How come the golden age pro's could eat junk?

[Hardknock]

that's normal before going onstage though...i usually eat a jar of stawberry jam and 21 ricecakes. Or snickers, reeses' etc. etc.

What is that for? I know posing takes a lot of energy out of you, so im thinking it's for the added energy?

[Solidarity]

They were essentially on a keto diet year long. Very rarely do you see them eating wheat based carbs. Also, they were on tons of steroids and their whole life was working out.

[Solidarity]

What is that for? I know posing takes a lot of energy out of you, so im thinking it's for the added energy?

filling out the muscles

[Flex500]

What is that for? I know posing takes a lot of energy out of you, so im thinking it's for the added energy?

it really just brings out the muscles. The theory in the 24-36 hours pre getting on stage is you really don't drink anything and your body hasn't had many carbs up until 2 or 3 days before the show so if a show is saturday you usually look flat, non vascular, and not that great on like wednesday.

Then you start to carb load up to the show. The carbs attract water. Since you haven't really been drinking anything the carbs pull all the water from under your skin and fill up your muscles. Thus in reality your muscles are full of water but there is none under the skin. So you look crazy full and hard.

It is quite amazing when you are VERY lean and depleted and eat those last minute carbs. You can literally watch yourself fill up.

[Iron Monster]

it really just brings out the muscles. The theory in the 24-36 hours pre getting on stage is you really don't drink anything and your body hasn't had many carbs up until 2 or 3 days before the show so if a show is saturday you usually look flat, non vascular, and not that great on like wednesday.

Then you start to carb load up to the show. The carbs attract water. Since you haven't really been drinking anything the carbs pull all the water from under your skin and fill up your muscles. Thus in reality your muscles are full of water but there is none under the skin. So you look crazy full and hard.

It is quite amazing when you are VERY lean and depleted and eat those last minute carbs. You can literally watch yourself fill up.

Its all in the mind. Nothing in the body works that fast.

[T3mpest]

Its all in the mind. Nothing in the body works that fast.

The muscular system can do activities that quickly. Take a light weight and lift till you can't go anymore, rest for 15 seconds and see if you can't make a couple more reps, atp regeration.....

[mfl1992]

Pro's today also eat junkfood, I saw a video where Lee Priest ate literally about 6 candy bars before going on stage and posing.

Its all in the mind. Nothing in the body works that fast.

Have you ever competed or done a ****load when totally carb depleted? many of the posters in this thread appear they havn't thus aren't used to the idea of how vital high gi carbs can be for someone who knows what they are doing.


There are so many posters in this thread who don't know jack about diet/carb manipulation etc. Go re-read my post and the answers are there. Not talking to you specifically here anymore iron monster but for others.

[carman336]

FAT IS YOUR FRIEND! twice the calories per Gram of carbs and proteins. You need alot less volume to reach your caloric requirements. High fat diets are also extremely beneficial to bodybuilders because your body uses lipids to produce most anabolic hormones. EFA's are needed if you're using AAS to counter the negative effects on HDL. (Yes I said HDL. AAS reduce HDL causing an imbalance that can allow LDL to increase. AAS do not directly increase LDL.)

[Flex500]

Its all in the mind. Nothing in the body works that fast.

It can definitely work that fast. What do you think the reasoning is when guys look great in prejudging and terrible in the finals or vice versa?

They certainly didn't gain fat in that amount of time. When you are that depleted taking in carbs like that can drastically change the way you look.

[Flex500]

Its all in the mind. Nothing in the body works that fast.

and nothing in the body works that fast??????

you can get high from smoking crack in 5 seconds

it only takes seconds to raise a diabetics blood sugar when it is severely low

etc.

etc

etc

there are literally hundreds of examples of process like this that take seconds.

[Loctus]

Its all in the mind. Nothing in the body works that fast.

I've seen people inhale crystal meth and get high in 0.01 seconds. Just saying.

[Hardknock]

it really just brings out the muscles. The theory in the 24-36 hours pre getting on stage is you really don't drink anything and your body hasn't had many carbs up until 2 or 3 days before the show so if a show is saturday you usually look flat, non vascular, and not that great on like wednesday.

Then you start to carb load up to the show. The carbs attract water. Since you haven't really been drinking anything the carbs pull all the water from under your skin and fill up your muscles. Thus in reality your muscles are full of water but there is none under the skin. So you look crazy full and hard.

It is quite amazing when you are VERY lean and depleted and eat those last minute carbs. You can literally watch yourself fill up.

I got ya.
Matter of factM I do remember a buddy of mine saying something along those lines last yr when he competed in his shows......

[Rocky-Balboa]

so, golden age bbers didn't follow a diet? just ate anything??

[Flex500]

so, golden age bbers didn't follow a diet? just ate anything??

I don't think that was the case. But....

look at the emphasis on conditioning now. You better have striated glutes, no water at all, and shredded hamstrings and able to see every muscle fiber all over your body.

it just wasn't like that in the 70's. Come in big and as lean as possible and that was good.