Foods to Eat to Build Lean Muscle Mass

It may come as a surprise to you that greens like Kale, Broccoli, and Spinach are great food sources to build lean muscle mass.  Along with those greens, lean grass-fed beef, turkey, chicken, eggs, fish, Greek yogurt, Ezekiel bread, brown rice, whole grain cereals and pasta's are other great sources.   Good fats like avocado's and nuts are also key.

Experts agree that eating every 3-4 hours helps keep the home fires burning, or in other words, keeps your metabolism burning.  The key is to limit your sugar intake and eat real foods.  Eating prepackaged foods will not help you build lean muscle mass.  It will help you build fat mass though.  And finally... water, keep yourself hydrated throughout the day.  Water helps your cells repair themselves after your muscle building workout.

And now to build some lean muscle mass;  do 25 jumping jacks, 25 push-ups, 25 jump squats, 25 burpee's, 25 triceps dips, 25 sit ups.  Do this sequence 5 times through.

For a nice lean muscle building snack

Heidi's Muscle Smoothie (serves 1-2)

1 C Plain non-fat Greek Yogurt
1 C Spinach
1/2 Banana
1 C Strawberries (or any other kind of berry)
1 tsp Vanilla
1 C Ice
Sugar to taste (try to go without)

Put ingredients in order in a high-powered blender, blend until smooth and enjoy!