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Diet question

  • 16-06-2009 9:58pm
    #1
    Norman213
    Closed Accounts Posts: 60 ✭✭


    Hey,

    I've recently started getting really into going to the gym and excercising.
    I'm doing a weights program 3 days a week and cardio 3 days a week (i'm in training for that addidas 10 mile run in dublin in august). I also play indoor soccer every tuesday nite and will soon be taking up muay thai once a week again.
    I was just wondering if anyone could recomend a good diet plan that would suit my workout schedule. My main aim is to tone my muscles aswell as build strenght, if that helps any bit.
    Cheers!


Comments

  • #2
    metamorphosis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,991 ✭✭✭metamorphosis


    post up your daily typical diet then boardsies go from there


  • #3
    Norman213
    Closed Accounts Posts: 60 ✭✭Norman213


    breakfast- bowl of museli and a glass of orange
    after workout/lunch- roll with ham, egg mayo, lettuce and a tin of tuna
    dinner: varies between stir frys,chicken, beef, spuds, carrots, pasta, rice
    snacks: yogurts, bannanas, fruit in general

    i dont have a strict diet at the moment really


  • #4
    slicus ricus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,454 ✭✭✭slicus ricus


    Norman213 wrote: »
    My main aim is to tone my muscles aswell as build strenght, if that helps any bit.

    What do you mean by tone your muscles? The way it works is you increase the size of your muscles and then if you want to look leaner, you cut bodyweight. This idea of toning your muscles as an alternative to increasing the size of them is pure non-sense. Don't mean to burst your bubble but it's just not how it works!

    On the diet, you only eat 3 meals a day. You need to eat at least 5 good meals (each containing 25g+ of protein) to have any chance of getting anywhere when it comes to building muscle.


  • #5
    Norman213
    Closed Accounts Posts: 60 ✭✭Norman213


    slicus ricus wrote: »
    What do you mean by tone your muscles? The way it works is you increase the size of your muscles and then if you want to look leaner, you cut bodyweight. This idea of toning your muscles as an alternative to increasing the size of them is pure non-sense. Don't mean to burst your bubble but it's just not how it works!


    On the diet, you only eat 3 meals a day. You need to eat at least 5 good meals (each containing 25g+ of protein) to have any chance of getting anywhere when it comes to building muscle.
    ok cool, didnt know thats how it worked. i'm knew to all this fitness stuff.
    amy recommendations as to what i should be eating for those five meals??


  • #6
    slicus ricus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,454 ✭✭✭slicus ricus


    Norman213 wrote: »
    ok cool, didnt know thats how it worked. i'm knew to all this fitness stuff.
    amy recommendations as to what i should be eating for those five meals??

    Chicken, tuna, read meat, cottage cheese, anything containing 25gs of protein or more. Get some complex carbs in before training and some simple carbs (glucose) and protein after training.


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