Is it right to eat cheat foods whilst training to build mass?

OK, this is probably one of the hardest subjects men and woman find hard to get there heads around. Everyone wants to build muscle and loose fat. Well let me tell you what I know from experience.

When looking to increase your bodyweight/muscle mass, it all simply comes down to calorie intake.

In order to build muscle mass and increase your weight you need to be consuming around 500-1000 extra calories a day (depending on how quick you gain weight) so that you are consuming more calories than your body is burning in a day, 7 days a week. It's a lot quicker to build muscle on a high calorie based diet than it is on a calorie restricted diet.

What a lot of people get put off by is fat gains, now don't get me wrong if you are looking to build good quality muscle mass you are going to have to allow for a little fat gain as your body will find it easier to build muscle if you have the extra fat there to help the process along.

If you are following a good all round varied diet that has a mixture of fruits and vegetables lean meats, oily fish and poultry & complex carbohydrates then consuming a meal that has a bit more fat than you would like isn't going to do any harm to your gains.

Look at pro body-builders for example!. Now I know they may be using more than good quality foods to help them along in the muscle building department but the principle is still the same.
In there OFF SEASON they look very smooth and bulky because of the extra calories they need to take in in order to build good quality muscle so that when it comes to dieting stages they can rid the fat to show and impressive well build physice.

Training -

When it comes to building muscle, in my opinion you need to train LIKE! a body-builder. No more than 3-4 sessions a week is needed to promote muscle growth. A lot of body-builders train 6 days a week and because of there gifted genetics they are able to still grow with a lack of rest.

Rest is just as important as training as this is where the body recovers broken down muscle tissue and also builds new muscle fibres in order to grow.

There are lots of different routines out there to follow but a good one I find works great for myself is :-

Mon - Back&shoulders
Wed - Chest and arms
Fri - Legs
Sat - Catch up session of any lacking body parts + Abs.

If your trying to bring up your biceps try this routine which will really help develop the peak and mass in the biceps.

Standing barbell curl :- 5 sets of 6,6,8,8,10
Ez bar preacher curl :- 4 sets of 6,8,8,10
Standing high cable biceps curl :- 3 sets of 8,8,10
Seated dumbbell concentration curl :- 3 sets of 10,10,10

I hope this information helps and remember my favourite saying:-

" GO HARD OR GO HOME "