Daily Archives: July 14, 2010
Bulking Up With Whey Protein Powder
When it comes to the gym, I’ve always been something of a hard-gainer. I struggle ridiculously with putting on size and as I get older, it seems to be increasingly difficult to keep any muscle growth on without living on a diet which features chicken, some chicken and maybe a bit of chicken with some brown rice on the side if I’m lucky. This isn’t really what you’d describe as a particularly interesting diet and it’s not really the healthiest either, so I’ve decided that using whey protein powder to supplement a healthy diet is a much better approach.
Not how I want to look
Whey protein powder has one major advantage over eating loads of chicken – it’s not eating loads of chicken. That’s a good thing because there’s only so much chicken you can eat before you start to get epically sick of it and never want to see another chunk of white meat. At least when you’re drinking shakes made from whey protein powder, you can get the protein that you need while still having a balanced diet and the occasional treat. It’s also a great way of actually bulking up because any strength and exercise coach will tell you that what you need straight after a workout is protein.
Proteins are the building blocks of your body and after a workout, your body is most receptive to it. That means that getting some protein straight after a workout will help you get big and strong. This another advantage of whey protein powder – people look at you weirdly if you scoff a chicken breast on the way out of the gym, but no one thinks twice about someone downing a protein shake afterwards.
It’s definitely made my diet a lot more interesting now that I’m back in the gym and am trying to put a bit of size on. I’m not trying to look like Arnie used to, but I definitely think my skinny frame needs some more meat on it, and I’m hoping that this helps.
