Hey guys, im 5 foot 11 and about 98kg. im trying to consume about 250g of protein a day. was wondering how many carbs i needed if i was trying to build lean muscle?? would i need to consume about 250g or more??

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More but i think it depends on how active you are... sorry i cant be more help

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post up your diet, stats and training pal and we can help out

Not as much as I thought! I keep carbs at 40% of calorie input when bulking. Dropping some carbs and upping fats to 25% has done wonders for me! Now and again I'll chuck in a high carb day but by high I mean I have another 50-70 gms on top of my normal daily intake so it's not excssive really!

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post up your diet, stats and training pal and we can help out

my training goes like..

Sunday - legs and bis
Monday - chest and tris
tuesday - rest
wednesday - back and bis
thursday - shoulders and tris
friday - rest
saturday - sparring and cardio

my main goal is to build lean quality muscle. im training my bis and tris twice a week at the moment. trying something new.
so the question is how many carbs should i be consuming??

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why bi's and tri's twice a week mate?

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why bi's and tri's twice a week mate?

i train my bis and tris twice a week at the moment because in the last couple of moths i've been training them once a week and it seems like they dont want yo grow. i've tried changing my routine but no results. since i've been training them twice a week i feel much stronger and can see some improvements. i've been doing this for the last 4 weeks and am going to carry on with this for another 3/4weeks. after this may go back to old routine..

sunday - legs
monday - chest and bis
tuesday - rest
wednesday - back
thursday - shoulders and tris
friday - rest
saturday - sparring and cardio

'A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he gives up.'

I think by tranning your Bi's N Tris twice a week you may not be giving them time to grow.

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U could try training your arms twice a week maybe don't completely fry em every session though as they might not recover enough.

Post up your diet as well so we can have a look

ok. just come back from the gym. never bothered training my bis. took your guys advice and gone back to my old routine which was..

sunday - legs
monday - chest and bis
tuesday - rest
wednesday - back
thursday - shoulders and tris
friday - rest
saturday - sparring and cardio

as for my diet here goes... i started this a couple of days ago

1.00 - wake up
1.15 - breakfast... whey protein 25g and oats with milk(CARBS ???)
2.30 - preworkout meal... 4 boiled egg white with 2 wholemeal breads (about 30g protein and 35g carbs)

4.00 - finish training 50g whey protein with 50g dextrose(carbs)
1 Mega Vitamin Tablet
1 Omega 369 capsule

5.00 - half grilled baby chicken with boiled rice ( PROTEIN ?? CARBS ??)
1 500mg glucosimine sulphate tablet

8.00 - half grilled baby chicken with rice ( PROTEIN ?? CARBS ??)
1 500mg glucosimine sulphate tablet

11.00 - tuna sandwich (wholemeal bread) (27g protein and 35g carbs)
12.00 - tuna sandwich (wholemeal bread) (27g protein and 35g carbs)
2.00 - cnp pro flapjack (20g protein and 40g carbs)
4.00 - MP's toal protein (46g protein and 4g carbs)

i wake up late because i work night shift. what do you guys think. i try having a fruit here and there when i can. hardly ever though.
where i have written in CAPS, it means that i dont know how much. i would appreciate it if you guys could tell me how many grams of rice i should have with my meals.

normally i wouldnt have the oats and the rice with my meals but added them in recently because i thought i wasnt getting in enought carbs

'A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he gives up.'

ORIGINAL: A.D.1

ok. just come back from the gym. never bothered training my bis. took your guys advice and gone back to my old routine which was..

sunday - legs
monday - chest and bis
tuesday - rest
wednesday - back
thursday - shoulders and tris
friday - rest
saturday - sparring and cardio

as for my diet here goes... i started this a couple of days ago

1.00 - wake up
1.15 - breakfast... whey protein 25g and oats with milk(CARBS ???) (HOW MUCH CARBS?/ ADD FRUIT)
2.30 - preworkout meal... 4 boiled egg white with 2 wholemeal breads (about 30g protein and 35g carbs) (I'D DROP THE FAT HERE AND BOOST CARBS TO FUEL YOUR WORKOUT)

4.00 - finish training 50g whey protein with 50g dextrose(carbs)
1 Mega Vitamin Tablet
1 Omega 369 capsule(DON'T HAVE ANY FAT HERE)

5.00 - half grilled baby chicken with boiled rice ( PROTEIN ?? CARBS ??) (HOW MUCH RICE?/ ADD VEG)
1 500mg glucosimine sulphate tablet

8.00 - half grilled baby chicken with rice ( PROTEIN ?? CARBS ??)(HOW MUCH RICE?/ ADD VEG)
1 500mg glucosimine sulphate tablet

11.00 - tuna sandwich (wholemeal bread) (27g protein and 35g carbs)
12.00 - tuna sandwich (wholemeal bread) (27g protein and 35g carbs) (CAN'T U JUST HAVE 1 BIGGER MEAL AT 11:00?)
2.00 - cnp pro flapjack (20g protein and 40g carbs)
4.00 - MP's toal protein (46g protein and 4g carbs) (ADD 7G'S OF OMEGA 3 CAPS HERE/ OR ADD OILY FISH IN YOUR DIET)

i wake up late because i work night shift. what do you guys think. i try having a fruit here and there when i can. hardly ever though.
where i have written in CAPS, it means that i dont know how much. i would appreciate it if you guys could tell me how many grams of rice i should have with my meals.

normally i wouldnt have the oats and the rice with my meals but added them in recently because i thought i wasnt getting in enought carbs