Health and Fitness

The ideal scenario to be in as a bodybuilder is maximum hypertrophy. This means our body is producing the most muscle tissue that it possibly can. This will make you a much larger individual, which is the goal of bodybuilding.

The majority of hypertrophy occurs while you’re asleep. A typical bodybuilder will sleep 9hrs, which means the body goes without nutrients for most of that time. The process of building muscles relies on the protein in our body. The nutrients from protein stay in the body for roughly 2-4hrs, so that means during the night, 5-7hrs your body goes without any nutrients. Therefore it is essential that you eat something that will prolong digestion while you sleep. In this case it is dietary fat. When you mix dietary fat and protein before bed, you will have the protein last throughout the night.

To continue on with the protein in your system, this also means you need to eat every 2-4hrs to ensure that there is nutrients in your body at all times to repair muscle tissue. This isn’t to say that you couldn’t eat high fat and protein foods to prolong digestion, but your body is in an active state now and needs energy nutrients that digest fast.

There’s no reason to miss a meal ever. You should always plan ahead and have a prepared meal. Even if you didn’t think ahead and got stuck in a traffic jam, you can always stop off at McDonalds or another fast food joint. When you’re buying, buy just the burger, no fries or drink. This is the best choice.

These are the keys to maximum hypertrophy for bodybuilders. It isn’t what you do in the gym to get muscle; it’s what you do outside the gym.

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