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Three cups of Green Tea a day has been shown to help with muscle recovery.
I get a ton of questions about pre-workout nutrition, post workout nutrition, what I use as far as supplements are concerned and so forth. So, I figured I’d answer all of those emails with one awesome blog post
You’ve heard it from me a lot; that the hour before, during, and after your workout are the 3 most important hours of your day – when you’re training of course. Well, here’s exactly how mine go. Meals and supplements included.
Pre Workout
I usually lift at around 5 o’clock with a buddy or two. An hour before I head to the gym I’ll be eating my pre-workout meal. This meal consists of high proteins, slow carbs, with some fats thrown in there as well. This is usually a meal where I eat my left-overs from the night before.
I don’t have a ton of time to prepare a meal, so I want what’s fast, healthy, and ready to be consumed. I’ll have a portion of protein (steak, chicken, lean pork, fish, ground beef), a portion of carbohydrates (whole wheat pasta, brown rice, veggies), and some fats as well (could be the steak or fish, fish oils, or nuts such as almonds or walnuts).
Do you need to deprive yourself of everything that is tasty, and enjoyable in order to build an awesome body and get in great shape?
That’s what most people struggle with, myself included early on in my training. We think that you have to deprive ourselves. That building lean muscle, and getting a six-pack is about deprivation, and saying no to the treats and the things we enjoy most.
But it doesn’t have to be like that. Much of the fitness industry will have you think that you have to stick to a strict meal plan, that you can’t consume any alcohol, or that you have to eat boring foods that aren’t all that tasty. Well that simply isn’t true.
The ultimate goal for a lot of us is to put on lean muscle. The kind we see in the comic books, on the cover of magazines and, yes, in our dreams. I wanted that lean, athletic-looking and muscular body for a long time, but didn’t know how to go about getting it.
The thing is, there’s not a lot out there that helps us gain lean muscle mass without first looking fat and bloated. The old bodybuilding adage that you first bulk, then cut, has been the norm for years. But, we’re not bodybuilders. We don’t want that look, we want more athleticism, speed and power, and we don’t want to be spending the majority of our time in the gym.
Knowing that you can accomplish anything, but having the humility to understand that the most important things in life take a crap load of work and dedication, is a great mindset to have.
But to know something, you need proof. And how are you going to truly know you can accomplish anything you truly set your mind to, unless you actually go out and do it? You won’t. You’ll have faith, which is a powerful thing, especially to any entrepreneur, or person embarking on a mission like transforming their body.
I relate building your ideal body to building a business. When you first start a business there’s a lot of risk. You know why you’re doing what you’re doing, and you have faith that your smarts and hard work will one day pay off, but a lot of times you’re on an island. Even the people who are closest to you might not fully see the upside, or the reason why you’re trying to take the road less travelled. But you do.
Blue steel? Lesson #1: don’t take yourself too seriously.
I’m not ‘naturally’ like this
If you’re frustrated because you feel like you can’t build muscle or lose fat, and you feel like no matter how hard you work and train, you can’t build the body you want. Know that I was born with a body that was the furthest thing from my ideal.
For my first 7 years in the gym I gained ZERO pounds of lean muscle. Had minimal strength gains and was about the most frustrated human being on the face of the earth. But, things happen for a reason. When I finally figured out what I was doing wrong, my gains skyrocketed and I haven’t looked back since. The thing is, without those years of failure, feeling like I was cursed by shitty genetics, I wouldn’t be able to help other guys with the same problems, reach their goals.
Sometimes being a good protector is putting you own life at risk.
When you talk about man’s original role in this world, we always hear the word’s “hunter-gatherer”. Being in the 21st century the times have changed immensely; although I’d argue that one thing is, and always will be the same:
Men are born protectors.
We want to protect the those that we love, that we care for, and in many circumstances, those who can’t protect themselves.
This being a site focused on “Being Legendary“; that is, striving to become someone that achieves his own personal greatness – whatever that looks like – and helps or inspires others in the process.
There are so many ways in which we want to protect others. We want to protect others from:
