Name: Cal Tweedy

Email: calbravo@hotmail.co.uk

I was injured in a car accident when I was 18, and was bed ridden for 3-4 months. My weight bombed down to around 140 pounds due to lack of mobility. I decided that upon returning to the gym I would start training for a natural bodybuilding contest (NPA Yorkshire 2010) and set about the task of rebuilding myself.

Unfortunately I fell into the trap that many young lads do and got it into my head that gaining weight (and I mean strictly the addition of weight, numbers on the scales) was the key to muscle growth. As well as a diet high in protein and carbs, I hammered the fats down as well, trying to gain weight.

The size I put on was bad size, whatever muscle growth that happened was overshadowed by the amount of body fat I gained. Around 9 months before the contest a friend of mine took me aside and told me I had to get it together and stop training so foolishly.

I immediately dropped any 'bad' foods from my diet, you know the sorts, stuff you know won't help you reach your goal but you eat it anyway. They were gone.

I started doing cardio, a bit of a shock to the body! Not as much as I did pre-contest but enough to make a difference for good. Four months before the contest I tightened the diet even further and upped the cardio, not the best of times.

• Whey Protein: 50g (2 scoops)

• Casein Protein: 50g (2 scoops)

• Optimum Nutrition BCAA 1000: 2 caps

• 100g oats
• 50g Whey Protein
• 1 banana

• 1 chicken breast
• 1 sweet potato

• 1 chicken breast
• 1 sweet potato

• 1 chicken breast
• 1 sweet potato

• 50g Whey Protein

• 2 fillets boneless, skinless fish
• 1 large potato

• 50g Casein Protein

The exciting dietary requirements of bodybuilders!

Get some food, watch a movie, and chill hard!

Good steady bodybuilding gains come from this:

• Lift hard every session.
• Eat well every meal.
• Sleep well every night.

Do this relentlessly and you'll go far.

Best of luck boys, hope this has helped you in some way!

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