A Step by Step Guide to a Bodybuilding Nutrition Plan

When you practise bodybuilding seriously, a good bodybuilding nutrition plan or diet is an essential part of your success.  It will consist of the best foods to consume while you train while also being flexible enough to allow for some cheating on special occasions.  No matter how hard some persons train, they do not seem to get where they want to be and a lot of it is because they do not get their diet right.

Make your diet the most important part of your routine and stop believing that a good diet will consist mainly of proteins and not much else.  Yet you just have to look at the composition of body tissues to know that if you were to feed it only proteins, you would soon become unhealthy.

Bodybuilding Nutrition Made Easy

Proteins must be present in a good proportion in any proper bodybuilding nutrition and what you need is to ingest the proteins at times when your body is receptive to it and would digest and assimilate it better.  A good breakfast idea is to eat foods rich in complex carbohydrates and roughage; those foods will stimulate your digestive system and prepare it for other types of foods later in the day.  Such fibre-rich foods containing good carbohydrates are porridge, wholemeal bread and spreads made from olive oil but also fruits, which not only have fibres but also vitamins.  Those vitamins are important to prepare your stomach for the proteins you will feed it later.

If you train hard, you will be hungry and need a snack around 10 am.  Some brown rice and some dark green vegetables would provide you what you need at that point. If you prefer something sweeter, a yogurt is fine just as is a banana and a wholemeal loaf. For lunch, you should have a meal including fibres and proteins such as some shredded chicken accompanied by wholemeal bread.  You can vary the type of meat, as long as it is lean and that you accompany it with some fibre-rich food like brown rice or bread.

In the afternoon, around 3 pm, you will again feel like snacking on something. Opt for something healthy like cottage cheese if you did not have any of that in the morning.  If you like vegetables, steamed broccoli is a great food to boost your energy levels since it is rich in iron.  It is not because you have to follow a diet that it should be boring therefore you should vary the vegetables as long as you try to favour iron-rich ones.

If you go to the gym at around 5pm you can have a protein shake before your training; make it by mixing two scoops of whey and a tall glass of milk.  After training it is even more important to have a good protein shake with three good scoops of whey and around 400ml of whole milk; if you like that, add a banana to the mix as well.  For tea, you must have quality proteins from foods such as eggs, lean meat, chicken or fish fillets and do not forget fresh vegetables and some brown rice.

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Kelvin McKenzie

Kelvin wears many hats in the fitness and health industry. He believes in a practical, flexible and sustainable approach to bodybuilding. Initially Kelvin had started bodybuilding as a hobby which turned into passion and later, a successful career. He shares his expertise on strength training and body building to help the GFY community.