Body Building Exercise

Caspper asked:


Im trying to get back into body building after a year off. im 22 years old. im trying to have a meal plan and want to see what is some of your meal plans for the day and week. also once in how long do you allow yourself to cheat and eat something fatening. thanks.

6 Responses to “If you are into body building what is your meal plan like for the day?”

1. sumnor Says:
   February 1st, 2009 at 12:49 am

   Word of advice:

   Don’t listen to anything any of these retards tell you.

2. Matt B Says:
   February 2nd, 2009 at 8:05 am

   Cereal with a sliced banana an soy milk…a scoop of protein (25 g) with soy a cup of soy milk….a chicken ******…another bowl or cereal with a banana…2 scoops of protein with soymilk….
   I cheat once a week, to be exact it is on sundays when I get mexican food mmmm…

3. ufc445 Says:
   February 4th, 2009 at 5:49 am

   You know thats a good question, but it can only be anwsered by a very broad anwser.

   It all depends on your body type, if your a hard gainer,which means its hard for you to gain weight,then you need to eat much more calories than someone that has to watch their weight.

   Also,when you are bodybuilding, you go through different phases. You should always be in either a bulking or a cutting phase. Bulking your just gonna eat as much protein as you can, with your body type in mind because if you gain weight easily,youre gonna want to eat clean but alot of food, such as tons of grilled chicken and and protein shakes.

   With your diet and exercise,you try to get to a point during bulking so that when you cut down you will be what you want to look like. You must keep in mind when cutting down you will lose some muscle so you have to gain extra muscle so when you cut down you will be where you want to be.

   Hope i anwsered your question

4. Rob S Says:
   February 4th, 2009 at 8:46 pm

   You’re better off checking out the forums at. I’ll have the occasional beer or 2 watching football.

   Here’s my typical day (~2800 calories for maintenance, split 40/40/20):

   Breakfast – whole grain english muffin, sliced turkey breast, swiss cheese, 1 cup 1% milk, scoop of ON whey

   Breakfast #2 – whole grain english muffin, 2 TBSP Omega-3 PB, Banana

   Lunch – 4 oz grilled chicken ****** w/ cheese on whole wheat (mustard, not mayo), 2 1/2 cups romaine salad, light ranch dressing

   Afternoon snack – either 4 oz chicken or turkey & swiss on whole wheat, cup of baby carrots.

   Dinner – 6 oz Tilapia Filet, some kind of Steamfresh veggies, maybe 1/2 cup brown rice

   PWO shake – 20 oz gatorade & whey protein

   Before bed – 12 oz 1% milk w/ scoop of casein

5. Cameron A Says:
   February 5th, 2009 at 12:33 pm

   I will agree with samner or whoever said not to listen to anybody on Yahoo Answers. I find very few people here who know a damn thing about body building, nutrition, or exercise science. I suggest, rather, that you do some investigating on bodybuilding.com, especially the Forum section.

   That said, diet is about 75% of body building. Training (I will include rest and recovery in this) accounts for the rest. Anyway, I’ll get to the point of your question.

   Breakfast: half a cup of oatmeal. If I have time I eat 3-5 eggs (including yolk). If I am pressed for time I will make a protein shake using milk. I will eat some cottage cheese or almonds as well.

   About 2-3 hours later (pre-workout): 4 oz. chicken breast, 2 slices of whole wheat bread, an apple, orange, or banana

   Right after workout: one scoop of protein, about 30 grams of protein, about 50 grams of simple carbohydrates (white bread, white rice, potato, etc)

   About 1 hour after workout: another 4 oz. chicken ******. Sometimes this is exchanged for a can of tuna or some lean beef or pork. I also eat some vegetables, usually broccoli or asparagus.

   After this I pretty much eat anything with good sources of protein as well as some good carbohydrates. Typically this equates to peanut butter, sweet potatoes, whole wheat bread, almonds, cottage cheese, sometimes some type of meat, apargus, broccoli etc.

   Before bed I typically have a protein shake as well as a glass of milk, a handful of almonds, and a half a cup of cottage cheese.

6. halodrol Says:
   February 7th, 2009 at 6:25 am

   its 4546 calories from what i remember that the caloric content is. im 5ft4 177.8 pounds
   ok
   breakfast-protein shake(spoonfull of natural peanut butter, two raw eggs, 3 scoops of whey and 3 cups of skim milk)
   lunch-3 extra lean hamburgers and i think its like 2 quarts of skim milk
   get home(well 2day)- 2 cheese sticks
   about an hour later(pre workout)- 3 scoops of whey
   after workout- 3 scoops of whey
   and hour later
   2 healthy choices
   30 minutes later
   some organic yogurt cappachino protein shake bull ****
   an hour later
   3 extra lean turkey burgers
   then i sleep
   typical day in the life of me