Comments on: Is There Any Way To Practice Frugality While Bodybuilding?

By: Tom

Tom — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 19:16:57 +0000

I just started working out as well. I pay about $40/month for a very nice gym membership and go about every day. Now, instead of my girlfriend and I going out to eat and shopping to keep busy, we go to the gym. It helps us actually save more money.

As for the supplements, I use muscle milk as well and either buy it on Amazon or my local grocery store called meijer. I can get 14 servings for about $13. This lasts me about 2 weeks. It does add up but you need that protein to get muscle. I’m not going to get ripped but rather toned and to get rid of my gut. haha.

Good luck and enjoy your work out sessions!

By: SevenToTen

SevenToTen — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 07:42:16 +0000

From what I know, bodybuilders exhaust quite a bit of cash with all protein intake in their meals and the supplements, vitamins they have to purchase.

Not much chance to save money there, the only way is maybe to get a sponsor.

By: Bill

Bill — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 15:05:53 +0000

You’re on the right path. You do need to eat more HIGH QUALITY food, but not as much as you think. Eggs and milk are your best sources of good protein and they’re relatively inexpensive (especially eggs). Check out the web for muscle-building diets. Look for Vince Gironda. He passed away a while back, but he co-wrote an excellent book with Robert Kennedy called Unleashing the Wild Physique, in which they detailed an “anabolic” diet plan. I write a blog and author a site about bodybuilding, if you’re interested (email me and I’ll send the links).

One final note: Prisoners often build massive muscle because they have a lot of free time on their hands (most of it rest and meditation), NOT because of the food they eat (it’s quite garbage). Think about that. Additionally, Bill Pearl was a famous vegetarian bodybuilder in the 50s and 60s.

Best of luck!

By: Donny Gamble

Donny Gamble — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 15:53:01 +0000

I think the best way to do this is to cut down on your supplement implementation and eat more natural foods. Supplements can become very costly especially to those who use them on a daily basis.

By: Justin "The Night Trader"

Justin "The Night Trader" — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 03:13:47 +0000

Man I hear you there! After getting out of college and getting a “good” paying job I splurged and got a fitness club membership along with a workout buddy. We went in together and haggled the price down, but I still pay almost $54/mo for my membership. I’ve suggested dropping it several times, but my wife knows how much I love it and has insisted I keep it. (I think she likes the idea of me de-stressing before I come home by throwing some iron around ). I also have a $5/mo membership for the fitness center at my workplace, which is nice for quick or mid-day workouts. I should probably just use that and drop the other one, but I’m so spoiled from working out on the nice equipment and environment of a premiere fitness center. It’s my one-and-only splurge on the budget, so I keep justifying it.

Before getting married and crimping down on the budget I was buying the protein powder … Muscle Milk tasted the best, but there was a gainer I took for a while that wasn’t bad. That stuff is freaking expensive though! But unfortunately I haven’t found a good substitute :-/. I eat quite a few eggs and my wife’s good home cookin’, but I can’t seem to gain anything anymore. I think you need that high-protein immediately after a workout to do much for you. I could probably help myself out by getting high-protein snacks to eat during the day, but that adds up too. If you figure out anything let me know!