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From:	Just Me (67.137.157.170)
Subject:	Re: I'll start body-building soon! Diet-advice?
Date:	March 19, 2012 at 4:41 pm PST

In Reply to: I'll start body-building soon! Diet-advice? posted by Barbara on March 19, 2012 at 5:03 am:

From The 80-10-10 Diet:

"Bodybuilders have long consumed extra protein and lowered carbohydrate intake in the mistaken belief that dietary protein builds muscle. In reality, only weight-bearing exercise builds muscle. . . . Bodybuilders following the 80/10/10 program have found that if they supply sufficient calories from carbohydrate, their protein needs go down dramatically, and their energy to train and their muscular growth both increase." pp. 101-102

"The only way to gain muscle weight is by 'asking' your body to build through the demands of strength-training activities. . . . Strength training a few times per week is all that is necessary to develop your new, lean body." p. 146

And, from The Perfect Health Series:

"[I]n order to recover from fitness activities, we've got to refuel the muscles with . . . glycogen . . . . In other words, if we don't eat immediately following fitness activities, we have an adverse impact upon our ability to recover from those very fitness activites. If we're hoping to be regular in our frequency of fitness activities, and we would like to recovery quickly with minimal soreness, then it is imperative that we eat a simple carbohydrate source as soon as possible after our fitness acitivities end. . . . I recommend that people consume fruit immediately following fitness training."

"All cellular function requires action to be followed by recovery, or inaction. Overtrain (or underrecover) a muscle group and it will degenerate rather than grow."

Hope these quotes help. Happy training! :)

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