Keeping It Simple

[UNITED]

@Anonymous1738 inspired this post after reading their “Diet Over Drugs Thread” which should be a sticky everywhere (see link at bottom of post)

I myself was once guilty of prioritizing anabolics and training over diet, until of course I realized that diet is king and not committing to a diet that aligns with your goals, is like putting a quarter tank of gas in your prius trying to drive from the east coast to the west coast.

Keeping it simple: maybe im old school, but if you read the forums out there on diet youll find how saturated with complicated bro science on “1/2 tea spoon of this, 1 cup of that, 3.5oz of almond milk, ect.” the thought of walking down every isle at the grocery store to find these items scares me!

When a novice or even experienced person who isnt obtaining their goals asks me for a training program to lean up my response is always… Anyone can workout an hour a day, keep doing your same routine but now change your 3 meals/day to chicken or salmon breakfast, again chicken or salmon with brown rice lunch and again chicken/salmon brown rice for dinner… obviously you can switch these meals with different things with equal nutritional value, but the point is it’s that simple and its better than you’re current diet. Your body has no choice but to lean up and same goes for bulking.

Not only that, but this will help an individual learn the fundamentals of diet and after learning that they can jazz it up with other things if they’d like. Too many people are worried about counting cals, fats, carbs, protein, ect. when stepping on a scale, looking in the mirror and people with higher BF could also track measurements or BMI which would be more beneficial than logging your macro numbers.

In summary, anyone searching for a secret diet plan for their fitness goals there is none, that goes for training as well it simply comes down to how disciplined and committed you are. The complicated diets and training programs you will read should be implemented are learning the fundamentals and basics. This is only my personal opinion, I encourage anyone who wants to voice theirs as well, thanks! - UNITED

Diet Over Drugs Thread: Diet Over Drugs

 

[Bigmurph6]

I have always said it like this the ingredients are diet and training to make the cup cake but the aas are just the sprinkles you put on top to make it look good.
Keep it simple stupid
Coudnt agree more great write up

 

[rnmuscle]

There it is. If people nowadays really accepted that, we would have no forums! I’m kidding really, but everyone wants the secret and when you get it, it becomes very boring for some. Us true lifterssome it opens up a whole new world. In the last 10 years, my big changes were trying diet and training techniques. It really can be as complicated as you want it to be. It boils down to fun and consistency. I’ve been training hard for 30 years, used to do goose steps for calves, competing since 15. I feel like I’ve seen it all. Then just the other day, I was looking at an advanced home workout and tried it. Holy crap, I was tired and pumped all over. I thought what if I did this in addition to my regular split at a different time 3 fsys a week? I can possibly do that and keep cardio at a minimum. Its like a bodyweight nonstop circuit. Also, the anaerobic part will help knock off some carbs. That’s my mindset instead of well if I kick up the t3 and clen, etc. So, I agree totally but when I possibly look better and tell someone the change was training based, they will be like yeah, but did u up the winny or something akin to that.

 

[UNITED]

haha! Exactly, forum are meant to have people like you who have made all the mistakes and learned the right ways through trial and error help guide people adopting this hobby so they dont make them as well

Said you’ve been training for 30 years so im putting you in your 40ies? You look great boss, hope I can keep it going like that as I “mature”, I respect the hard work! Thanks for the valued input! - UNITED

 

[rnmuscle]

Holy shit my forties are disappearing. I wanted to write a book, myself and a couple buddies have great stories and all we wanted to do was train. I started so young that I got a chance to do stuff that was funny. Driving guest posers around, dealing with American muscle magazine and the “other side of bbing” still goes on too. Funny shit but no one would think so unless they were into the sub culture. You wouldn’t dare do the regional show if you didn’t win the state. There was the western USA, eastern USA, central, then the juniors… Plus until around 93 the AAu had Mr America, Mr universe. You can pick any year like 1992 and the Nats, USA would be 8 deep with great bbers and everyone was good. The USA had one card for overall, Nats had class winners way before USA, it was crazy. You could be a great middle, like comerford(rip) and have to do the Nats because you couldn’t win the overall at the USA.

 

[John]

This conversation was great gentlemen, up until recently I thought it was aas as number 1 then gym then eating when it’s actually the exact opposite so this article helps reinforce that in my mind thanks