Building Muscle Through DietWhen you are serious about building muscle then the first place you need to start is your kitchen. Time after time we have seen failures in programs where the individual does all the right exercises and routines but fails to get to the look or health state they truly want. Ultimately we have seen (sadly) our athletes who cannot obtain a size or mass of muscle they seek turn to steroids. The kitchen is where you want to begin. Your muscles are sensitive to what fuel they receive. By providing your muscles with the right food and at the right time you will actually speed up the development of your muscle tone significantly. This is a point that is seldom studied or rehearsed by the willing body builder. So, what is this perfect kitchen setup? You are probably thinking, here comes the eggs and sprouts, now there is an original thought!
Protein will help with the metabolic process and burn throughout the day. Now we head into lunch and we are talking stuffed peppers for building muscle. Ham is always an easy one here or perhaps Turkey (which is much better for ya than ham). But we need the pocketed peppers now. Stuff them with some canned corn, olive oil, chopped parsley, some marinara sauce and then just for a bit of bite a teaspoon of horseradish. Ok, now we are heading to dinner. Stop! It’s time for the three o’clock feeding. For this one we are going nuts. Spicy roasted nuts will do. You will want to gather about 2 cups of almonds, 1-2 cups of pecans and my favorite a half cup of walnuts. Sprinkle my favorite and yours, the olive oil over the nuts. Then add a pinch of black pepper. You can add paprika and oregano if you really want to go to town but just a pinch. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees and cook for 20 minutes. Prior to the oven you might want to place them in a mixing bowl and make sure everything is equally mixed then on a flat cooking pan let them enter the oven. This should last the week as you only need a handful each day from this! Almost there on day 1 of building muscle through proper diet. Dinner is always the most misunderstood meal when it comes to body workouts and building muscle. You see, we love dinner! But dinner is usually followed by relaxation and this is wrong. We don’t want all that food laced with carbs just sitting idle as that equals fat not muscle. Dinner should be our lightest meal. There is even a book on this called Dinner for Breakfast I think. For dinner we go Light. A salad with chicken or salmon is best. Include some onion, celery, pine nuts, peppers and yep you guessed it Olive Oil. Now for the treat, you can toast some wheat bread or if you have to, sourdough in the oven. Brush on some olive oil before toasting. Now you can take the mixed chicken salad and place it on the bread. Give you the crunch you seek and packs a nice meal for the dinner hour. You can substitute so many different combinations that its endless which is good. Boredom with meals equals relapse into your old ways so be careful not to over doe the same menu over and over. Subtle changes can mean all the difference in the world. So, we are now around 7p and you have had your evening exercises for building muscle and now you need a good recovery drink. Sorry, no Sam Adams now! We found a Chocolate Almond Shake!
Now that’s a great way to trigger the sugar to your muscles (remember this is a recovery drink following your last workout) that results in growth now fat results. New! CommentsHave your say about what you just read! Leave me a comment in the box below. |
My personal favorites are the rainbow foods. The veggies! The fruits! Thinking about toast in the morning? How about some avocado with that toast sprinkled with olive oil and some ground up flax seed. Not only is this a healthy way to start your day but it will also keep you mid day cravings in check. Now the real kicker. Don’t wait till high noon for lunch for the next entre. Around 10:30 in the morning, give or take, thinking about some celery sticks with tuna (fresh water) spread on the sticks. I know the kids like their peanut butter but tuna is the way to go with muscle building and the thirst for healthy protein. 
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