Weight Lifting Nutrition - Weight Lifting Diet

By Jason Taingahue
Let's take a look at weight lifting nutrition and then we will take a look at some weight lifting diets.

First of all, what is weight lifting nutrition? Weight lifting nutrition is nutrition that is aiding in the progression of weight lifting. The bottom line is if we didn't have weight lifting nutrition, results would become a lot harder to come by when following a weight lifting routine.

Nutrition gives us the energy and repair work to be done to our bodies. Carbohydrates are the kinds of foods that give us energy and protein foods are those that repair broken down muscle tissue. Vitamins and minerals from such foods as vegetables and fruits also give our body sufficient nutrition too.

When we lift a weight, energy from carbohydrates is used and when we lift a weight at any given moment our muscles are broken down and this is the job for the protein to do. The protein comes into the muscle and helps to repair broken down muscle tissue. Once the muscle has been repaired from the protein food, this means that the muscle is adjusting and getting stronger. This is what we call positive nutrition.

Nutrition is what we call the lynch pin of any weight lifting diet and is very important for growth and development of muscles. Muscles have to be fed with food. Nutrition makes up about 88% of any training routine and that includes the physical training its self as well. This is definitely an important factor that you have to bear in mind as well. Make nutrition the top of your overall training routine.

Now that we have covered the basics of nutrition, let's take a look at a couple of weight training diets. The first weight training diet is weight gain and the second one is for weight loss. The rules are generally the same when following a weight lifting diet and that is that you have at least 5-6 meals a day at 2-3 hour intervals. Each meal needs to contain some carbohydrates and proteins in it. All protein should be kept the same in each diet. The main factor contributing to the difference between weight gain and weight loss diets is the carbohydrate intake. Here are the 2 weight lifting diets.

Weight Gain
6am 6 egg whites, 2 bananas, 4 bits of whole meal toast, 1 cup of oats
9am weight gainer shake
12am chicken salad sandwiches
3pm weight gainer shake, 4 bananas
6pmChciken, 2 baked potatoes with sour cream and cheese on top and 4 cooked bananas
9am weight gainer shake

Weight loss
6am 4 egg whites with 1 whole egg on toast as a omelet
9am Weight loss shake
12am One roll with tuna salad in it
3pm weight loss shake
5pm 1 baked potato with chicken, low fat cheese and low fat sour cream in it. With salad on the side
8pm weight loss shake

As you can see there are two different weight lifting diets for you to follow. Follow or manipulate the diets to suit your needs.

Be aware that a lot of weight lifting diets can be very boring, so I suggest using some low fat sauces or flavoring to add taste to your foods.

The last thing that I need you to know when following a weight lifting diet is to plan your meals. Plan your meals each and every night and even make a couple of day's worth of meals and freeze them in the freezer. This also saves a lot of time as well. And can save us from reaching into our pockets and pulling out some money to go to the bakery and buy some doughnuts or cream buns.

Well I hope this helps you out with weightlifting nutrition and weight lifting diets, I know it has for me.

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