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How Do Bodybuilders Eat So Much and Stay Lean?

May 25, 2023 By Daniel Louwrens

Key Takeaways

  • Staying lean as a bodybuilder takes way more effort than you might think, and any muscle with a low amount of fat in it is lean muscle.
  • Bodybuilders, in a sense, are like sculptors or construction workers, although the thing they’re building is themselves.
  • Eat, sculpt, inject, repeat — remember that most of them are on steroids.
How do bodybuilders eat so much and stay lean image

Let’s not beat around the bust or try to mask anything. Bodybuilders eat so much and stay lean because they train harder than 99% of the population, and they follow stricter diets than 99.9% of the population. They also (well, most do) use a myriad of anabolic steroids, and the combination of those two factors allows bodybuilders to stay leaner year-round.

Here’s how bodybuilders can afford to eat so much yet stay lean!

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Filed Under: Nutrition Tagged With: diet, macros

Can You Eat Carbs and Get Shredded?

March 12, 2023 By Daniel Louwrens

Key Takeaways

  • It’s entirely possible to get shredded and still eat carbs.
  • The only way to get shredded is with a calorie deficit.
  • Your protein is actually more important than your carbs when trying to get shredded.
Eating carbs and getting shredded image

“Carbs make you fat,” “Insulin makes you fat,” “Fat makes you fat,” or — my personal favorite — “You dieted for too long, and now your metabolism doesn’t exist!”

The fitness industry is riddled with claims like these, but the truth is, yes, you can lose fat and get shredded while eating carbs. So let me show you how.

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Filed Under: Nutrition Tagged With: macros

How to Get Ripped Muscle Eating Pizza (Not Kidding)

March 12, 2023 By Daniel Louwrens

Get ripped eating pizza image

You’re one slice away from finishing your second pizza this week. They weren’t exactly part of your diet plan, but you can afford to include them because you’ve been doing some heavy lifting, right?

Being ripped shouldn’t come at the expense of good food. And it’s totally unfair that chicken tastes this bland!

Relax, my little aggressive friend. Let us teach you the pizza ways…

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Filed Under: Nutrition Tagged With: macros, ripped

What are Macros and Why Should You Care?

December 11, 2018 By Kyle Hoffman

what are macrosWhat are macros?

What does macros mean?

How many macros per day?

These are questions you may be asking yourself when you first get bitten by the muscle-building bug.

Macros – or macronutrients – are the part of food that give you energy and fuel your body. When it comes to your diet, understanding macros is important because the right balance will help you lose weight and burn fat.

So, let’s take a minute to talk about how the macronutrients in your food – protein, fat, and carbs – help you build muscle, regulate your hormones, provide energy, and transform your body. [Read more…] about What are Macros and Why Should You Care?

Filed Under: Nutrition Tagged With: macros

How Many Grams of Fat a Day to Build Muscle?

August 24, 2016 By Kyle Hoffman

Don’t eat any fat in your diet because it’ll make you fat.

Good night everybody! *walks off stage*

Whoops, that’s a blatant, and obnoxious lie.

Fat is an essential macronutrient that you definitely need to include in your meal plan, however like everything else, there are limits to how much you should and should not eat.

So if you’re asking questions like “how many grams of fat a day” or “how much fat per day to build muscle”, then stay tuned because you’re about to find out.

[Read more…] about How Many Grams of Fat a Day to Build Muscle?

Filed Under: Nutrition Tagged With: macros

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