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Diet for Bodybuilders

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One of the lesser-known facts about bodybuilding is that 80% of your results are based on your diet. Vince Gironda one of the greatest trainer of bodybuilders made this statement many years ago.

He was known as “The Iron Guru” had some fame at bodybuilder himself, however, he is more widely known for helping fledgling bodybuilder named Arnold Schwarzenegger move quickly to become one of the greatest bodybuilders all time.

Beginning in 1950′s through 1997 you, The Iron Guru’s acolytes’ reads like a bodybuilder’s who’s who.

Vince plus content that a bodybuilding diet was the final key to building muscle, and he proselytized this principle, in his multi-decade career as a trainer of champions.

In a nutshell, a bodybuilding diet should focus on the best useable sources of protein, natural carbohydrates in the form of fresh vegetables and fruits, nuts fats and oils. You also need to incorporate supplements that will help growth of muscle tissue and reduce the subcutaneous (under the skin) fat in the body.

Bernard Beverley world famous biologist once declared that 100% of human tissue is organic. How this translates for bodybuilders is that eating a good source of food that are high in biological content is vital for developing and rebuilding tissue as fast as possible. Many people mistake foods high in organic content with protein rich foods, but this is not always entirely the case as not all protein is the same. One key factor to remember is that the meaning of biological content is finding foods that are very similar to the protein contained in the human tissue.

This might come as a surprise to some, a great food source with one of the highest biological content is the lowly egg! Additional foods high in biological content include raw milk, meats such as liver, heart, sweetbreads and kidneys, poultry, fish, lamb and steak. Beans, legumes and some other vegetables are also good sources of protein, so it’s really important to include them in your diet as well.

Soybeans are a good source of high protein and are only 22% biological. One would have to consume a huge amount of soy products to equal the amino acids content of higher quality protein formerly listed. In preparation for a, the Vince Gironda strongly suggested not taking steroids but eating eggs up to three-dozen and a day.

The idea behind this is that this will give your muscles a massive influx of organic protein giving you could quickly repair any muscle tissue damage thus allowing you to obtain greater strength. After six to eight weeks, you should then reduce this amount to one or two per day, as you would have achieved your goal.

On the other hand, other the best bodybuilding diets focus on red meat and fresh vegetables, or one high in dairy products and fish. Each of these methods serves a specific goal, that of loading the system with protein to repair sore and torn down muscle tissue by heavy training sessions. By no means are these long-standing diet plans however,  supplements that Gironda would recommended like kelp tablets ,lipotropic amino acids, desiccated liver, (methionine, choline,inositol, betain which aid’s in the metabolism and digestion of protein) and wheat germ oil. The Iron Guru developed another diet method he put his student on was a special diet cycle in preparation for shows or contests, to rid the body of the final bit of subcutaneous fat.

It’s comprised of four days of 0 carbohydrates followed on the fifth day with regular eating. Then for the next 4 days you’re back to 0 carbohydrates, and on the 10th day back to regular eating. Individuals would maintain this routine switching between 3 and 8 weeks until they achieved muscle vascular and their veins would pop out on the surface.

In summary, a good bodybuilding diet should be focused on good carbohydrates, fats, protein, and fiber. You should strive for 40% natural carbohydrates (eliminate refined starches or sugars) 24% protein, and the balance in fat and fiber.

Just before taking that picture that will make your wife or special person scream, cycling to zero carbohydrates for four days and the fifth day is your cheat day, this routine should not be done for more than 8 weeks. Take appropriate supplements and a good multivitamin, I prefer liquid multiple vitamins due to their bioavailability to my system.