MASSive diet.
Dieting is the number one most important rule of being a successful bodybuilder. To many, food is treated as more of a delicacy than a source of energy. For all dedicated athletes, bodybuilders included, food can be looked on as nothing more than fuel. Jay Cutler said it best, “I don’t eat for taste, I eat for function.” In order for the body to function through the tough training sessions, the hours spent in the gym lifting considerable weight, the time after training when the body needs to recover, food is the number one key to success.
Just like bodybuilders, other professional athletes must push themselves to the limit not just physically, but mentally as well. The diet is the key to making things run smoothly. The harder you train then more calories your body is likely to require. It’s the reason why WWE talent Ryan Reeves, also known as Ryback, is so adamant about filling his stomach to capacity. The pro wrestler eats an astounding 8-10 meals per day. Check out what Ryback had to say about his eating habits.
“Chicken, brown rice – I’m big on complex carbohydrates. I’m pretty bland in what I eat, I’ll eat the same things over and over again – chicken, turkey, tuna salmon and protein shakes. I try to eat well every meal. Every meal I try to better myself that’s the goal and I try and stay away from foods that are not going to benefit me. I have to constantly feed myself because of the schedule I’m on and now how much physical activity I’m doing whether I’m in the weight room, doing cardio vascular conditioning or flexibility program, I’m constantly doing something so I have to keep my calories in me so I have my size and strength and power in me when I get into the ring. You have to feed the machine … I actually feel like I have gotten in better shape since I have been on the road.”
Could all of those meals really be that healthy? Well it looks like someone got to the bottom of that question when Ryback was on WWE’s talent development reality show Tuff Enuff, which documented his eating habits to hilarious effect.
Ryan Reeves can’t stop eating. by piledrivingcritique
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