Sunday, January 10, 2010

The Right Way To Build Muscles With Protein

By Martin Elmer

If you want to build large muscles and lose weight at the same time a high protein diet is a must. Both goals are closely related, because when you are building muscles, you will also produce metabolism. And the metabolism burns fat. So the higher level of metabolism, the more weight you will lose.

To build your muscle mass, you have to work out. In practice that means to stress the muscles to point of failure. And this is reached when you cannot do another repetition. Then it is time to stop, because if you continue, you may sustain injury.

When you exercising your muscles to their point of failure, you are telling the body that it can expect the same amount of stress in the future. This will make the body grow the muscles.

The repairing process starts immediately after you stop working out. And to prepare themselves for the new and higher stress level, they will not just grow to the previous state. The will grow even larger.

So way to build your muscles is to break them down and then build them up again. To do that you have you provide nutrient to your body; and the nutrient is protein.

Protein can be found in the daily diet like eggs, poultry, fish etc. And if you want to build your muscles the most effective way, you need to figure out how much protein you need each day.

A rule of thumb says that for every pound you weight, you have to consume 1g of protein; if you work out intensely. E.g. you have to consume 140g protein per day, if your weight is 140 pound.

The right amount of protein is a difficult balance. If you consume too much protein, it will convert into fat. And if you eat too little protein, you will not gain the optimal result of your work out.

The easiest way to get enough protein is to follow a high protein diet. Then you will have to cut down on sugar and fat, so the change from proteins to fat is not a problem.

You can supplement your normal meals with protein supplements, if you are having problems getting enough proteins. Then you are also not getting to many calories from the real food.

You can also expect another positive side effect with a high protein diet plan: an improved immune system. And the better your immune system is the better is your general health. - 29161

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