Need advice...

[woodswise]

First thing you need to learn to do is play with your body's hormones with food before adding more. eat that combination for 4 weeks and you should see that you actually eat a lot, especially on training days, you get stronger and leaner. IF you get really really tired after training eat a cup of white rice before training and another cup with 1/2 cup pineapple after training.

Excellent advice IMO.

For your bulk, start eating more food, staying on a nice clean diet (foods cooked from scratch, with little sugar and low in fat, except where you add it on purpose). You will have an initial gain of 5-10 lbs the first week or two because your muscles are taking in glycogen which also gets the cells to absorb water. Thereafter aim to gain an average of 1lb per week, or 2 lbs per week maximum. If you gain more than that, you are eating too much. If you aren't gaining 1 lb per week, you are probably eating too little.

You should start measuring, weighing and charting the foods you eat to get an idea how much carbs, protein and fat you are getting and total Kcals per day. Over time you may get so you don't have to do this, but it is a critical part of the process especially at the beginning. When bulking you should eat 1.5 - 2 grams protein per lb of lean bodymass, each day; less than 100g of fat overall, and the rest of your Kcals in carbs.

There are good food logs out there. I use fitday.com. I understand there is a good one on livestrong.com if that site is still active.

I can't stress how important it is to eat clean. No processed foods, no desert, all wholefoods cooked from scratch, except on cheat days, and then only a little bit of the bad foods. If you can't stick to this type of diet you'll have a much harder time making progress.

Good luck and keep us posted.

 

[newbie1975]

Ok, I'll keep ya'll posted. When you explain it that way it makes sense. It's just kinda hard to figure this stuff out when your doing it by yourself. Thanks for all the help

 

[tkav1980]

Ok, I'll keep ya'll posted. When you explain it that way it makes sense. It's just kinda hard to figure this stuff out when your doing it by yourself. Thanks for all the help

Hey new, it's almost impossible to figure out by yourself. thats why were all here. there isnt one single person on this board who doesnt have questions.

Here's what I would do. Take this advice from this thread and apply it and go start a thread in the members logs forum. keep everyone here updated and in turn they will constantly offer advice. secondly, use the search function and search diets and training. theres plenty already laid out in the articles forum where you can start. Just remember the best muscle you can possibly use in this sport is your brain. itll get you farther than any supplement possibly can. Good luck and keep us updated.

 

[mta2]

Great info in this thread I learned a lot :thumbup:

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