Bodybuilding on a Budget - (q&a)
Q: Can you provide some suggestions on how a poor student like me can get the supplements I need to build a quality physique on a next to nothing budget?
Bodybuilding can be an expensive endeavor - but it doesn't have to be. Think back 50 years. Guys like Joe Gold and John Grimek were building big ripped physiques long before the gazillion dollar supplement industry became a market force. How did they do it? By training hard and sticking to a simple, clean, no nonsense nutritional program. There is absolutely no reason why you can't do the same thing.
A: The first thing you need to do is eliminate all junk from your diet. Forget about the typical student scenario of catching a burger on your way to the next lecture and drowning your miseries with a dozen Budweiser's on Friday night. To build muscle you've got to be more disciplined than that. You should be eating 6 meals per day, spaced three hours apart, with a 3:2:1 ratio of carbs, protein and fat. If you're doing that and training hard, you're 70% of the way there.
So, what supplements should you add to the mix? The first thing you want to do is to drink more milk. Yes, milk. Back in the good old days, milk was the revolutionary wonder supplement that all the top physique guys used to build their bodies. Today, it may not sound as fancy as some of the other stuff out there, but the bottom line is it's cheap and it's effective. In fact, a liter of milk (that's four standard glasses) contains 32 grams of protein, in the form of whey and casein. In addition, it provides all the amino acids that are needed to support muscle growth in the exact proportions that the body needs them. The bone building benefits of the calcium in milk are well known. Be aware, however, that whole milk is quite fattening. So grab the skimmed, 2% or non-fat varieties. Take a glass of milk every hour and a half and you'll be well ahead of the ball game.
If you can afford to further enhance the muscle building potential of the milk you're drinking, get yourself a basic, no frills protein powder. Look for 50/50 whey, casein combination and take two drinks a day. These are actually a meal in themselves so can replace two of the six meals you were previously eating, saving you some dollars on food. Depending on how the budget's looking, your next priority is a good carbohydrate replacement powder to take immediately after your workout. Then, it's on to creatine. After an initial 5-day loading phase of 20 grams per day, you only need 5 grams of this stuff per day, which actually makes creatine quite affordable. The benefits in terms of increased strength, muscle size and hardness will be well worth the initial investment.
And that's it. You won't end up resembling Ronnie Coleman on this back to basics supplement program, but you sure as hell can be the best-built student on your campus.
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