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Effective ways to build muscle

by Adrian Thomas

Created on: November 25, 2008   Last Updated: December 06, 2008

This one is for the fellas, not discriminating against the ladies, but I don't know about the beauty tips for ladies so will a sweet lady please write an article about beauty tips for women? Furthermore, this article is about how to build your muscles and I don't want to see my ladies with visible muscles:) it scares me. I like to see women being women. Indeed I wouldn't like it if my woman is stronger than me; that's just scary, so fellas read on, ladies you can stop now or you can give your pot belly boyfriends or husbands some tips and tell them to thank me!

So guys, you are going gym every other day to work out to get muscles to impress the ladies, but you are still eating crisps/chips and fizzy drinks as your main diet, eh? Well, you might as well stop wasting your time going to the gym because it won't help if you don't change your eating habits. This piece is just to tell you the best time to eat if you want to build your muscles, but more importantly what you should eat! I will give you good sources of protein foods at the end of this article.

If you want to impress the ladies with a good physique, you will need to eat the right food and do proper workouts. That's if you're not active in sports i.e. playing competitive football or basketball once or twice a week. Personally I visit the gym, especially in this winter. I don't want to be out there on a pitch, to be perfectly honest.

You Need Protein!

You can train all you want, but the fact is that without regular protein in your body your muscles will never grow. Protein builds muscles and you can't build muscles by eating junk! Well, these are just my experiences, maybe you're different.

Don't worry; continue reading. I will give you a list of good protein foods at the end of this article; I will also try to explain them!

First Thing in The Morning

You must eat protein in the morning (i.e. first thing in the morning), because after a long nights sleep your muscles will need protein. This is because your muscles have been used up for energy and the fact is you haven't eaten for 8 hours so you must top up!

Throughout The Day

Instead of a chocolate bar, you need to replace that with some form of protein. The thing is you will need protein in your bloodstream to feed your muscles throughout the day so when you eat protein between your meals your muscles will continuously be fed.

Before a Gym Workout or a Football 'Kick About'

As far as I know, you have to eat protein before a gym workout. As you train and use the

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