15 years ago I built myself from 145 lbs to 240 lbs to become a professional
wrestler, actually once I built myself up to 210 lbs I could not gain any more
weight, And tried everything, and took tons of weight gain, my whole mission
was to gain as much weight as possible and be as strong as possible without
using steroids.
Than I read a book that made me start to think, so I put it to the test- I started
to eat starchy foods corn, potatoes, white pasta, breads, whole milk and the
weight started to add up and I bulked up like a cow getting fattened up for slaughter,
I put on an incredible 30 lbs in one month so the total weight gained was 95 extra
pounds at a height of 5' 7 " tall.
These were an ugly 95lbs and because of all the hype with muscle magazines
I thought bigger meant better, not the case, I never felt good, I was always tired
I got out of breath easily and my body was always sore.
So how could eating " low fat foods" put on the weight like it did, one reason was
because I would eat alot and it doesn't matter if the food is low fat or not- if you
eat to much you will get fat, it's the calories you consume.
How do you think they bulk up animals for slaughter they feed them diets high
in grains, these animals will have alot more fat around the meat, grass fed will
take a lot longer to bulk up and will never fatten up like the grain fed animals.
If you continue to eat plates of starchy types of food, you can expect to keep
packing on the fat, low fat, whole wheat or not, you will get the same results.
If you are inactive you will never burn off the excess carbohydrates, and when
you eat the next starchy meal, and the next, it just becomes a bad cycle.
The best would be to limit your starchy foods, and eat more salads, fruits,
vegetables, nuts, seeds, lean meats, and some fish.
If you do this and add a bodyweight training circuit for 5 to 10 minutes a
day you will never become fat, you become lean, and healthy for life.
Using the same advice I managed to take off 85 lbs in a very short period
of time. and have kept it off for over 7 years.
John Grube is an expert on the subject of bodyweight training. He has over 25
years of training experience and is the author of The Wildman Training Program
manual. For more info www.wildmantraining.com | |
