Your nutrition should be one of your major priorities when your goal is to raise your muscular development. What you eat and how you eat has greater importance than the training scheme itself. Gym takes about an hour of your life a day, while the other 23 hours have much greater effect on how fast your muscles develop and to which extent.
Burn More Calories than You Consume
First of all, remember that if you want to lose body fat you need to burn more energy than you consume. Regardless of the fact what kind of food you eat, whether is only healthy food or not, if you do not want get some belly fat, you need to use up more than you put in your body.
Follow a Simple Diet
Plan for yourself a simple diet so that you can follow it easily and thus in the long run get great results. Yet, if your body needs a more complex diet, make sure you have those “complex” days on weekends.
Eat Less, but Often
Have small portions frequently during the day, which are nicely balanced in terms of the nutrients you give your body. This way you can be sure that your body uses the energy you give it more efficiently. By following such scheme you will build a greater muscle mass and at the same time will not have to worry about developing some body fat.
Nutrition to Retain Muscle Mass
If you want to retain the muscle mass you build up, then you have to consume before each cardiovascular training and each training in general a protein-based meal which also should contain high-glycemic carbohydrates.
Eat to Recover the Muscles after Workouts
You should also make sure you consume a small meal which contains a source of high quality protein as well as high-glycemic carbohydrates right after your workouts. This way you will protect your muscles which you worked so hard on and will also initiate a recovery process for your muscles, which is also important if you want to achieve great results.
Eat the Right Carbs
Note that carbs play a very important role in the process of building up the muscles. Do not try to eliminate the carbohydrates form your diet but eat the right ones and at appropriate time of the day. Why at certain times during the day? Such carbohydrates as high-glycemic carbohydrates must be consumed before and after the workout, those carbohydrates can be found in potatoes and simple sugars are best before and after your workouts, on the other hand low-glycemic carbohydrates are best consumed at other times during the day, those carbs can be found in vegetables.
