Bodybuilding Diet - For how many days

sunny1982

Hi guys,

I have a question about diet.

My aim is to bulk up with lean mass. (Bulking up I imagine as the 'rugby player look' and the leaner look I am going for is more like being just short of a bodybuilder - eg a lean wrestler). My bodybuilding diet consists of an extra intake of roughly about 2,000 calories per day.

I am happy with my overall fat content at the mo - I have a little excess around the lower abs but I am sure I can remove that easily.

My question about diet is this: how many days after a workout should I continue to eat my bodybuilding diet? Eg if we take the extreme as working out once a week: then consuming the high calorie/boydbuilding diet for the whole 7day week would surely end up being stored as excess fat. So what is the cut off point to stop the intake of extra calories? Is it when your muscles lose that 'achy' feeling? 1 or 2days after a workout, etc etc?

I have been pretty puzzled about this as all diet plans seem to be for someone who works out 7days a week. I like to have about 4-5 workouts in a week.

Many thanks in advance for your help!
Sunny

Bodyworks

hi sunny. that's a pretty confusing post my friend. you're eating 2000 calories extra each day is that correct ? that's a hell of a lot. expect to gain extra bodyfat if that's the case. your second point, if i understand what you meant, you should try to follow your diet 7 days a week if you can. your body grows when it's recovering from a workout remember, and that should be 24/7 if your training plan's well thought out.
not sure if this post helps much. if you put up your diet i'm sure plenty of the fellas on here will give you some good pointers.

sunny1982

Hi,

Thanks for your reply.

Okay, this is my diet for up to 2 days after a work out (when I am only able to train twice a week on Sat and Sun).

9.00am breakfast: 3 eggs, 2 toasts
11.00am reflex nutrition instant mass (560 calories: 55grams protein, 65 grams carbs)
1.00pm lunch: chicken breast & rice or quorn & 2 slices of bread, etc
3.30pm workout for 60mins
5.00pm reflex nutrition instant mass (560 calories: 55grams protein, 65 grams carbs)
7.00pm dinner: chicken breast & rice or quorn & 2 slices of bread, etc
9.00pm reflex instant mass (560 calories: 55grams protein, 65 grams carbs)

On the 3rd day after training, I'm not sure what to do. So I kind of half all of the above.

4th-7th days, I go to a 'normal' diet of just three regular meals.

Can someone please help! I really dont know what diet I should ingest if I am only able train 2-3 times a week.

Recently, however, as I am off work and I am able to train more often, I consume the diet more often. I'm just apprehensive about ingesting too many calories and it storing on my tummy!

Your tips/thoughts are most appreciated, because I'm quite confused by this diet thing


Thanks,
Sunny

Bodyworks

ok. simple answer mate. cut the instant mass shakes. in their place put solid food meals like your chicken and rice, or maybe poato and fish, minced turkey and sweet potato etc. eat this 7 days a week. wether you train on that particular day or not. if you begin to store bodyfat, cut your carb intake down very slightly. this eating differently on training days and non training days will confuse you and it's definately counter productive doing the way you currently are. you are a bodybuilder 24/7 my friend, even when you're not training like one, eat like one.

good luck fella, stick with it.

sunny1982

Awesome! Thanks - that answers a lot of questions for me.

I hope to incorporate more training days on a permanent basis, but just in case I can't, at least I have some answers now of what to eat & when

Cheers!