Monday, December 29, 2008

Tips on Bodybuilding, Importance of a Good Bodybuilding Diet Plan

By Ricardo d Argence

Bodybuilding is an art that calls for strong determination, will power, dedication, routine lifestyle, regular exercising, and most importantly a proper and healthy diet. Bodybuilders have always been the masters of dieting. No sport athlete other than bodybuilders has ever been able to manipulate their body the way they want.

Bodybuilders are able to lose and gain body weight just by adjusting their diet. Naturally, an appropriate exercise routine is crucial to developing an ideal V-shaped physique with huge muscles, however your diet is of equal importance. Many people have the idea that not eating will help them lose weight. It is not a healthy way to loose weight though it is true.

Surprisingly, eating well can contribute to weight loss. You cant just go out and eat everything and anything you want and expect to loose weight. If you want to shed weight and shape your body, it calls for a proper diet plan.

If what you want is maintaining a healthy body or building a physique like Arnold Schwarzenegger or Sylvester Stallone, in any case you require a proper diet plan, which will help you boost your body building process. Once you are aware of the significance of a healthy diet program in the bodybuilding process, you might be curious what this type of bodybuilding diet consists of.

A bodybuilder's diet ought to be comprised of nutrient-laden, healthy foods in appropriate quantities. What do I mean with healthy foods? Here's an example of a bodybuilding diet plan to help you build a well-toned healthy muscular body.

Breakfast: 1 cup cooked non-instant oatmeal. Seven scrambled eggs (1 whole+6 or more whites). 1 cup coffee. 1 glass of apple juice.

Snack: 1 small glass of water. 1 protein shake.

Lunch time: 1 can tuna fish. 2 slices of wheat bread. 1 spoon of sweet relish. Dash of celery-salt. 1 large glass of water.

2nd snack: 1 protein shake. 1 small glass of water

Dinner: 1 serving of brown rice. 1 baked boneless chicken breast, or salmon steak. 1 serving of green beans. 1 large glass of water.

Before going to bed: 1 protein shake. 1 small glass of water.

You must have noticed that all your meals have one thing in common that is water. This is because water plays a very important role in your bodybuilding diet plan. It is usually recommended to have 8-9 glasses of water every day. Water helps to boost up your body building process, therefore, make sure you have enough water every day.

In conclusion, following a proper diet plan is extremely important in maintaining a muscular and healthy body. If you can stick to the diet plan and a good exercise regimen, you will be able to achieve a muscular body much faster than you might expect. - 16650

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