The first thing that we tell anybody asking “how to” questions is that they have already begun correctly.

It doesn’t really matter what it is you are trying to do, asking important questions to provide your mind with facts to make intelligent decisions and planning is essential to achieving your goals.

Your mind will be your most important asset for achieving your physical goals.  Just as a nutritious diet is key to optimal physical health, truth (correct knowledge) is key to a proper mindset.

You will live like what you think like and you will think like what you you’ve taught yourself to think like based on what you know.

When we are instructing people who are just beginners in the diet / exercise world we always start them off by arming them with correct knowledge so that they learn to make right decisions for themselves.

It will help them to be able to discern right and wrong or good and bad.  There is lot’s of great stuff available on the internet to help you achieve your physical goals but for every good thing there are probably 100 bull craps ones.

We’ve talked to so many people who claim to be veterans in the area of health and fitness and yet when we’ve taken the time to ask them important questions we’ve learned that many and even most people have false information in their heads that is preventing them from reaching their goals.

So, you’ve chosen to arm yourself with knowledge and that’s the perfect place to start.

Contrary to what you’ve probably heard, gaining weight (muscle weight) is not nearly as slow and hard as many people claim.

It does not require the use of steroids or growth hormone (other than that which you body will naturally produce).  It does not require you to eat 12 cans of tuna a day either.

Even for you naturally skinny, high metabolism guys this is true.  We’ll give you a few simple principals to keep in mind to help you build your diet but the bottom line is this.

If you eat like a horse and train hard in the gym for 3 days a week for a maximum of 35 minutes each time you will put on muscle, we promise.

Determining your calories for the day is as simple as multiplying your body weight by 16.  If you are gaining too much weight (more that 2 pounds per week) lower your calories by 250 because any more than that and you are gaining fat too.  If you are not gaining enough weight (less than 1 pound) add 250 calories to your diet.

You need to eat like you’ve never eaten before.  Eat when you are not hungry.  Eat when you don’t have enough time to eat.  If you want to grow you have got to pound down the food.

Contrary to the high protein low carbohydrate fad that has swept our nation and has been the core of bodybuilding diets for decades, you will need to eat an ample amount of carbohydrates and fats if you want to stack on serious amounts of muscle.

A good target is 3 – 4 grams of carbs for every pound of body weight daily.  As far as protein goes unlike the 3 – 5 grams of protein per pound of body weight a day that your being told you need by supplement companies and the muscle heads that buy into their ads, one gram of protein per pound of body weight is all you need.

Always eat a huge breakfast.  It really is the most important meal of the day.  It will actually help you to be hungrier throughout the day as well.  This will come in very handy when its time to pound a 500 calorie meal of healthy food.

You should never leave more than 3 hours between meals.  This is the average rate at which our bodies can begin to digest and use the nutrients from our meals and you want to continually be providing your muscles with the nutrients they need to repair themselves from your training and grow.

Try to eat about 25% of your daily calories in foods high in unsaturated fats.

Finally, it is very beneficial to drink a carb/protein shake about 20 minutes before you train and then eat a meal right after your workout.

There are obviously many great tips that can be offered in this area but these are rules to die by if you want to stack on serious amounts of lean muscle mass.  Make these principals the foundation of your muscle building diet and you will have no problem growing….we promise.

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