11 Apr 5 Healthy Meal Ideas For Bodybuilders
Bodybuilding requires enough fuel to allow you to perform high intensity exercise workouts and enough building blocks to develop those muscles. What you need is a healthy meal that has the right proportion of proteins, carbohydrates, and fats to help you through. In case you’re wondering where to get these meal ideas, we’ve selected 5 healthy meal ideas for bodybuilders we’ve scoured from YouTube. You can also check these individual channels out if you find them very interesting.
Super Easy High Protein Breakfast
What You Need
- 3 large whole eggs
- Half a cup of old-fashioned oats
- Quarter cup of fat-free cheddar cheese, grated or shredded
- 100 grams regular deli ham, chopped
Why It’s Great
As the name implies, it’s a super easy way to have a breakfast that’s packed with as much as 53 grams of protein, only 37 grams of carbohydrates, and 18 grams of fat. Brandon Campbell Diamond recommends substituting any of the ingredients for healthier versions if you want. For example, going for a low-fat ham instead of a regular deli ham or even using only the whites of the egg instead of including the yolk. One can also go for other variants of cheese as well as choosing whole grains instead. Cooking it is super easy. Just crack the egg into a greased pan, put in all the ingredients, mix, and you’re done.
The Protein Bowl for Muscle Builders
What You Need
- 1 cup cooked quinoa
- 1 cup grilled lean chicken breast
- 1 cup steamed broccoli
Why It’s Great
Brad Scott Fitness says this is the perfect protein bowl for serious muscles builders since it only contains very negligible fat, with the fat content coming only from your choice of chicken breast. The leaner you get, the better it should be for you. Preparing it is as easy as cooking your quinoa according to package directions, grilling your chicken on a fat-draining grill, and steaming your broccoli. Once it’s done, you get more than 60 percent of your daily protein needs if you get a 4 ounce lean chicken breast. Now add the 7 grams of protein from the quinoa as well as the vitamins, minerals, and fiber coming from broccoli, and you’ve got for yourself a super bowl of protein rich foods.
Baked Garlic Chicken
What You Need
- 3 pounds of lean chicken breast
- 4 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil
- 5 cloves garlic
- Quarter teaspoon of garlic salt
- 2/3 cup of whole wheat bread crumbs
- 60 grams of parmesan cheese, grated
Why It’s Great
This delicious recipe from The Protein Chef is excellent for its high protein content. The entire recipe already accounts for a whopping 2,581 calories with 405 grams of protein and only 40 grams of carbohydrates and 89 grams of fat which is, in this case, made of the healthier olive oil. That said, you can prepare this ahead of time and it should already be your meal for the rest of the day. Preparing it is easy. You only need to mix the different ingredients together and then roll the chicken breasts into the mixture before baking them at 425oF for 30 to 35 minutes.
Tuna for Bodybuilders
What You Need
- 1 canned tuna in water, drained
- Half a cup of frozen peas
- A tablespoon of lemon juice
- A tablespoon of olive oil
- 1 whole egg
Why It’s Great
Tuna is filled with omega-3 fatty acids while also supplying the body with superb source of protein. Peas and eggs are also great sources of body building proteins. In the recipe shared by Lean Body Lifestyle, the dish calls for the mixing of all the different ingredients in a bowl before heating the mixture in a non-stick pan. It’s a super easy way to give yourself the protein-rich meal you need for bodybuilding.
Healthy Fat, High Protein Salmon Delight
What You Need
- 5 ounces of salmon
- 1 ounce of fat free feta cheese, crumbled
- Freshly crushed pepper and garlic
- 8 to 10 pieces of cherry tomatoes
- Spinach or choice of vegetables
Why It’s Great
The omega-3 fatty acids in salmon are well-known among serious bodybuilders as essential fats for losing the fat while gaining the muscles. This recipe from Matty Fusaro boasts of healthy fat and high protein content amounting to 42 grams and with a very low calorie count of only 415. It’s also so simple to cook. Season the salmon with pepper and garlic salt and then bake or grill. Sauté the tomatoes with fresh garlic and add the spinach. Top with crumbled feta cheese.
Check out these healthy bodybuilding meals yourself. They are so easy to prepare which makes it even a lot easier to accomplish your bodybuilding goals. Visit the Flexx Labs Shop for a full range of the best cutting and bulking cycles currently available.