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Q&As: Ask the Nutritionist (Last updated: 09 May 2007)
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Q) I am trying to improve my physique desperately, I
train 4-5 times a week about 60-90 minutes each
workout. My body fat level is visibly lowering and my
muscle separations are becoming visibly clearer. But
my appetite is rather poor, most of the time I do not
feel like eating, I have forced myself to eat and at
times I feel bloated and horrible (like going to fall
sick). Pls help me on this.
A) First of all, you may be training too much and too
long. I suggest you take a week rest from training, get
a good rest. When you restart, cut back to 30 mins per
workout 4 times a week. Then, every 2 weeks add 1
set to each exercise you are doing till you are training
to a max of 60 minutes per workout. Doing it
progressively will help your body cope with the higher
workload better. Every 6 week or so take a week off
training. There is a limit to how a drug-free
bodybuilder can look, but definitely a well built body
done naturally is priceless and stay with you for a long
time.
At times when your appetite is not so good, try taking
easily digested food without bloating yourself, like fruit
juice with some protein/carbo drink like Gainer Matrix.
When you trained reasonably hard 4 times a week
naturally, your diet and rest pattern will have to be
tip-top for you to improve your physical condition.

Q) Which do you think is the recovery limiting factor in
natural bodybuilding? CNS or muscular?
A) I believe CNS is a bigger problem than muscular. I
personally have CNS as the bigger limiting factor that
hinder me from training more often.

Q) Do you think aesthetic in a bodybuilding physique
is largely genetic?
A) With bone structure and muscle shape being the
most important factor, there is still room for one to
make their physique look more aesthetic relatively.
That is allowing the weaker body parts to catch up
with the fast growing and maximising important
features like shoulder width, keeping the waist slim, V-
shaped taper, upper chest for examples. Being a
natural bodybuilder, one should never neglect that
heavy basics like squat and deadlift will form the
"hormonal drivers" to cause lean body mass gain.

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