To grow in bodybuilding and achieve the physique of your dreams, nutrition has a place at least as important as your training program. Unfortunately, it is often neglected, and many bodybuilders think that just eat enough protein to build muscle.

It's more complicated than that. In future articles we will explain how to set your diet and nutrition for body building, but also all the elements for you to understand the basic principles of nutrition that are macro nutrients, the glycemic index, or fat storage.

To summarize, the main thing that will determine your progress in bodybuilding is primarily your total calories. Eat enough with enough protein and you will gain muscle along with fat, slight restriction combined with adequate protein intake will help in weight loss while minimizing muscle wastage:

You can achieve your goalS by following the above recommendations, which are certainly not always as simple as asking a certain rigor weighing food and systematic counting calories.

You can achieve your goals with patience and perseverance. So you will have to weigh your food, count your calories and your nutrients, but once your set menus and the habit it will be in an almost natural and your progress will be much easier.