Alright guys! I have always been against ridiculous broscience bullshit but there are actually some quality food items that can assist in retaining that anabolic effect. Now, to keep things simple and realistic, I am covering easy to reach/acquire food items that everyone should include in their diet charts. As someone who has been associated with weight training for over a decade now, a common pattern that I have noticed is novice lifters tend to work really hard, but lag behind when it comes to diet.
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There have been times when I had to scream on top of my lungs to people who asked me what to eat! One philosophy that I have faith in personally is “You get what you put in!” as simple as that… Consider your body as a fantastic machine that works on quality fuel. Better the quality, better the performance and vice-versa.
“Never Ignore Nutrition…”
Here are my top selections:
Chicken = Protein
Cottage Cheese = Slow digesting Casein Protein, Vitamin B12, Calcium and other nutrients
Eggs = Proteins, Amino acids, Choline and essential fats
Whey Protein = Yes, I am against fart powders but additional servings of a genuine brand with a good diet and better workout can work well.
Beef = Protein, creatine, B-Vitamins, Zinc and other important minerals.
Oats = Complex carbohydrates, Fiber
Fish = Lean Protein, essential fats/Omega – 3 fatty acids
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Well, I would not describe this as a controversy but rather a case of ‘utter stupidity’, lead by the popular ‘synthol freak’ and one of the unhealthiest individual I have ever seen, Mr Rich Piana. So, long story short, Bostin Loyd and Rich Piana went war against each other on YouTube, while the former kept his content entirely on how Rich Piana was a true unprofessional, Rich attacked Bostin’s integrity by bringing up ‘dick pics’ matter. In short, as per him ,people with small dick have no right to boast about anything in their lives!
Unbelievable! Whenever you make an assumption that this new found fitness community cannot stoop any lower, they come up with the weirdest of the shits in the world. While many admire both Bostin and Rich for their honesty and ‘no fucks given’ attitude, I prefer none because they both reflect each and everything I hate about the current fitness community at the moment. Both are fake balloons roaming around and fooling people. I mean, take a look at any of the arm workouts that Rich has uploaded recently. You can feel all those fake muscles jiggling whenever he moves or even when he gets that pump. It’s not real fitness guy because the guy is not even healthy.
However, with all that being said, I do have a problem with Mr. 5% brains a.k.a Mr. Callogen who preaches fitness when he himself is a failed bodybuilder and the statements he makes. There is a set way of making things clear or even mocking people in reply of the insults other guys are making, but I am very much against personal insults especially when you include family or closed ones in your attacks. Dick shots from someone, who does not even have a single muscle working properly and whose x-girlfriends all have claimed him to be a women beater is something I find it funny.
Sorry guys, this blog I know was not informative but had to write because I get really angry when I see you all fitness enthusiasts following the wrong people. Peaceee…. N Rich, fuck off!
Yes, you have to eat big to get big! Perhaps this is the only sensible thing that Rich Piana – the popular synthol human has ever said in his entire fitness career. Being someone who has been into fitness for over a decade now, I do get asked often on how I gained my size – even though I am not claiming to be ‘fat-free’. Now I don’t understand one thing – how the fuck can anyone not know the secret to grow and get big. “Eat you Idiot” is my standard reply to anyone who in his senses asks me on how to get big.
It’s a very simple philosophy – “calories IN and calories OUT!” eat clean and eat big, followed by a rigorous but intelligent workout ethics and results will definitely follow. Chicken, fish, eggs, beef, broccoli, other greens, mutton, rice and many other natural food sources have always been the primary fuel of legendary names like Arnold, Franco and many more. Those were the people with whom you could trade bodies all day, such was the level of perfection and symmetry. However, today bodybuilders do leave me in awe but trade bodies… NAAA!
Coming back to the topic of eating, if traditional three meals a day is not working for you, then it is very well clear that you need to up your game a bit. I would suggest people who believe they are hard gainers to try squeeze in extra 2 meals and analyze the difference.
