What is a bodybuilding diet? For some, it may mean cutting back on fatty foods to ensure a firm body figure. Others may say it’s about making the right food choices to ensure you get what you burn and have the raw materials for your body to start repairing itself.

In this article, however, we will focus on the important nutritional strategy before and after the tedious workout that people do. People generally don’t eat enough before extreme exercises and eat more than enough after training. This in turn will become an imbalance that will render all your training efforts useless.

In short, there should be about 1.5 hours or one hour and 30 minutes of preparation time before you do your workouts and the same amount of time to watch after said workout. Since your training will last one hour, you will have a total of 4 hours to count as your critical hours. It is called critical because it is during these hours that your body is most sensitive to its nutrient needs and where muscle use is at its peak.

In regards to eating before starting your workout, this prep time is basically stockpiling all the necessary carbs your body needs for the upcoming stresses you’re about to place upon it. Being one of the most important meals, you should eat before your workouts to ensure that your body can really burn something during the rigorous periods of your grueling hour of exercise. If your body has nothing to use for energy, your body’s natural and immediate response is to break down the energy sources stored in your body. It might have been better if you had eaten something beforehand so a chemical conversion doesn’t take place within your system.

Your pre-workout nutritional intake doesn’t have to be special. What you normally eat during a normal meal may be enough for your pre-workout meal needs. However, it is important to observe the preparation time 1.5. This means that meals should not be taken immediately before a workout. It is advisable to eat food about an hour or better 1.5 hours before starting the exercises. This will give your body enough time to break down the food you ate and use it for energy. No other unnecessary chemical conversions will be needed to power up your system.

A good food choice may include what are considered proteins and complex carbohydrates to ensure that your body is supplied with energy throughout the course of training. Simple carbohydrates, such as fruit juices, can also preferably be taken as a drink to give the body an emergency source of nutrients when it needs it.

Finally, regarding your bodybuilding diet after training, what matters is the quality of the food you eat and not the quantity. Because your body needs to have the perfect recipe for you to rebuild muscles that have been torn or torn in the process of exercising, you should be eating about a quarter of your total daily caloric intake to serve as a post-exercise meal. Be sure to include a good source of protein in this meal because protein is the building block of muscle.

The key point to consider is when you eat. It is advisable to eat within 1.5 hours after training. However, the sooner you have the muscle repair ingredients, the sooner the rebuilding process will begin. A good sports drink can be a good drink to start with. In short, eat freely and don’t worry about getting fat if you overeat after workouts because this is the time when your cells are literally hungry!