So you have a plan… Now you just want the best diet for muscle building.

Done.

If you haven’t realized it by now, the number one factor in building muscle is diet – I mean, you can work harder than a horny school boy in a ladies gym, but if you aren’t eating the right stuff, you won’t get any bigger.

You might get a bit stronger – but you won’t get bigger muscle size.

Here is what you should be munching on if your goal is to get bigger – in a hurry.

Best Diet For Muscle Building

Proteins:

Chicken
Tuna
High quality beef
Salmon
Eggs ( mostly whites – 1 yolk for every 3-4 eggs for flavor)
Turkey
Protein shakes

Proteins are the NUMBER ONE food group to be concerned about for one reason…. In the western society we mainly eat carbohydrates.

We eat bags of chips, toast, cookies, coffee and other trashy snacks that are mainly useless carbs.

Protein shakes are the shiz. A kick of protein and they taste great. No excuses fool!

If you are serious about packing on some muscle, make sure you buy an abundance of eggs, chicken and beef when doing your shopping, and try to cook in bulk and leave frozen snacks in the freezer to reheat and take to work or college with you.

Without protein you will see no muscle growth.

I recommend taking some protein shakes, a couple a day, especially right after a workout as this is when your body is in the most depleted state and it needs that protein to start hulking out.

WPI, CPI, with or without flavor, added vitamins, minerals blah blah blah, unless you are Ronnie Coleman it really doesn’t matter too much, as any protein powder is better than none.

Carbohydrates:

Brown rice
Whole grain breads
Beans
Sweet potatoes
Yams
Pasta
Oats
Any vegetables

Carbs come naturally in a diet, so we don’t have to be too on guard about getting enough of them – your body will tell you if you need carbs. You know that feeling when you feel a bit sick in the stomach and start to get light headed, often after doing exercise or going a long time without a meal?

That is when you need a carb up and your blood sugars are running into deficit.

Carbs of higher quality such as brown rice and oats are going to be far more beneficial to your health than eating cookies and white bread with chocolate spread, but if you opt to go the pig route of eating whatever carbs you want, you will just have to burn off a bit more fat in summer time.

Fats:

Olive oil
Peanut butter
Any type of nuts
Omega 3 oil

Fats also tend to come naturally – sadly the are often not the right ones. Fat from ice cream is a bit different to fat from almonds.

Italian women are proof that Olive Oil is good for you

Here is an article on what the good fats are.

Proportions and sizes when building muscle are not that important to get exact, unless you are an exact person training for a bodybuilding show or similar. I just like to go big, eat mountains worth – it’s only when shedding body fat that portions are really important.

This has always shown great results.

It is also important to drink a lot of water, for several reasons I talk about here: drinking water for weight loss.

Even though the title says weight loss, it is important to drink water while bulking up to help you cope with the hard workouts you will be doing, to mobilize all the vitamins and minerals, proteins and fats in your body and to keep you from getting headaches and flush your body toxins out daily.

If you haven’t picked it up yet, grab a copy of my guide to ass kicking your own body.