I'm also a newbie

[treilin]

Just found this site today! It's nice to see a site with women body builders in it. I've worked out with men in the military but their work-outs are not geared towards the female body. I've been thinking of doing a fitness competition in the next year. I have a trainer here in town who thinks I have a good build to do a fitness competition. Unfortuantely I'll be losing him come January because he's trying out for U of M football team. So I thought maybe this would be a good place to start. I'm really not sure where to begin. I love to run and keep hearing I need to cut my running down to gain mass. I would like to gain some muscle and definition. I'm 5'7 136 pounds (gained 3 over the holiday's). I have been trying the 6 small meals a day. I keep hearing about a clean diet... I think my diet is pretty clean but then I read another article and wonder what clean really means? I also hear a lot of the different phases someone goes through... Can anyone recommend soem good reading material, or advice?
Thanks!

 

[Sassy69]

Hi Treilin! Welcome to the boards!

"Clean" diet generally means staying away from processed foods & sticking to as natural and as balanced as possible. There are gradations of "clean" as far as what your goals are. You can range from a "maintenance" diet to a full-on competition diet.

If you want to do an evaluation of your current diet, post up what you eat & when you eat and we'll pick it apart. One thing to realize about dieting, particularly if you have a goal such as a competition in mind, even the cleanest diet has room for tweaking. You never want to let your body get comfortable w/ the current eating schedule if you are looking to produce particular changes. It is a constant change / response exercise.

 

[The Shadow]

Hey yo

 

[treilin]

I have to laugh... nice picture

 

[The Shadow]

ok then......

 

[Sassy69]

yo quadrian!

 

[The Shadow]

..Im all selfconscious now

 

[Sassy69]

Aww look! I bet you never saw a shadow blush!

 

[The Shadow]

I dont think she meant that in a good way

 

[Sassy69]

well I did.