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Originally Posted by megatron Thanks for the incredibly speedy response  .
At the moment my diet consists of a brunch, normally a sandwhich and drink. then a larger dinner which is normally carb based - lots of pasta, cheeses, red meat  ,chicken Kievs, pies, chips etc. Apart from that I tend not to eat any snacks now, if i do it would be crisps only. I try and steer clear of high-sodium foods. |
I would avoid eating too many kievs and the pies as they are processed food, a bit like junk food. Other sources of carbs from vegetables would help too.
Eating the occasional packet of crisps is ok but not too often and drink plenty of water.
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Originally Posted by megatron I train every weekday, although normallly only for 3 days i will be doing wieghts, the others i do badminton/electro stimulation instead. I read that to build muscle effectivley you need not do more than 180 minuites per week this is why I have cut my wieght time a bit.
Also - at the moment I am only doing machine workouts (for body building), as the free weights I have seem far too light now. |
As for free weights, these are better than using machines as they use more muslces (stabilising muslces) which the machines don't. However, by all means if u don't have enough heavy free weights (plates for dumdbells/barbell) then u may want to try the movement slower to put more resistance but make sure the movement isn't jerky,