Just a thought......

[The Shadow]

....I see a lot of threads about not making gains.

You can be busting your ass and taking enough Vitamin T to grow a third testicle, and yet it will not matter if your diet is not up to par.

Diet will make or break your gains, whether they be fat-loss oriented or mass building.

Under/over-training can be a problem, but the masses here on EF are definitely training hard enough.

So...if you are putting in the gym time and not getting appropriate results...look at what you are eating.

 

[spatts]

Word.

 

[Liftbig]

this is very true. when i eat good, i notice my recovery times are better, my workouts are better, i feel stronger, my mood is better, and i just all around feel good.

train smarter + eat better = gains

 

[t3c]

when i dont eat alot of food not only do i feel weak but i feel fatter

when i am eating a TON of food i am stronger AND leaner

 

[from zero]

Word.
Is.
Bond.

 

[sk*]

Diet has absolutely nothing to do with gains.

-sk




















(My daily bad joke)

 

[t3c]

Diet has absolutely nothing to do with gains.

-sk




(My daily bad joke)

dont fuck around

 

[MrOrangeX]

Great post.

Orange

 

[Becoming]

when i dont eat alot of food not only do i feel weak but i feel fatter

when i am eating a TON of food i am stronger AND leaner

Yes, same here...

Good post shadow.... Something similar should be sticky number one.... (ie- If you are not making gains, click here!)

 

[slobberknocker]

Good post. What's your diet like Shadow?

 

[PIGEON-RAT]

when i dont eat alot of food not only do i feel weak but i feel fatter

when i am eating a TON of food i am stronger AND leaner

I agree. But when I'm eating a TON of food, it's quality calories, lots of protein, healthy fats, and complex carbs. When I eat like that I can train harder and recover more quickly. But of course if I start adding in junk the leanness goes away.

If I'm not eating enough my strength suffers as does my recovery time. I just feel fatigued all the time with a sub-par diet.

 

[The Shadow]

My diet is pretty simple......

I eat a 40/30/30 P/F/C year round.

To gain - I eat a little more at each meal......to cut I eat smaller meals.

Minimum of 225 grams of protein either way

 

[DelCastillo]

Shadow, where do you max on protein? How many gram per lb bodyweight?

Thanks

 

[The Shadow]

I seem to make my best lean mass gains...and ironically the best gains in terms of holding LBM while dieting...at 1.5 grams per pound of LEAN mass.