Muscle building

Freefaller said:
Just buy from online butchers, somewhere like musclefood.com you can get lots of chicken breasts for cheaper than Waitrose and Sainsburys.

In fact if you go here (or enter WR6028 on checkout) you get a free chicken breasts:

http://www.musclefood.com/hidden/?code=WR6028

I've now done 3 orders from them, and the quality has been great - no water additives.

And ultimately, if you want to build a healthy body, you have to invest in it. Spending 250-300 a month on food isn't really a bad thing IMO - just cut down on the poor quality foods, and alcohol and you're onto a winner!



If you really are struggling (which I know some people do) then shakes are there for helping you bolster you macros.
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Very good price, im fortunate my local wholesale butcher is the same price and has excellent quality chicken with no added water to the fresh chicken breasts. At the rate im going at the moment im getting through 8-10kg a month. Could not bring my self to use the local supermarkets at that volume and that is set to go up as my training progresses!

ElliottJames said:
Shakes and Lentils, does this really need a thread? Obviously the Google search function is oblivious to your mind.
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I find it very reassuring getting even the simplest questions answered on this board, there are a few members who's reply's are almost guaranteed to be accurate and informative. Getting the opinion of your peers is far more reliable than scrolling endless recommendations from unknown quantity's on the internet, especially when it's on the subject of food and other things you are going to ingest!
 
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I've been browsing Musclefood lately and it does seem very competitive.

My local butcher sells 5kg packs of fresh chicken breast for £19.99 and he even opened a pack to let me have a look. Certainly no added water and at £4/kg it's excellent value. I'm more into chicken thighs at the moment. You can buy a 1kg pack from Lidl for £2.69, then skin and de-bone them which leaves about 700g of lean meat.
 
Ant84 said:
I've been browsing Musclefood lately and it does seem very competitive.

My local butcher sells 5kg packs of fresh chicken breast for £19.99 and he even opened a pack to let me have a look. Certainly no added water and at £4/kg it's excellent value. I'm more into chicken thighs at the moment. You can buy a 1kg pack from Lidl for £2.69, then skin and de-bone them which leaves about 700g of lean meat.
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Alternatively, Morrisons sell 600g of diced chicken breast for £3, and you don't have to spend all that time skinning and deboning your meat like a poor person.
 
Captain Planet said:
Also, are people being serious suggesting plant proteins as a suitable muscle growth food?

VEGANPOWER!
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my stepson said one of the large bouncers at the night club where he works only eats qourn lol doesn't seem to be giving him any disadvantage over people who eat meat/non vegetable protein
I would have thought vegetarians were fine with whey protein anyway?
 
Chances are the bouncer is on exogenous supplementation.

However, yes, you can do well as a vegetarian, as you're still able to eat eggs, and whey protein. It's harder work, and you'll rely more on supplements, and whilst quorn is a good alternative, it is heavily processed and manufactured, which is something I'm vehemently against.
 
MoNkeE said:
Alternatively, Morrisons sell 600g of diced chicken breast for £3, and you don't have to spend all that time skinning and deboning your meat like a poor person.
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I actually don't mind morrisons, the meat and fish counter seems to have a good selection - unfortunately we don't have one around where I live - and it's so much nicer talking to a skilled butcher that can cut the meat for you the way you want it too.
 
Whole heartedly agree with you, and if I had a local butchers that was convenient to go to, I'd do the same :)

I am shocked by how morrisons are approaching the standard of more premium super markets tho, despite maintaining lower costs!
 
Definitely agree.

Wills, what I meant was, that the Morrissons meat counters that I've been to will cut your meat to order, and let you choose the cuts of meat - as opposed to a lot of other supermarkets where their meat counters are pretty much already prepared - so you might as well go for the cellophane wrapped stuff anyway.

But yes, butchers > supermarkets, but that's why I like the online butchers, at least it's still a little bit better than the supermarket.

I couldn't buy the amount of meat I get from online butchers for the same price at the supermarket for the same quality - though at my old house I made friends with my local butcher and got good deals - but it's too far to drive just for that!
 
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Yes they contain fats (good fats) and protein. Almonds are the king of nuts IMO. However pretty much all nuts bar cashews (lots of sugar) are good. Even the humble peanut is good.
 
LiE said:
You wanna make some gains? That's gud, that's reeealll gud!

Chicken, whey and nuts are my staple proteins.
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Why did I get the voice of two twins reading the first part of that. Haha. If I am wrong, ignore.

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Oh the humble peanut FF, I make good use of these if I am falling short of hitting my cals for the day. I mix them in with cottage cheese. Great combo.
 
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Freefaller said:
Chances are the bouncer is on exogenous supplementation.

However, yes, you can do well as a vegetarian, as you're still able to eat eggs, and whey protein. It's harder work, and you'll rely more on supplements, and whilst quorn is a good alternative, it is heavily processed and manufactured, which is something I'm vehemently against.
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Nothing wrong with being a veggie without quorn etc

The problem most vegetarians seem to have is they have no clue about diet or nutrition so end up eating pizza and Linda McCartney ****.

instead you could go for nuts, quinoa, oats, milk, eggs, peanut butter, quark, yoghurt, all types of beans etc

120g+ a day should be easily achievable and if you add in a whey shake or two it should suffice.
 
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I'm very happy with musclefoods and spent £100 on most of my months meat/PB/cottage cheese etc The only shame is that they don't sell fish so I'll need to pop into morrisons at some point to by a whole salmon fillet or something.

I went for the protein bread with the referral code as it looked interesting, mines: JC7379
 
Krono5 said:
Nothing wrong with being a veggie without quorn etc

The problem most vegetarians seem to have is they have no clue about diet or nutrition so end up eating pizza and Linda McCartney ****.

instead you could go for nuts, quinoa, oats, milk, eggs, peanut butter, quark, yoghurt, all types of beans etc

120g+ a day should be easily achievable and if you add in a whey shake or two it should suffice.
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Agreed - I just stating my disgust for quorn! :p
 
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