Skinny Guy Massive Muscle Building Lesson 4: Blast Your Muscle Growth With Nutrient Timing

If you already have your diet all set up and ready to go and are now making good gains with your weight lifting program, the next thing that you should consider is nutrient timing.

While getting in enough calories at the end of the day is the make-it or break-it factor for building lean muscle mass, you can take your progress up one more level by making sure that you're eating the right foods at the right time of the day.

While you don't have to get super crazy about eating every three hours on the dot, understanding what your body needs at different points during the day and making sure to eat properly to maximize this will boost your overall level of results.

Here are some of the most important factors to consider with regards to nutrient timing.

Keep Pre-Workout Nutrition Light

First up you have your pre-workout nutrition.  Due to the fact that you're about to go into the gym and really work hard, you don't want to have too much food in your system or the blood is going to move to the digestive area rather than being shuttled to the working muscle tissues.

The result is a feeling of discomfort and often cramping, so obviously something that must be avoided.

Right before your workout you want to aim to keep the meal relatively light and high in protein and carbs but low in fat.  This will serve you the best.

Boost Up Carbs Post-Workout

Then, immediately after the workout, now you really want to pound back those carbohydrates as much as possible.  Really overdo it at this point in the day because this is the one time when your body is least likely to turn those carbohydrates into body fat.

It's not abnormal to see some people placing as much as 50% of their daily total carbohydrate intake post-workout and you can definitely boost your muscle gains from doing so.

Really give it all you've got for this meal. You should be eating a very high calorie post-workout meal or shake and then also following that up with a second meal about an hour later.

Ideally you want fast digesting carbs immediately post-workout and more slowly digesting carbohydrates in the meal afterwards.

Snack On Protein and Healthy Fats Before Bed

After you've covered around-the-workout nutrition, then the next thing for skinny guys to think about is the rest of the day and especially before bed.  What you'll want to do is slowly tailor your carbohydrate level back a bit further as the day progresses and you become less active.

First Lesson:
Skinny Guy Massive Muscle Building Lesson 1: The Three 'Musts' You Need To Have
Second Lesson:
Skinny Guy Massive Muscle Building Lesson 2: Calories – Secrets To Eating More Without Feeling Stuffed
Third Lesson:
Skinny Guy Massive Muscle Building Lesson 3: Top Muscle Building Must-Have Foods
Forth Lesson:
Skinny Guy Massive Muscle Building Lesson 4: Blast Your Muscle Growth With Nutrient Timing
Fifth Lesson:
Skinny Guy Massive Muscle Building Lesson 5: Rest, Sets, Rest – Making Sense Of It All
Sixth Lesson:
Skinny Guy Massive Muscle Building Lesson 6: Overtraining – What You Need To Know To Avoid This Deadly Mistake
Seventh Lesson
Skinny Guy Massive Muscle Building Lesson 7: Exercises Selection For Skinny Guys
Eight Lesson:
Skinny Guy Massive Muscle Building Lesson 8: Build Bigger Biceps
Ninth Lesson
Skinny Guy Massive Muscle Building Lesson 9: Skinny Guys and Cardio – Learn The REAL Deal
Tenth Lesson
Skinny Guy Massive Muscle Building Lesson 10: The Top Rated Supplements For Skinny Guys