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How The Recommended Meal Program Chart Works The chart consists of three alternate nutrient meal plans each specialised for their specific purpose. Each program has a macronutrient breakdown specifying the number of grams per pound of bodyweight recommended for one days eating. The plans on the chart are starting points depending on what your goal is. So if you are over fifteen percent body fat then the chart would recommend you begin with System – C.
Regardless of what system you begin with, monitoring your response to the program is critical. Depending on your goals ands results, chances are you will end up fine tuning your carbohydrate intake and fat intake to achieve your goals in the most time effective manner.
Following are general explanations behind each macronutrient and tips on how and why to increase your decrease your personal intakes of fat and carbohydrate for optimal results:
Protein – Protein is the body’s main building material consisting of amino acids. All of the body’s tissues are made up of protein including the hair, skin, muscles, blood and the brain.
Intense weight training increases the body’s protein requirements. Your Muscles absorb tremendous amounts of protein to support an explosive growth spurt. It is crucial that adequate amounts of quality protein are available to the muscles or muscle catabolism can occur, not our goal of muscle growth.
High protein intake is especially important for hard gainers with fast metabolic rates who have had previous challenges increasing muscle mass. As each of the three meal plans all include intense weight training as a supplement to the program, protein intake is high and identical for all three meal plans.
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