After you finish working out, your body needs two things: carbs and protein.  You probably know the protein part, but why the carbs?   After a workout, you need to restore glycogen back in your muscles.  If you don’t, muscle might be used to restore the glycogen which is a horrible result.
Another important aspect to your post workout meal isn’t just what you eat – it’s when you eat it.  You need to feed your muscles as soon as possible.  Ideally, this would come within 30 minutes or sooner.  The reason for the hurry is that remember food isn’t absorbed by …read more

You’ll read a lot of crazy stuff on the Internet. Last night I was looking up info on protein and I found one guy that says your body can process 50g of protein an hour.  I’m not buying it.  The limit depends on the person, but it’s more like 35g per hour and even if you could process more, do you really want to press the issue?  I mean if you’re even thinking about how much protein you can consume, you’re talking protein shakes and supplemental protein is very hard on the kidneys to process.
At max, I’ll take two …read more

The Optimum Nutrition or ON brand of Whey Protein is my personal pick for adding in 52 grams of extra protein a day (2 scoops at 26g per not counting milk). I like it because it’s a recognized name in the weight training industry and it’s just whey protein. No anabolic, catabolic, metabolic anything. It just gives the purest protein isolates you can get. Other cheaper proteins can give you a lot of filler, but Optimum Nutrition is all about quality.
I recommend buying a 5 lb container to save money, but a 2 lb container will …read more

I am very happy with how my workout and diet is progressing. I’ve taken some of my own advice, but I’d also like to incorporate even more of the tips I dole out on here. Last night I ran 38 minutes, well not really ran but jogged then stumbled the rest of the way, home. Nevertheless, I wanted the cardio. It was necessary despite my fatigue from curls and back as well as my one hour and ten minutes of cardio drills.
Because I am in fat loss mode, I need to constantly take off calories. …read more

I was really tired today and definitely felt like going to sleep rather than working out, but I wouldn’t be a very good weight lifting blogger if I did that. I pushed myself into the gym and completed an adequate 35 minute workout, focusing solely on my back and bi’s. To kick things off I hit the scales and weighed in at 229 at 8:23 p.m.
Workout
3×12 regular dumbell curls 35 lbs
3×12 back extensions (machine) no weight
3×10 cross reverse curls
3×1 bridge hold 30 seconds
3×10 awkward curls
3×12 inside grip lat pulldowns plate 10
3×12 assorted curls
The goal here is obviously to …read more