YOU CAN TRAIN for hours, you can lift big, and you could never miss a workout—but if you’re not also eating well, your goals will be near impossible to reach.
Okay, maybe you know a guy who can push massive amounts of weight and all he eats is double cheeseburgers. What about him? you’re wondering. Yes, he’s getting the protein his muscles need to repair and rebuild stronger, but it’s also what he’s not eating.
Protein is a key nutrient if you’re looking to build muscle, yes, but you also need quality carbohydrates to fuel your workouts. Specifically, you need fiber, to help you fill up at mealtime and stay full between meals. You need healthy fats so your heart can stay strong (it’s a muscle too, you know). You need antioxidants to fend off disease so you can keep at your workouts.
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And you need variety. Who wants double cheeseburgers every day when you have the muscle-building feasts in this PDF plan, designed by Jim White, R.D., longtime owner of Jim White Fitness & Nutrition Studios? Feasts like spicy pork fajitas, salmon BLTs, and herbed mojo steak?
These muscles meals go beyond satisfying a baseline of nutrition. They’ll fuel you through your workouts, help you build muscle after, and fine-tune your body for optimum performance at every stage. Because what good is muscle if you don’t get to use it?
Stop falling short. Start eating really well.
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