Exactly! Don’t be a lazy arse and start preparing meals for yourself from today. Eat clean and lift big… feel the difference for yourself.
Those who are into YouTube fitness videos and fitness celebrities might already know what this blog is all about. I am an average individual who likes to browse through YouTube fitness channels for my daily dose of motivation, and yes, I do like watching Rich Piana Continue reading “Bigger or Better by the day: Doesn’t make any difference!”→
When a random stranger in the gym asks me “How long you’ve been working out?” I feel quite confused, because to be true I do not remember most of the times the exact answer that I should be giving. Not that I do not take pride in looking fit but it has been too much of an eye-opener and I refuse to do what others have been doing. All I can say is that it has been too long and extreme workout did gift me a tennis elbow, weak knee and ofcourse a wrist that does not allow me to do moments I once did.
Blaming bodybuilding for my injuries would be unfair because I did not have what it takes, and I mean the resources. Ronnie Coleman calls it vitamins, while people like Rich Piana consider these an essential ingredient of ‘Getting Big’ recipe. Fitness in the form of bodybuilding…
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When a random stranger in the gym asks me “How long you’ve been working out?” I feel quite confused, because to be true I do not remember most of the times the exact answer that I should be giving. Not that I do not take pride in looking fit but it has been too much of an eye-opener and I refuse to do what others have been doing. All I can say is that it has been too long and extreme workout did gift me a tennis elbow, weak knee and ofcourse a wrist that does not allow me to do moments I once did.
Blaming bodybuilding for my injuries would be unfair because I did not have what it takes, and I mean the resources. Ronnie Coleman calls it vitamins, while people like Rich Piana consider these an essential ingredient of ‘Getting Big’ recipe. Fitness in the form of bodybuilding can be the best weapon to feed your ego but if done without these resources can do some serious damage my friends. Extreme workouts and depending on just protein supplements can surely help you befriend some common injures.
However, this blog is not about whether one should go all natural and extreme, instead I wish to talk about why I feel bodybuilding today is not what it should be! Yeah buddy, you heard that right, irrespective of what many say about bodybuilding being a sport, I consider it to be nothing less than a beauty contest and in most of the cases a freak show. I mean ask your-self as a non-competing steroid user – “why am I doing this, will I compete and if not, why do I still want to look big?” The reply to this is ‘you have an ego my friend and you just found the perfect means to satisfy it’.
I myself am a person who has been working out for a long time and the only reason I never went dark side is that I had no intention of competing professionally. Moreover, in a developing country like India, where corruption breeds literally everywhere, competing professionally can be really heavy on your pocket and conscience. I like to browse through some fitness channels on YouTube just to hear opinions and tips, but Jason Blaha – video blogger who manages the channel ‘Juggernaut Fitness’ had some very interesting points that made me question my own intelligence. As he said – bodybuilding is not a sport, but a beauty contest where people pose in their trunks. I always considered bodybuilders to be one of the strongest people in the world, which is why it came as a big surprise to me that they actually are the weakest during competition phase.
I still follow fitness very close to my heart, wherein every workout matters. May be this is why I always have my workout planned just to ensure I crawl back home with a smile. However, I do agree that this sport and people associated with it have mislead many, including my very own brother who has been asking me to inject a certain vitamin up his ass every now n’ then. Why I blame people associated with the sport? Answer is quite simple – with great power comes great responsibility!
Personally I am a very big fan of Mr. Lee Priest, which is why he comes a close second in my short list of bodybuilding idols. The best thing that I like about him is his down to earth and a very realistic attitude with which he tells people to consider the consequences of taking steroids. Yes, he does own a million dollar physique but what makes him popular is the fact that he appears so real unlike others who cry ‘Titan’.
Unfortunately, I chose a topic so vast to write on that finding words seem much difficult than squats. Steroids have their own price to pay with time, but one should consider its worth and consequences before accepting it. Bodybuilding is a complex term and a tough practice to deal with; it had enlightened many like Arnold Schwarzenegger while it has lead to the downfall of legends like Ronnie Coleman. The story continues….
