How To Optimize Your Diet To Build Lean Muscle

How To Optimize Your Diet To Build Lean Muscle

by Arnold Sylvester

Do you neglect your diet? Are you one of the many gym users guilty of eating junk food under the guise of trying to bulk up? Today you'll learn how to build muscle the right way with a solid diet and why it's just as important as learning how to deadlift or squat.

The worst mistake you can make in your quest to pack on lean size is to restrict your ambitions to the gym alone.

Of course, many people do make this dreadful mistake. You can workout as hard as you want to, but you cannot outwork a terrible diet. The truth always comes about six months down the line, when you look in the mirror and wonder where your hard toil in the gym has gone.

The undeniable truth is that keeping a clean and healthy diet is far more difficult than sticking to a challenging gym program. That's because your exercise routine will quickly become fun and feel like a good habit, but the challenge to eat junk food stays with you every day.

Now, there are groups of people who totally neglect their diet out of nothing more than a lack of self discipline. That's their choice. But there are another group here, a group who want to get results but simply do not know where to get started with all the information out there offering different advice.

A good way to get on top of things initially is to stick to the latest, science backed data. This simple three step formula will help you get on the right track:

1. Aim to eat about 1.5 grams of protein per lb of your weight.

2. Consume around 2g carbohydrates per pound of body weight

3. Aim to eat about 0.5 grams of fat per lb of your weight.

Clearly you should not follow this as a rule, it is there to be played with. No diet is perfect for everyone and success only really arrives after you get the initial steps in place before then experimenting to see what works best for your body. I:7:T

In a shocking twist to what you may expect, most men do not actually eat enough protein to build muscle. That may sound very strange, given that every man and his dog seems to buy the latest whey protein drinks. But apart from those drinks, they often don't eat any other sources of lean protein.

Another area of misunderstanding is fat intake. Just because it's called fat, doesn't mean you will get fat from eating it. A tank is a military vehicle as well as an item of clothing - fat refers to both food and body fat. They are totally different things and shouldn't be confused together.

The real secret ingredient to success, though, is carbohydrate intake. This nutrient holds crucial nutrition which will decide if you drop weight or gain weight. Getting the balance right is the key. So start with our recommendation above, but feel free to increase or lower the intake depending upon your experience in the coming few weeks.

If you want to learn how to build muscle via your diet, the three key factors we have explained today will put you in the right direction. Take some time to experiment with the formula above and find something that works for you, but take heart in the fact that you are already light years ahead of many others in the fitness community who are still making the old mistake of training hard but neglecting what they eat.



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