Nutrition

Nutrition is essential when you are trying to build muscle and lets face it; building muscle is a very difficult task. Without feeding your muscles the right nutrients, building muscle will be more difficult.

Protein is one of the main nutrients that our body needs in order to repair and build new muscle tissue. You should always include protein in each meal and consume it every 2-3 hours and remember that small meals are more easily digested.

Other important nutrients are carbohydrates and fats. Carbohydrates help fuel muscle gains and allow protein to concentrate on doing its job of growth and repair rather than used as energy.

When consuming fats, we want to be choosing good sources of fats for example; nuts, seeds and fatty fish, such as: salmon, trout, sardines and mackerel.

As a general rule, studies show that consuming protein before exercise stimulates muscle growth more quickly than any other time.

Instant Nutrition Instantised Whey Protein is ideal to use before exercise as it is digested quickly and is also perfect taken with a banana immediately after exercise.

Using protein and carbs after exercise is one of the best ways to gain muscle.

Other ways to help you gain muscle bulk is to take supplements such as Creatine and Glutamine.

Glutamine is one of the most abundant amino acids and is anti-catabolic which means it prevents muscle wasting.

Creatine is excellent when used in conjunction with a good training and nutrition program to help you gain muscle and strength.

If you follow the above advice and information you will find that your quest to gain muscle will become easier.