Hardcore Off Season Muscle Mass Diet and Supplement Plan

Summer has come and gone. You've hit the beach, flashed your abs, revealed your guns, and now it's time for warm clothes and a Winter bulk. This diet and supplement plan will get you headed in the right direction. it's a good structure; a plan of attack. As always, modify it to fit your needs.

Meal 1: Time to Wake the Body Up!

It's breakfast time. Your body's been fasting, and needs some fuel. Breakfast should be one of your larger daily meals. And don't forget the basic supplements.

• Scrambled egg whites (8-10).
• Large bowl of oatmeal w/skim milk. Add artificial sweetener to taste, or top with fruit slices.
• Fruit. Enjoy some of your favorites...strawberries, banana, orange, grapefruit.
• One serving of your favorite weight gainer in skim milk.
• Supplements...5 grams creatine, 5 grams glutamine, Animal Pak.

Meal 2: Simple Snack Time

2-3 hours after breakfast, you'll want to re-feed with a simple protein and carb meal.

• One serving of your favorite weight gainer in skim milk.
• Banana and a peanut butter sandwich.

Meal 3: Lunch Time...Another Simple Feeding

Lunch time will be anther relatively small meal. No stuffing yourself.

• Spinach and veggie salad, fat free dressing, and 8-12 ounces of diced chicken.

Meal 4: Calorie Load

You haven't eaten much food since breakfast. By now, you might be feeling slightly hungry. It's time to load up with calories. It's about 2-3 hours before your workout. You'll want to eat enough food so you're full, but not so much that you can't walk. Call this the sanity meal.

• 2 cheeseburgers or chicken sandwiches with cheese. These can be fast food, or home-prepared.

Meal 5: Pre-Workout

No explanation needed. It's time to workout. No food here. Just some energy boosters and fat burners to rocket you through some intense training.

• Nitric Oxide.
• 5 grams creatine.
• Fat burner/thermogenic stack,

Meal 6: Post-Workout

This is probably the most important meal of the day. You've trained hard, and your body is now a sponge. This is a good time for a fast-digesting, liquid meal.

• Amino complex, like Animal Nitro in grape juice.
• One serving of your favorite weight gainer in water (not skim milk).
• 5 grams creatine, 5 grams glutamine in Waxy Maize drink.

Meal 7: Chillin' with Dinner

It's time for some solid grub...meat and starch. And, a little something, something for your sweet tooth. Remember, you are bulking. Don't slobber down the sweets!

• Steak (8-12 ounces) and baked potato.
• Spinach salad with fresh veggies. Fat free salad dressing.
• Sweet treat. Small!

Meal 8: Nighty-Night

It's time for bed, sleepy head. It's time to get your zzzzz's on. This is basically just a light protein meal.

• One serving of your favorite weight gainer in skim milk.
• 5 grams glutamine.

Notes

Off season, bulking diets are designed to pack on muscle mass. This is not the time to tighten your abs, or shred your quads. Eat big (and healthy), take your basic supplements, and train hard!