Bulking Up With Meal Delivery Services

Maintaining a fit body isn’t the easiest thing to do. Not only do you have to be very strict with regards to your fitness regime, but you also have to eat in conjunction with your daily exercise so that you have enough energy to burn, build muscle, and don’t gain unwanted weight. To find the right balance between food and exercise when bulking up to build bigger muscles, a meal delivery service is an easy way to ensure you get the proper nutrition.

How to bulk up

In the past, many fitness fanatics and bodybuilders would automatically turn to protein shakes as an easy meal. Unfortunately, there are many disadvantages to protein shakes such as incomplete nutrition, sustainability issues, and health problems. Many people realize now, with the help of all the information online and from professional dietitians is to bulk up on protein, stick to low GI carbs and consume vast amounts of vegetables.

The only problem is meal prep. It isn’t always easy to know exactly how much protein you should plate up with consideration to carbs and vegetables. Breakfast time is easy. You can slip in healthy oats, hard-boiled eggs, and fruit. Lunch at the workplace can be pretty manageable as well. Join your colleagues at a restaurant with a range of choices, or order healthy salads with chicken breast from take out. But at night time, after work, and after your workout routine, you just want to relax. The thought of slaving over the stove for over an hour is bothersome when you’re tired and hungry and just want to eat. Takeaways seem appealing but they come with way too many unhealthy fats and carbs.

This is where meal delivery services come in. They are simply amazing. They cater to every need. Al you have to do is look through their vast array of meal options and choose the ones that suit your diet best. Obviously, you are looking to bulk up, so you will naturally choose the options with the healthiest proteins whether they are sourced from meat derivatives or plant-based.

It’s so satisfying to come home, have your parcel of food ready and just open it up. Sun Basket packs its ingredients together so everything you need is together. The recipe is very detailed and all the information you need to know about your meal is right in front of you on the recipe card. All you need do is follow the recipe and within under an hour, you will have delicious, nutritious, and muscle-bulking food.

With meal delivery services you have many meal-type options. Here are the most popular:

Paleo Meal

This is an option that will contain high-protein recipes with meat and seafood and tons of fresh vegetables. This option eliminates dairy, gluten, grains, soy, and corn. A great choice for a meal delivery service that offers paleo options is Sun Basket.

Lean & Clean

This meal-delivery option will help you manage your weight. These consist of meals with lean proteins and limited ingredients. These simple meals focus on helping you feel your best without added sugar, soy, or dairy. As a result, you can concentrate more on building muscle and less on counting calories.

Pescatarian

For a diet bulked up with healthy proteins, eating a fish-focused diet gives you the option to try dishes with different types of seafood mixed in with a vegetarian diet.

Gluten-Free

Maybe you follow a gluten-free diet which helps you direct your attention more to proteins. With this meal option from Freshly, for example, you can enjoy delicious recipes chock full of fresh vegetables and gluten-free grains.

Vegetarian

Vegetarian meals focus on options with dairy and eggs to give you the most delicious vegetable, plant-based meals. Martha & Marley Spoon offers great vegetarian selections.

Vegan

This option will give you plant-based proteins and amazing dishes that only a professional chef can come up with. This way you can bulk up your muscles purely on plant protein and feel satiated at the end of the meal. A variety of vegan choices are available through Home Chef.

Staying organized and ordering meals in advance is a good approach. This will give you more time to concentrate on workouts. Just remember to carry healthy snacks with you throughout the day. Almonds and other nuts, celery and carrot sticks with guacamole dip, and fresh grapes and Greek yogurt are healthy choices that will help you curb hunger and provide you with the right nutrients.

Workouts For Extra Bulk

Bulking up means not only that you eat more but that you train heavier in order to gain muscle. Here is a suggested workout routine that, in conjunction with healthy eating, should help you bulk up in no time:

Chest/Back

Deadlift: 4×6-10 reps with 120-180 sec rest
DB Bench Press: 4x 6-10 with 120-180 sec rest
Seated Row: 4×6-10 with 120-sec rest
DB Incline Press: 4×6-10 with 120-sec rest
Wide Grip Pulldown: 4×8-12 with 90-120 sec rest
Pec Deck: 3×8-12 with 90-120 sec rest
Straight Arm Pulldown: 3×8-12 with 90-sec rest

Shoulders/Arms

Arnold Presses: 3×6-10 with 120-180 sec rest
Shrugs: 3×6-10 with 120-180 sec rest
DB Lateral Raises: 3×8-12 with 90-120 sec rest
Reverse Pec Deck: 3×8-12 with 90-120 sec rest
Tricep Pushdowns (rope): 3×8-12 with 90-sec rest
DB Bicep Curls: 3×8-12 with 90-sec rest
DB Tricep Extensions: 3×8-12 with 90-sec rest
DB Hammer Curls: 3×8-12 with 90-sec rest

Legs

Squats: 4×6-12 with 120-180 sec rest
Lunges: 4×6-12 per leg with 120-180 sec rest
Romanian Deadlift: 4×6-12 with 120-180 sec rest
Leg Extensions: 4×10-15 with 120-sec rest
Lying Leg Curl: 4×10-15 with 120-sec rest
Standing Calf Raise: 3×12-18 with 90-sec rest
Seated Calf Raise: 3×12-18 with 90-sec rest

Upper Body

Bench Press: 4×6-10 reps with 120-180 sec rest
One-Arm Dumbell Row: 4×6-10 with 120-180 sec rest
Standing Shoulder Press: 4x 6-10 with 120-180 sec rest
Pullups: 4xAMRAP with 120-sec rest
Dumbell Incline Flye: 3×8-12 with 120-sec rest
High Pull: 3×8-10 with 120-sec rest
Tricep Pushdowns: 3×8-12 with 90-120 sec rest
Preacher Curls: 3×8-12 with 90-120 sec rest

Lower Body

Front Squat: 4×8-12 with 120-180 sec rest
Bulgarian Split Squat: 4×6-10 per leg with 120-180 sec rest
Good Mornings: 4×8-10 with 120-180 sec rest
Lateral Band Walks: 3×8-10 per leg with 90-120 sec rest
Hip Thrusts: 3×8-12 with 90-120 sec rest
Leg Extension: 3×10-15 with 90-120 sec rest
Seated Leg Curls: 3×10-15 with 90-120 sec rest
Donkey Calf Raises: 3×12-18 with 90-sec rest

*Taken from The Massive Muscle Bulk-Up: How to Gain 5 Pounds in 5 Weeks (Men’s Journal)

Conclusion

Your body is your temple, it goes everywhere with you. Taking the time to organize the way you eat will save you a lot of time and money in the long run. Look to meal delivery services to help you bulk up and make your life a whole lot easier!