Two Big Misconceptions About Gaining Muscle Misconceptions #1: You need to overeat in order to gain muscle. One of the major reasons why overeating is harmful is that it overtaxes your digestive system. Every time you eat, your body has to secrete digestive enzymes and it takes energy to digest food. So, you had better make sure that what you put into your body is of sufficiently high quality so as to provide the nutrients that your body needs. Otherwise you are making your body do a lot of excess digestive work for nothing. You will be storing junk calories. Some types of foods will unnecessarily raise insulin, which is a fat storing hormone, and just wreak havoc on your health in general. High sugar foods are bad for you – we all know that intuitively – but the reason is that they raise the insulin levels too high, and the calories end up getting stored as fat. You do need to eat around 500 calories over what you burn in order to gain muscle, but eating 2,000-3,000 calories IN ADDITION to what you burn WILL NOT bring you faster results. It will only get you FAT! Misconceptions #2: Supplements are more important than food. Another thing that is really misunderstood is the place of supplements in the diet. A lot of the young bodybuilders are misled by the marketing that they see in the magazines. They’re misled into thinking that what they should be doing is eating a lot of supplements and not worrying about their food – but nothing can be farther from the truth. The fact is, any good bodybuilding diet is based on the intake of whole foods – wholesome and naturally occurring foods. Note: If you need a new diet and training program to gain muscle while losing fat, you can download my FREE 12 Week Lean Body Program here: bit.ly/13sZFrS. Best! Lee
Posted on: Fri, 17 Oct 2014 15:28:05 +0000
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