Nutrition / Diet
What should you eat, when should you eat and how much should you eat? All questions anyone involved in fitness/sports will ask. A healthy diet is essential to anyone and everyone; not only can it bring great results to your fitness / muscle building routine - it can also help you feel great!
Please see an introductory post/article to Nutrition below (Followed by an index of other articles to help your diet and nutrition). Everyone can benefit from eating well - and it's surprisingly easy to achieve. Use this section to learn about the types of foods you should be eating, and how much of them. |
Basics of Nutrition - Introduction of what to eat
Your aiming to really hit high with protein levels so therefore need to be eating high quality protein foods, any food you buy will have nutritional information on it. Use calculations (See below posts) to see how much protein and carbs you should be aiming to consume per day. Whilst strength training your carbs are also high, however whilst endurance/tone training your carb intake is fairly low in comparison with protein. A few examples of high protein foods:
-Tuna
-Salmon -Chicken -Nuts -Cottage cheese -Seeds -Beef -Pork -Milk There’s plenty of foods for you to take your pick from to ensure you get high protein intake - build your own list. Basically most meats, dairy products and nuts/seeds have high amounts of protein. Whilst eating aim for your calorie/protein/carb intake and try to stick to healthier foods (See other posts for more info - steering clear of too much sugar is a good start). |
Basics of Nutrition - Introduction of when to eatAlong with what you’re eating when you are eating it is an important part of having a good diet and ultimately achieving your goals. Aim to spread your food out across the day. This helps your body absorb the food better and also helps increase metabolism. If your eating a lot it will also stop you getting over faced and having to eat 2 or 3 huge meals. If possible aim for 4 or 5 meals a day and use flapjacks, fruit and nuts for your main snacks to help boost your protein and cut down on the junk. 3 meals a day will suffice, however if you are able to spread your eating out it will help you even more.
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