Dextrose/Maltodextrin – these should be taken post-workout in conjunction with whey protein to cause an insulin spike and control blood osmolarity. In laymen terms, it replenishes your muscles with glycogen after working out so it can be rebuilt bigger.
One great way to create a calorie deficit is to eat lots of veggies and whole grains. Veggies, in particularly, are a great food for losing a ton of weight. You can eat a huge bowl of salad with non-fat, low calorie dressing and take in a total of say 300 to 400 calories. I prefer steamed veggies. I’ll eat two bags of a frozen bean and veggie mix from the freezer section of the store, be stuffed silly and only have it count for 400 calories with no fat. For whole grains, you can focus on oatmeal in the morning as well. Eat like this and it can be tough to get up to 1,500 calories a day, which will equate to you losing 2 pounds a week or more.
You will also want to consume a certain amount of fat in your muscle gaining diet. One gram of fat contains twice the number of calories then one gram of protein or one gram of carbohydrates, so it makes sense to incorporate healthy fats in your diet as they are a good source of extra calories when you want to gain weight.
Eating protein is as important as eating carbohydrates. It is essential for muscle repair and recovery. Each meal during the days should have a high amount of protein content and foods such as chicken, turkey and tuna are all excellent at providing a source of protein.
An easy way to make sure that you get all the nutrition you need so that your muscle can grow is by taking fitness supplements. Supplements are not drugs that can help you gain weight in a short time. Supplements give you the nutrition that you don’t get from the foods you eat every day. They prevent you from suffering from malnutrition due to the strict diet you are following.
If weight gainers are just calories, why not just consume food instead? If you have a fast metabolism the amount of food you have to eat in order to gain weight may be so much you could feel unwell due to the amount of food being digested. Weight gainers come in the form of liquid shakes and so take less of a toll on the digestive system and are absorbed easily for the amount of calories they are.
Bulking up with lifting supplements is not rocket science. Just make sure that you are lifting weights very intensely and getting enough food each day. You might not see results overnight, but keep at it and eventually your body will start transforming.