Which Foods To Eat???

mickger

I've started doing weights in the last month or so after not doing them for about a year. Basically i want to build my upper body and gain muscle on my biceps and get broader shoulders. I have seen positive results in the last few weeks. Basically ive been doing biceps curls 50 curls each arm with 9kg dumb bells. i do about 250 each day. I know food is a very important part of any bodybuilding program and i have been eating chicken,salmon and beef mainly with rice and potatoes the odd day. The question i have is are potatoes a no no if your trying to gain muscle. What should i be eating with the chicken and beef and potatoes??? Any advice would be great .

Jumpy

I find mushrooms are great. You tend to need a lot though as they shrink down.

Sauce

If you are trying to gain muscle I would get heavier wieghts than 9kg dumbbells. If you are able to do 50 reps on each arm the weight is far too light. All you are doing is exhausting your muscles. You should only be able to do 8 - 12 reps. When you can do 12 reps increase the weight

Dan133269

potatoes are fine yes. There's no link between potatoes and muscle building though. It's protein that's the raw material for muscle building, but saying that you're not supposed to neglect other food groups.

If you're lifting weights with the same body part everyday you're going to make your muscles smaller and weaker. I'd recommend you buy a book on weight lifting that gives you lots of general information they can help you out a great deal.

mickger

Dan133269 wrote:

potatoes are fine yes. There's no link between potatoes and muscle building though. It's protein that's the raw material for muscle building, but saying that you're not supposed to neglect other food groups.

If you're lifting weights with the same body part everyday you're going to make your muscles smaller and weaker. I'd recommend you buy a book on weight lifting that gives you lots of general information they can help you out a great deal.

Thank for the advice.

TerrorFirmer

Whoah - Mickger if you're doing that to your biceps everday, then you're actually going in the complete opposite direction then where you want to go.

I thought I was bad with several direct bicep sets every second day...let alone 250?!

t-ha

Dan133269 wrote:

There's no link between potatoes and muscle building though.

You need insulin to get your body to take up the protein for muscle-building. Potatoes cause an insulin response.

Dan133269 wrote:

If you're lifting weights with the same body part everyday you're going to make your muscles smaller and weaker.

Probably why old dairy farmers used to have such small wimpy fore-arms?

To the OP, read some of the stickies - they'll give you an idea of what you should be eating.

Dan133269

Working out the same muscle everyday, breaking it down without giving it time to repair will result in a reduction in the size and strength of the muscle over time, that is not debatable it's fact.
Farmers weren't isolating their muscles doing certain numbers of repititions in an attempt to build muscle.

You're right about the spuds forgot that

t-ha

Dan133269 wrote:

Farmers weren't isolating their muscles doing certain numbers of repititions in an attempt to build muscle.

They did a repetitive task (I'm thinking of milking cows - highly repetitive) for a whole lot of repetitions & did build muscle, whether that was the goal or not.

Dan133269 wrote:

Working out the same muscle everyday, breaking it down without giving it time to repair will result in a reduction in the size and strength of the muscle over time, that is not debatable it's fact.

How much micro-tearing is incurred in your muscles by working them out everyday? (Answer, depends on the value of a bunch of variables you don't have). How long will it take to adequetely repair? (Answer, you don't know either the extent of the damage that was caused or the rate of repair so you don't know). Is there more micro-tearing occuring each day than is being repaired, ultimately causing a reduction in strength/size? (Answer, you can't say for sure - though it is a possibility - so it's likely in this case but in general it's technically debatable).

I know I'm being stupidly pedantic, and you're right that the OP is not going to progress very far by training the way he is, but I'm a fan of posting advice as accurately as possible.

Dragan

t-ha wrote:

I know I'm being stupidly pedantic, and you're right that the OP is not going to progress very far by training the way he is, but I'm a fan of posting advice as accurately as possible.

Actually your making great points that i have discussed with Trollybus int he past!!! I mean think about, carpenters, builders, plumbers....normally some jolly fat me if they are the older generation, but when's the last time you saw one who didn't have lean, large, vascular forearms???

You don't always want to apply the habits of a life time to a training regime...it makes no sense. But sometimes you might want to adopt those habits.