Bodybuilding diet?
I am 17 and a ‘bodybuilder’.
My workouts are very good but my diet is mixed.
I try and eat healthy all the time but I want MORE.
I recently looked on the internet and saw a bodybuilding diet plan for TOM VENUTO, he was using this diet to lose fat (around 5-7% bodyfat) and also gain muscle.
I copied it and am thinking of sticking to it and see what happens, (I need to be on peak form in a few weeks for an event).
Is it healthy and ok to stick to this diet all year round – or until I get bored, to gain muscle and lose fat or should I just eat the same diet I am on now???
Thanks
There are lots of diets that work–and by diets I mean cutting diets and bulking diets. Carb cycling, the Anabolic diet (try this if
you want to be extreme), the Velocity diet (try this if you’re crazy), intermittent fasting. All kinds of stuff. I’d go to Testosterone Nation, read a bunch of their articles, and then figure out a diet that works for you. But if you’re seeing good gains with your current diet, well, then there’s no need to change.
Yeah, go for it, but I honestly doubt it works the same for you as it does for this Tom guy. Everyone’s body is different and responds differently to similar events.
If you want to add weight through muscle and get big, just eat everything in sight, lol. Just stay away from foods high in sodium, cholesterol, sugar, and saturated fat, or have them in moderation. I’d say aim for 3000+ calories.
Lift heavy weights with a low amount of reps. Lift about 4 days per week, and lift for a different body part each time you do so.
Well, in general there some great articles at this blog about diets: weightfat DOT blogspot DOT com
I would not use his diet. He is completely different from you and what he does might not work for you. You could look at his plan and maybe pull out some things that you think might work for you. It is best to use a trial and error approach on anything in bodybuilding. Try something for a while and if it works keep going and if not fix it up a bit and try that and repeat. Do not stick to a strict fat loss diet all year around, you will be depriving you body of serious nutrients. Fat loss diets are to be used for about 8-12ish weeks. If you want to gain muscle add in good carbs to your diet (keeping sat and trans fat to a minimum at all times), and of course a lot of protein. Don’t be afraid of putting on some extra fat, you need the extra calories to gain muscle (just don’t eat like a slob). When it comes time for your precontest diet, then cut back on the carbs, especially simple carbs. And as always, lift very intensely and listen to your body, it will tell you what it needs and does not need, when to keep going and when to stop.
Good Luck