How To Diet and Build Muscle At The Same Time

Diet & build muscle - that's usually seen as mutually exclusive objectives. The general train of thought suggests that you must firstly undergo a diet regime to lose any extra weight, before following that up with a weight-training program to build muscle and improve your physique.

Actually, it is possible to do both, turning your body into a healthier, leaner and more importantly more muscled version of its former self. The key is all in the diet that you consume, and by adhering to the following principles, you should see an effective program of diet and exercise that leaves you looking and feeling much better.

The first thing you need to change if you're looking to diet build muscle at the same time is your diet. Cut out carbohydrate intensive foods in favor of proteins, such as meats, fish and eggs. Top up if you're hungry with boiled or steamed vegetables, and cut out anything starchy or heavy from your diet. This should force your body to use any reserves of fat for energy, while also providing you with sufficient proteins to grow that additional muscle mass and help you define those core muscle groups as a result of your weight training input.

Obviously, the training element of your diet build muscle program is equally as important, requiring you to focus not on toning the muscles but on building muscle tissue for the long term, through high resistance, low rep weight training. You want to be lifting the maximum weight you can comfortably lift over three or four reps. This should be your target until you can comfortably lift the next heaviest weight, focusing not on a weight you can comfortably press all day long, but a weight that you find impossible to lift beyond those few key repetitions.

It is this, when combined with the change to your diet, which will see you increasing your muscle mass and appearing more muscled and toned as a result, while also losing that excess weight.

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