Eat big for increased mass
June 9, 2011 by kimkitch
Filed under Muscle Building Tips
A lot of people who want to gain muscle believe that eating big is not the way to do it. Trying to maintain shredded abs, whilst trying to gain twenty pounds of muscle is a complete waste of time unless you are genetically gifted. Under eating is a massive mistake and one that many people who go to the gym tend to do. Nothing will slow your muscle building progress faster than failing to eat the right amount of food. (80)
Eating big will not turn you into an overweight person overnight but it will enable you to gain some body fat. If you look at all of the best body builders in the world, you will notice that they all gain at least twenty to thirty pounds of weight during their off season. They do this as they realize that to gain the big muscles they must eat as big as they train. If you are not willing to gain between ten to twenty pounds of fat whilst you are training then you will fail in your bid for bigger muscles. (101)
When doing your training two methods are often overlooked but they are in fact two of the best methods of training that you can do. If you are still not convinced then check out any bodybuilders profiles and they will state that squats and deadlifts are in their top three exercises. (51)
Now you could continue with your leg extensions or your light weight leg presses and be happy with your muscle free legs. But add squats to your training and it is not just your legs that will benefit. When doing squats you are actually working up to 256 muscles in your body so you are getting an all over body workout with this exercise. (64)
The deadlift is a pure strength exercise and should be used as your main back building lift. This will give you a much better muscle mass than the lat pull down that many trainers at your local gym will recommend. (40)
Remember if you are going to attempt these two exercises then you will be expending a lot of energy for each one this is where your eating habits can mean the difference between gaining the muscle you require or not. So eat big to get big is way of choice for professional bodybuilders and it should be your way as well. (61)