The Anabolic Diet That Works
Posted on by David McCready in Building Muscle, Nutrition, Strength Training
Welcome Back to Game Strength Insider
I’ve put together a simple example of how to achieve an anabolic state with your diet by simply increasing protein intake. At the beginning of the anabolic diet, you consume 40g of protein at each of six meals. Four weeks in, boost your protein intake by 20g at each of the first five meals, resulting in an increase over the initial 100g daily.
Insider tip 1: Protein from whole foods should serve as your main source, supplemental protein in the form of powders can help round out your nutrition plan.
In the following chart you’ll see a standard dieting technique of tapering carbohydrate consumption over the course of the day. As the day and your energy needs wind down, protein intake becomes more predominant.
Here’s an example of an anabolic diet. Check it out!
INITIAL DIET HIGHER-PROTEIN DIET
Meal 1 40 g protein 60 g protein
80 g carbs 80 g carbs
Meal 2 40 g protein 60 g protein
70 g carbs 70 g carbs
Meal 3 40 g protein 60 g protein
50 g carbs 50 g carbs
Meal 4 40 g protein 60 g protein
50 g carbs 50 g carbs
Meal 5 40 g protein 60 g protein
Meal 6 40 g protein 40 g protein
TOTALS 240 g protein 340 g protein
250 g carbs 250 g carbs
Insider tip 2: While on these diet plans, don’t forget to bump up your intake by several
hundred calories for one day every fourth or fifth day.
*First three weeks, approximately 2.00 calories daily
**Starting four weeks into diet plan, approximately 2400 calories daily.
This is a solid example of how to reach an anabolic state through your diet. Give this a try and let me know how the anabolic diet works out for you.
-David McCready
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Steven
29. Jun, 2012
been lookin for somethin like this for a while!
David McCready
29. Jun, 2012
Glad you found it here @ Game Strength Insider! Tell your friends
Jaime
29. Jun, 2012
Another great post with valuable info! Thanks Dave
David McCready
29. Jun, 2012
Right on Jaime – thanks for the feedback!
Dale
02. Jul, 2012
Day 2 of the anabolic diet… I am feeling strong and rejuvenated… My arms feel tight like I have a postworkout pump. I’m not sure if it’s a coincidence or if it’s directly related to the diet, but I will keep you posted!
David McCready
02. Jul, 2012
Badass Dale! Don’t give full credit to the diet as your hard work is a huge factor! It definitely sounds like your experiencing similar to myself and my athletes – Keep me posted.
Cheers!
Devon
08. Aug, 2012
This site is very nice thank you.
David McCready
08. Aug, 2012
Right on Devon, I appreciate you
Oscar
08. Dec, 2012
Thanks for the great strategies you reveal through this web site.
David McCready
08. Dec, 2012
Right on Oscar. Thank you for the feedback!
GTest
21. Feb, 2013
Hi, I’ve been a lurker around your blog for a few months. I love this article and your entire site! Looking forward to reading more!
Raspberry Pimp
27. Feb, 2013
Ohh!! This is a very nice post!
Cody Legro
16. May, 2013
dude this is F****** rad!
David McCready
16. May, 2013
Right on Cody, glad you dig it.