With each rep you go deep and try to go deeper! With every grunt you pray the repetition to be the last one while you feel the constant tension that grows more and more till you only have the option of limping back home. Yes, we are talking about the best day of the week at gym and that my friend is the ‘Leg Day’ which I profoundly call as the day of champions.
Look around you, what separates you from the rest is the fact that you’re the only who pays attention to his/her leg routine. Legs are what separate a champion or a guy who takes his workout seriously than others who just want a body to flaunt or are here to take selfies with the gym equipment. Leg workouts have a long lost relationship with some misfit myths as well, which includes height diminishment if you keep squatting.
Without further ado, let’s have a look at the facts on why one should squat and break some good old myths:
Body Proportion
Chicken Legs…
It may be the rule of nature that anything out of proportion might seem awkward in appearance. As if the creator of this world himself is an artist as all of his creations including humans are well proportioned. Bodybuilding is something that we try to take things to the very next level and this is where most of us loose proportion in our body. There may be an inch difference between Phil Heath and Kai Greene but the former is proving to be a nightmare for Kai all thanks to his gifted proportions. (Ofcourse he works hard as well). In short, no one wants to be a Johnny Bravo!
Lower body strength
One who works out actually knows the value of muscle/strength training in his day to day activities. For instance having good arms makes push and pull activities much easier, likewise good leg development makes climbing stairs, elevated walking, trekking and much other physically demanding stuff easier. Having a well-toned upper body will be best complimented with an in-shape lower body as well.
Better body size by testosterone production
Studies have proved better testosterone production leads to improved gains and following a leg schedule leads to better male hormone (testosterone) production. Who doesn’t want better gains and compared to people who don’t train legs, you can easily tell the difference in muscular density and development.
Core strength
A weak core can lead to multiple injuries many a times even while performing daily life activities. We have read the importance of having a strong core but are yet to apply the same in reality. When we are performing compound exercises like squats or even deadlifts, we are working on more than one muscle groups at the same time. Our core abdominals are under stress all the time when we perform these interesting moments.
Ofcourse you do look good because toned legs also count when we talk of a fit body and an impressive physical appearance.
If I give you a big YES as an opening statement… would it be worth to travel all the way down and finish with the read? The answer to that would be another ‘Yes’. This write-up is much more than a mere yes or no to the title, but more about showing as of why people pursue this madness and reach a level rarely imaginable by commoners.
It’s about the MindGame
When we talk about bodybuilding or weight training the first image in the mind of any average individual would be some big-ass freak walking the planet with 24 inches guns. Well, for those of you, who somehow glide in this category, let me tell you that there is a thick line of difference between a professional bodybuilder and a fitness enthusiast.
One cannot expect a regular gym freak to be as huge as Kai Greene due to the difference in the intensity of the training as well as the diet that the predator actually abides by. Being a professional bodybuilder not only means supplementation but also a discipline involved that one has to follow like a monk. Yes, fitness for many is madness and to some is a religion that actually assists you in perfecting yourself.
To me fitness was all about regaining that was lost in my childhood…my ‘Prestige’. I still remember the days when in a typical Indian environment I was bullied just because of my skin color. Those days were mixed with feelings of hatred and anger; somehow fitness was a respite in channeling that anger in appositive way. I still remember the first day I picked up iron and the madness that prevailed after each repetition with that weight. This is the madness that drives you throughout the workout with a motive to perfect yourself in each and every sense.
If you were looking for something or a workout plan or a diet detail then let me tell you that this blog has to do with preparing yourself mentally. Not everyone can have a gifted forearm like Phil heath due to the genetics factor that comes into foreplay in the end. However, fitness is much more than just genetics because it is the very last repetition before failure that actually triggers your muscles to grow and being mentally prepared is all about training to the level of failure. Look around and compare yourselves with others, ask yourself ‘what would have happened if everyone in this world could build a million dollar body Just like that?’ *Doomsday* because nobody would realize the value of this hard-work and nobody would actually know what madness means.
Yes…Bodybuilding/Fitness like art will always be madness….
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