Importance Of Nutrition

[Future_ifbb_pro14900]

Hey everyone, today I’m wondering why I’m seeing so much on nutrition and diet importance. The only time I actually here someone preach about diet, is usually on anabolics. Is diet important because your already risking your health so best eat healthy to optimize or is there something about diet that contributes to the overall success of a cycle?

 

[Kad1]

Both. Diet is paramount to a long and healthy life just as it is for the success of your cycle. Look at it in terms of and engine. If you put crappy fuel in the tank the engine won’t perform as well amd probably won’t run as long correct?

 

[Tack]

From a natural anecdotal experience, I wouldn’t say a very strict optimized diet is necessary for the every day person. I do advocate for blood work, more specifically to monitor blood sugar and cholesterol, and adjust diets accordingly. Keep an eye on blood pressure, and family history. Diabetes and heart diseases is a serious and common issue in the modern day world, and majority of it comes down to over consumption, lack of exercise, and consuming way too much sugar (soda).

When it comes to working out, I was on a calorie deficit to cut fat quickly, but I eventually hit a point where I could not maintain my energy through the day, workouts were harder to recover from. Increasing my calories, increased my energy, reps, and recovery time. Again may be anecdotal, but it seems a lot of the research reflects my experiences, so I’m rolling with it.

 

[NeuroRN]

Diet is the intake of the essential ingredients and fuel to make your actual physical body work. When you look at it this way, it’s hard to say diet is unimportant.

You can never, will never, under any circumstance out train a bad diet.

 

[Shock6050]

Anabolics or no anabolics, without optimal nutrition, your overall gains will be subpar. Likewise, training should also be well thought out and dialed in to get the maximum results possible. Ultimately, both diet and training are critical components that will take you even further than just looking good in the mirror…there are a lot of psychological and mental clarity benefits with proper diet and nutrition (don’t forget about quality sleep either)!

 

[JLee]

I agree. Proper nutrition is key to being successful

 

[Bigmurph6]

Truly diet controls everything that happens from reaching your goals to how well the compounds will work in your cycle.
If you want to cut weight gotta go with maintenance calories or lower.
If you want to bulk you need above maintenance calories.

No matter what goal you have natty or enhanced diet is the key to reaching that goal.

 

[John]

What is this quality of sleep you speak of @Shock6050

 

[Ripgut]

Diet is very essential as is a good liver support since as you said you’re putting your health at risk…

 

[NeuroRN]

If your diet is not dialed in already, running a cycle will be a waste.

 

[Poppy]

@NeuroRN

Thank you!

 

[NeuroRN]

@Future_ifbb_pro14900 i believe you said your stats were 6’1 150ish lbs. this means you have SO MUCH left on the table without gear. But your food has to be dialed in.

 

[Poppy]

Actual training protocol and diet is completely within control

 

[Rusty]

You can never, will never, under any circumstance out train a bad diet.

Well put brother!!!

Diet gets you where you wanna go. If you wanna be as strong as possible your diet will be very different to someone who wants to be as cut as possible.

 

[Shock6050]

Haha coming from the guy (me) that posted the response in the middle of the night (and regularly am posting at random times)! . I’m trying to get a better sleep schedule and shoot for 7-8 hours, but as of late I’m close to 5, but sometimes getting a little nap in if possible.