The workouts that we have been doing are strength and power oriented with a few short intense endurance workouts, ie swim, bike or run, in the evening. This is a strength program geared towards strong wirery strength and not mass. You will put on some muscle due to inherent nature of increased strength. If you are interested in gaining mass and muscle, typical bodybuilding, you will need to focus on the same core lifts but with reps around 10-12 to induce hypertrophy. Also, you need to incorporate isolated movements, if you are into this stuff. The program we are doing is more sport specific and all around conditioning. The stronger the athlete is, the better he will perform compared to the weaker athlete. Strength is different than mass. Look at Michael Phelps and since he has really focused on strength training his swimming has vastly improved and now has multiple gold medals to show for it. The most important part is to have a goal in mind. Choose your horse and ride it.
Here is a picture of my post workout meal from today. I had a 6 egg omelet with a bunch of mushrooms, half of a avocado and about a half gallon of raw milk. Due to the carbohydrate content of the milk, this will be about 80-90% of my carbs for the day. I probably will only have two more meals today consisting of protein, fat and veggies. Remember to eat a gram of protein per pound of body mass from solid foods. Some people have the old school bodybuilder mentality and think the shovel method is the best and that they will just pass through the extra protein that is not absorbed. Not true. Your body will transform this extra protein into glucose, not good.
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Since really focusing on my diet and programming, I have noticed a lot of improvement. My energy levels are a lot higher, recovery is extremely improved and overall performance and wellbeing is great. This has all occurred during a very short time. So I'll keep posting results and meals.
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