Word Count: 752 Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2009 4:39 AM
Are Common Weight Gain Diet Routines Detrimental To Bodybuilding Results?
Numerous bodybuilders pursue weight lifting to enhance confidence levels, with some being overweight and needing both muscle gain and fat loss, while many others start bodybuilding significantly below what they feel is a comfortable body weight, and because they consider themselves excessively thin, decide to pursue weight training with the hopes of quickly rectifying this unwanted trait. The usual places they visit for advice are either bodybuilding magazines or Internet web sites that provide weight gain diet routines, and the feeling is, by following such eating techniques when combined with regular weight lifting, the body will begin to dramatically gain weight, and appearance will transform.
The flaw in such a thought process is that many variables are required when producing a potent muscle building plan, and when a weight lifter aims to gain weight, he or she is not seeking a larger waistline or another chin, but rather lean muscle gains, which will improve appearance and boost body weight. Although many weight gain diet routines are designed to produce their stated goal, which is to increase body weight, many accept this as proof that such a diet routine is worth following, but doing so neglects to consider that the type of weight gained may be in the form of fat. A weight gain diet plan may easily produce more body fat increase than muscle gain if designed improperly, and therefore, the term "weight gain diet plan" can easily refer to quick, unnecessary and undesirable body fat increase.
Unfortunately, many bodybuilders do not consider this fact, and pursue common bodybuilding weight gain diet routines without any doubts, believing that such diet methods will lead to an increase in self confidence. Yet, in reality, they find that although body weight increases regularly, mirror appearance begins to dramatically decline as the body accumulates significant amounts of fat, which is diametrically in opposition to producing bodybuilding caliber results. Despite this fact, many bodybuilders adopt such weight gain diet routines, believing that if they remain persistent, their goals will become a reality, and if the scale continues to note progress, there is no need to switch direction.
But after some time passes with such flawed weight gain diet practice, a bodybuilder will begin to feel as if confidence is declining, but for a far different reason, as body fat levels have covered newly built muscle, and destroyed all definition, creating a physique that is far from pleasing. If a bodybuilder continues to believe that he or she must weigh a certain amount to have achieved success, then body fat will continue to accumulate, and the goal of developing a pleasing physical appearance will essentially become an impossibility, unless the bodybuilder's diet routine dramatically changes.
An important point to remember is that popular weight gain diet routines overload the body with carbohydrates, causing a quick boost in body fat percentage, instead of correctly combining protein, carbohydrates and fat for sustained muscle growth, without dramatic expansion of body fat levels. Frequently, body fat will need to rise as muscle is gained, since many metabolisms cannot enhance muscle mass without some fat accumulation, but common weight gain diet techniques encourage the largest amount of fat gain, as opposed to providing a balanced approach that offers consistent muscle building, while minimizing body fat increase. The more body fat that is accumulated throughout the weight gain process, the longer a weight lifter must waste burning fat in the future, and the easier he or she will reclaim that body fat in the future due to teaching fat cells to store a far higher level of body fat than otherwise would have been possible through following a correctly structured bodybuilding weight gain diet plan.
So, when attempting to transform a lean build, never forget that the goal is to produce muscle gains and minimize body fat levels throughout the process, which requires avoiding popular weight gain diet advice which you will find plastered in the pages of bodybuilding magazines, and instead consume nutrients properly so that the body can receive sufficient food for considerable muscle gains, without the common body fat intrusion. The worst possible scenario for a bodybuilder is to invest much time aiming for added muscle mass, while following a haphazardly designed weight gain diet plan that causes body fat to encompass the vast majority of weight gained, so make sure to consider the importance of a correctly designed weight gain diet strategy before commencing with your bodybuilding voyage.
About the Author
Francesco Castano authors MuscleNOW.com, a workout routine for building muscle mass without supplements or drugs. He also owns IncrediBody.com, an online fitness superstore selling protein powder at guaranteed lowest prices.
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