A site I check out every day is Testosterone Nation, and one item I read there is Chris Shugart's Blog. The other day he posted something called his hurried man's guide to diet. A few selections:
* Eat smaller amounts of healthy foods often. Never be starved. Never be stuffed.
* Fats are good, but eat mostly healthy ones with omega-3s and stuff. There's a difference between fish oil and grease.
* You know all that junk food and fast food you eat? You know it works against your physique goals, right? So stop eating it. Control yourself. Have some pride. Stop acting like a stray dog who eats whatever is dropped on the ground without even sniffing it.
Not content to rest there, Chris followed up with another hurried man's guide, this time dealing with training:
* Recovery: You're probably not paying enough attention to it.
* Be aggressive without sacrificing form. Do not just "go through the motions." Strain, sweat, focus, suck wind.
* If you're a fat guy who can bench a lot because the bar only has to travel two inches down to your tittie-pecs, then don't brag about your bench press max.
* If you can do a lot of pull-ups because you weigh 115 pounds, then we don't want to hear about that either.
Two of Chris' tips point back to the topic of diet:
* Don't take diet advice from fat guys.
* The best ab training exercise involves pushing yourself away from the dinner table.
Finally, a wise approach to integrating weight training with cardiovascular work:
* Cardio: Do a little. Not a lot. Jogging for miles? No. Do sprints, intervals, or strive to increase NEPA (non-exercise physical activity.)
* Sex = Best. NEPA. Ever.
And guys, you do want to check out the "Powerful Images."
Posted by Craig Ceely at February 19, 2006 07:40 PM