Lean Meat

It is good to be strong. For some people gaining strength and lean muscle can be tough. But, life gets a lot easier when you can pick stuff up with ease. Today, I will give you some tips on gaining lean muscle. Don't worry, gaining lean muscle is different than becoming a body builder.

1. Start with the obvious

• Eat plenty of protein

• You should be eating 1-2 grams of protein per pound of body weight. So a 150lb person should be having about 150 grams of protein per day!

2. Smaller More Frequent Meals

• Since you have beefed up your protein (pun intended), it's best to break this up into 6 meals instead of 3.

• You want to be consuming smaller more frequent meals.

• Doing this will also beef up your metabolism to get it moving faster and breaking down the food more efficiently.

• This will also help curb your appetite so you are less likely to want, crave, or overeat the bad stuff!

3. Passive Income and Building Lean Muscle

• This is the best workout analogy I've ever heard, "when you build lean muscle, It's equivalent to passive income. Whereas low intensity cardio is like billable hours."

• I love this because it's so true. When you strength train (weights, resistance, bodyweight, etc), you are building lean muscle. The more muscle you have the more calories you burn while at rest. Meaning if I have a ton of lean muscle mass on my body, I'm writing this blog and torching calories!! Win and win!

• Conversely, when you're doing low intensity cardio like walking or running at a steady state, you are burning calories, but when you stop so do those calories you're torching...hence, billable hours. But don't get me wrong, I'm all for cardio, please do it 3-5 times a week for at least 30-45 minutes.

• Basically, if you build up your strength, you can do less work and get the same results!!

4. Best Bang for your Buck

• You need to be committed to your results and to yourself.

• Commit to strength training at least 3-6 days per week. Don't feel like you have to do 6. I do 3 strength training days a week.

• Don't overdue the cardio. The last thing I want you to do is burn out. Be realistic! Give yourself one day where you let your body rest. I personally do 5 days of cardio per week and give myself 2 rest days. That works great for me!

5. Other Keys to Gaining Lean Muscle

• Sleep. Make sure you're getting enough rest.

• Drink plenty of water

• Pre-workout meal: A must of you're trying to bulk up. If you're also trying to cut fat, a pre-workout meal is not required.

• Post-workout meal: A combination of protein and carbohydrates!

• Lean muscle = A Lean Body

If you have any additional questions let me know. If not, see you next week!