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Originally Posted by new_apprentice I HAVE MOST TROUBLE WITH MY DIET, I DONT KNOW WHEN, WHAT AND HOW MUCH I NEED TO BE EATING? I KNOW THAT PROTEIN IS VERY IMPORTANT BUT IM CONFUSED ABOUT CARBS? SOME PEOPLE SAY TO CUT IT OUT TO LOOSE WEIGHT BUT DO I NEED IT TO GROW??
MY TRAINING AT THE MOMENT IS EACH BODY PART ONCE A WEEK AND IM TRYING TO DO A BIT OF SPEED WALKING IN THE MORNING BUT I DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO?? |
Training sounds fine, just be sure to keep progressing the weight. As far as the diet goes, as I've said to other people, you really need to focus on one thing at a time. Bulking up and getting ripped are opposites and you cant chase in two different directions. To bulk up you need to be in positive calorie balance (taking in more than you use) and to get cut you need to be in negative calorie balance. If you manage to bulk whilst only putting on a very small amount of fat, this can actually reduce your bodyfat percentage and make you look leaner, but to actually lose lbs of fat whilst putting on lbs of muscle is very unlikely (naturally at least). I'd say choose one goal, put all your effort into that, then after a couple of months switch to the other. It may take several repetitions of this but you'll gain muscle and lose fat each time and get further down the road to reaching your ultimate target.
Carbs are very misunderstood at the moment thanks to dr atkins. They aren't as bad as made out, but when trying to get lean it is a good idea to restrict them sensibly. When bulking they are extremely important - in the process of physically building muscle, protein is the raw ingredient but carbs are the fuel.
Depending on your current physique you could choose to bulk first and cut up later, or vice versa. Personally I would usually bulk first unless I was carrying a lot of bodyfat. If that is the case then you dont really want to be adding fat on top of fat, it only makes it harder to shift. To bulk or cut - its the main dilemma a bodybuilder faces, especially when just starting out. Just remember its not a race, and slow steady progress is better than intermittent progress.