| Our bodies are complex machines, which demand to | | | | are thorough with the exercise element of your |
| be looked after in the best way possible. This means | | | | body-building plan. |
| that you have to put the right kind of food, in the right | | | | You will also need proteins. Mostly these come in the |
| quantities, into it and at the same time show some kind | | | | form of meat (it must be lean meat) and dairy |
| of respect to limits - there is no point hammering away | | | | products. This is the muscle-building part of the diet - |
| in the gym when you have a pulled muscle because it | | | | think of it as the tune-up that gets extra performance |
| won't build as well as it could, and your body will not | | | | out of your car and gives it that extra grunt. Lean beef |
| thank you for the extra pain. Bear in mind that body | | | | or pork - not sausages, and if you want a burger it |
| building exercise has at least three stages - | | | | should be 100% beef - as well as eggs and milk are |
| preparation, activity and recovery. For each of those | | | | great sources of protein. |
| stages you will need to follow the rules in order to | | | | To maximaize weight loss and muscle building it is best |
| benefit. | | | | to consume five to six small meals per day. Each meal |
| To begin with you will need good "energy food" which | | | | should contain a choice from each of the three food |
| allows you to maintain the workout. This includes - | | | | groups; carbohydrates, protein and fats. For optimal |
| indeed, is dominated by - carbohydrates, or "carbs" as | | | | results a caloric imbalance should be employed. This |
| they are often referred to. This food is like the gasoline | | | | means that you should vary calories from one day to |
| that makes a car run, and is there in such foods as | | | | the next while also varying calories as well. This will |
| rice, pasta, bread and potatoes. It is exactly the kind of | | | | shift your metabolism into high gear and allow you to |
| food that, without an exercise regime, can make you | | | | burn more calories and build muscle faster and more |
| put on weight. This makes it extra important that you | | | | effectively than ever before. |