you need.
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