Okay a few more things. It was the third workout of week one which meant I had to do 2 sets of 15 reps for my 5 exercises. I started with doing skull crushers than tried to do DB bench press and due to my triceps being sore I could barely lift it!
Yea..when we talk about
starting with a different muscle grouping we talk about the biggies like back one time, legs another, chest another.
I decided to do chest flys instead. However, should I always do Chest-Tries/Shoulders and not Shoulders/Tries-Chest?
You almost always have to go in the biggest to smallest of each grouping
Chest, Shoulder/Tri
Back, Biceps
Also, Im going threw tons and tons of food... Like I've went threw 1 can of Cottage cheese, a loaf of bread, 2 cans of yams. This is becoming an expensive hobby, is this normal to be eating all of this or may I be eating too much.
To gain muscle, you eat every 2-3 hours..smaller meals, sure but yes.
You can do this in a laid back fashion, eating every 4 hours..your gains suffer a bit and the meals are larger...but if you need 2400 calories to gain muscle...then that is what you need!
The only way to change that is modify how active you are to lower you calorie needs. (or tweak the diet to slow the metabolism..which makes you less efficient.)
We generally use whole foods for a number of reasons.
First there is
cost. A 10 pound bag of rice or even potato will last longer than a loaf of bread and is better quality food.
Quality, the less processed the food the better off you are.
Bulk. Whole foods are more substantail and tend to be better pound for pound for building.
Also, is one apple good for pre/post workout? Thats what I had today, wasnt sure the nutrition facts but I assumed they were around what I needed.
1 apple for each..with BCAA or whey? The carbs need to be at LEAST 2x the protein for this to be effective for the anabolic effect.