Poor Mans Carbs

[Gasp]

Writing this on behalf of an 18 year old I`ve been helping to train at Porirua City Fitness for the past few weeks. I`ve given him a few pointers but throwing this one open to the panel of experts so give us your best one`s here.

Like any 18 year old he doesnt have mega bucks for food and supps but he`s joining the army next year and doesnt want to blow away in the first Waiourou blizzard.

He`s been going to the gym for 6 months however five weeks ago he weighed only 54kgs but bought a sack of mutant mass.

Since then I`ve got him on the squat rack and he has made huge strides and gone from 3 reps on 70kgs to 20 reps on 75kgs with a program to see him through to 100 alternating higher and lower reps .

Forgetting the training this boy burns calories pretty quick even his weight is now 57kgs.

As Mutant Mass is not in the weekly budget he`s keen to get the best tips from members on good cheap food for the weight training-weight gaining -high burning-18 year old.

Cheers

[crazyfacials]

kumra/oats/rice all come to mind when you want good and cheap carbs ...they're the best bang for your buck imo

[nemesis]

No expert gasp, but if your after cheap carbs you surley cant go past rolled oats, baked potatoes or pasta. All reasonably cheap in my opinion.

[rovr4on]

also look at thread just below this one if he has problems cooking and lugging around whole foods etc

[Gym rat]

budget rice also the same with budget pasta which is cheap to buy

[Dontrunwithknives]

Yeh it is good idea to bulk up and train to carry weight. I went in at 59kg and had been running 8km every day for a month before. Wish I had trained to carry weight though. After 3 months I was 69kg, and by the looks of it that 10kg went into my quads. I struggled quite a bit with the pack marching so I think that made them grow. Good on him for starting his training early, he should do well.

[HarryB]

Skim milk powder... lots of it... heaps of carbs, as much protein as most protein powders and cheap as chips!

[Android]

Skim milk powder... lots of it... heaps of carbs, as much protein as most protein powders and cheap as chips!

Horrible taste but good idea.

If he does choose pasta do real pasta don't do packets of meals pasta it's got a ton of salt and not cheap long term.

rice is best bang for buck...cheap

Kumara is not bad, but 1kg raw (2 big kumaras) is only 250gms carbs for $4

Whereas 1kg white rice has 600gms for $3.50 - pretty hard to beat

[Gasp]

Thanks Guys. Some good thoughts here to pass on.

Looks like a lot of you get sent out to buy the groceries. :pfft: