[tweetmeme] A Diet Plan is crucial for those looking to bulk up. Lacking protein, carbs, and water will make all those hours spent at the gym and lifting weights worthless. In order to build muscle, you need to have a diet plan which will maximize your results. These are 5 simple tips that will help you have a flawless body building diet plan.

1) Eat 6 meals a day. Yes that’s right 6 meals a day, 42 meals a week. Each meal should be 2 1/2 to 3 hours apart from the moment you wake up to the time you go to sleep. Eating every 2 1/2 to 3 hours helps keep your metabolism running and helps fight cravings to snack. Each meal should contain protein.

2) Figure out how many calories you need to take in each day, and stay with it. In order to gain muscle, you must consume more calories than you burn.

3) Once you figure out how many calories you should be consuming, make sure that 40% are from protein, 40% are from carbs, and 20% are from fats.

4) Get 10% of your targeted calorie intake in grams of protein. For example, if your calorie intake is 2,500, then you want to consume 250 grams of protein a day. Which equals out to about 42 grams of protein a meal.

5) Drink plenty of water. Take your body weight and divide it in half and that’s how much water you should drink in ounces. For example a 180lb person should drink 90 ounces of water a day.

A example of a Daily Meal Plan: