The pussification of bodybuilding...

[GREENMACHINE23]

I used beer in my last prep. It was highly effective....

Was it a IPA or a lager?

[GREENMACHINE23]

I find it interesting that in the past 5 years, all the effective behaviors that bodybuilders have discovered over the past 100 years are now deemed "old school" and are considered " unnecessary and silly".

1) eating every few hours: no longer necessary
2) eating specific foods: no longer necessary. (Iifym)
3) eating at all!: not necessary. (Apparently you can now get huge while fasting. Who knew!?)
4) doing lots of cardio: this is the devil himself! you can now get the same results with 17 seconds of HIIT cardio every 5 the day and thus avoid that ubiquitous METABOLIC DAMAGE!

is it a coincidence that:

A) It's all the difficult shit that has to go?

B) There isn't one TOP bodybuilder who has abandoned their draconian ways in favor of these " new and improved" tenets ?

C) The lineups at every major show I attended this year had way higher numbers and way lower quality?

Anyone? Anyone?

Great post!

[Hoss06]

Nobody has totally abandoned all these "ye olde" (yet relatively effective) bodybuilding diet principles but alternatively people have grown empowered to discover that there's more than one way to Rome and whatever works for one may not necessarily work for the other.

Smart people realise this and use what fits for their circumstances.

Here's hoping I can get this up before Bob copy and pastes a study that takes up 3ft of screen....

I could care less about how somebody achieves their look...pop tarts? awesome. Sweet potatoes? great. I fall in the middle on the debate. I don't think that there's such a thing as "magic" clean food, but I do think that certain micronutrient dense foods should comprise the bulk of ones diet. If you can get away with "unconventional" food choices that fit your macro nutrient and overall caloric goals then more power to you. What pisses me off is how SOME of the "iifym" crowd talk to those of us who legitimately ENJOY eating old school "bro foods" 6x per day like we're idiots or something.

X2...if one can consume 500g sweet potato daily without and GI or other issues, why change it? If they cant, then switch food sources ...hell, I have 6 pop tarts every refeed. Why?because it works for me and I can get the carbs in easily...do I eat them daily? No, I use a vast variety of food groups (bananas, potatoes, eggs, egg whites, shakes, need, etc etc)

Everyone is just do different- some CAN get away with more junk, incorporate 1-2 free meals 4 wks out from stage, etc.

Even with cardio- "BC" never does any and is always lean....if I stop cardio completely, I turn into marshmallow man...will it help get u leaner quicker? Sure, it can..but it's not always needed for everyone.

[Todd Lincoln]

Thank you for another insightful post Dave. Please post more often. Your thoughts are always appreciated.

[hifrommike65]

So what was that again: "If It Fits You Morons"?

[MiamiMadePunk]

[hifrommike65]

If Dave stepped sideways suddenly, he'd squash that kid like a bug. That should end the debate. LOL

[Jordan Coburn]

So what was that again: "If It Fits You Morons"?

As much as I enjoy your posts Mike, Its stuff like this that makes all of us "bro food" eaters look bad. Live and let live.

[hifrommike65]

I hear ya, Jordan. I will tell you, though, that I'm tired of seeing skinny guys on YouTube sounding like they invented bodybuilding & acting like they know everything there is to know about it.

[natenator]

I hear ya, Jordan. I will tell you, though, that I'm tired of seeing skinny guys on YouTube sounding like they invented bodybuilding & acting like they know everything there is to know about it.

And that's different than all the juice pigs that blow up on gear and shrink when off thinking and acting like invented bodybuilding?

[Jordan Coburn]

I hear ya, Jordan. I will tell you, though, that I'm tired of seeing skinny guys on YouTube sounding like they invented bodybuilding & acting like they know everything there is to know about it.

And that's different than all the juice pigs that blow up on gear and shrink when off thinking and acting like invented bodybuilding?

This is my point.

There's gotta be a middle ground.

How about this for an acrynom: "EMTODBUIEIEYL"...Everybody Mind Their Own Damn Business Unless It Effects Your Life.

[hifrommike65]

Okay, except it's "Affects."

[Jordan Coburn]

Okay, except it's "Affects."

i'm 5 weeks out eating 1900 cals per day...gimme a break!!

[Hoss06]

i'm 5 weeks out eating 1900 cals per day...gimme a break!!

And 70mins cardio

[Maryland Muscle]

I guess some can call me old school but I completely agree Dave.