When it comes to building more lean
muscle mass, there are three important requirements:
1. Intense overload through a
heavy weight lifting workout program
2. Proper nutrition providing
the raw materials your body needs to generate more lean muscle mass
3. Adequate rest in order for
the process of build muscle tissue assimilation to
take place
If you’ve been doing your
research, you likely have a very good handle on all of these things. You’re hitting
the gym regularly, you’re making sure to get in 5-6 meals a day at regular
intervals, and you’ve started prioritizing your sleep, making sure that you’re obtaining
at least 7, if not 8 or 9 high quality hours of rest.
All seems to be under control,
right?
As you go about the process
though, you may find yourself hitting a plateau. You might find that it seems
like you just aren’t getting bigger and stronger despite doing everything
right. It might even feel like your body is broken or something. It’s just not
responding the way it should.
Frustrated, you consider
tossing the towel. Maybe you just aren’t meant to be big and muscular.
For many men, especially those
who have done their ‘research’, this is how the story plays out. Sadly, often
one of the biggest reasons they’re struggling is because of that ‘research they
conducted.
Let me explain.
THE TYPICAL ‘BODYBUILDING
NUTRITION SCIENCE’
Go on any bodybuilding forum
out there and you’ll find one thing: guys talking about how much protein they
take in.
Everyday people also back this
up. Just ask anyone on the street what they think about when hear the term
bodybuilder and at least a few will say something to the effect of ‘slamming
back protein shakes’.
It’s common knowledge that
those who are hitting the weights hard need to be eating more protein. Almost
any site you read online will tell you just that.
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