How do prisoners get big from only jail food?

[TheGrapeJuice]

that is my question

[7399martyn]

eat more + get stronger.

[AntonyC]

Asked myself that yesterday. There was some guy in incredible shape on Lockup. I'll assume that they spend a lot of time sitting on their bed and sleeping, other than that its lifting or eating. Less calories burned=less calories needed to gain? They can buy food at canteen, so its not like they're limited to the 3 meals a day, but I doubt any prisoner is getting 3k+ cals.

[NYYstateofmind]

because all of that eat 10000 calories a day, eat 500 grams of protein nonsense is a load of ****. how did we get bigger back in the day when we had hunt our own food? some days we might go without meat, maybe even for a couple of days. if you are an ectomorph all the **** everybody preaches on this site may be vaild. but to the rest of us i dont think so. my workout partner is 220 and still gains strength fast eating hotpockets and cereal.

i used to buy protein until i realized that i was getting hustled and the industry is built on a bunch of lies.

[avodo]

There's a guy on here who went to jail and got jacked as ****. He posted his transformation pictures a while back. Maybe you should ask him...

But yeah, he said you get enough food to support muscle growth.

[94Ryan94]

Well while in jail what better to do with your free time than workout nothing else to do really is there all you can do in jail if you workout is workout eat sleep repeat each day and yes they do get enough food to support muscle growth they get quite a bit of food to be honest then after that they rest and sleep there is no alcohol or any other toxins in there so they are pretty healthy to even if they were on drugs before hand and there may be some smuggling of steroids in there jail.

[terahammer]

steal other people's food. more macros.

[IWantTALLER]

prisoners in US are getting way better food than in my country,

prison food in US: rice, baked beans, vegetables, meats

prison food in Malaysia: half a bow of white rice with some chilli << they eat it 3 times a day and reapeated everyday

[LezPaulEpiphone]

According to the guy on here, the full menu is around 3000 calories, which, if they are completely inactive apart from lifting, could be enough to be eating at a surplus. (presuming they're not already massive)

[13donniedarko]

Well they have to protect thy angus

[buildhealth]

steal other people's food. more macros.

Not necessarily but this happens too

[buildhealth]

that is my question

These guys eat well and work out a lot since they don't have much to do while locked up.

[Bestbrah]

I read in a study a while back that around 70% of actual muscle growth comes from training, and not protein synthesis.

I dunno how legit that is, but currently im on a moderate protein (around 80-100g/day) higher carb (around 2-300g/day mostly from pre workout meal though) and moderate fat (around 70-90g/day, eat a lot of nuts and stuff like that) and i still seem to gain just fine (not optimal, but gains are gains), so i guess there is something to it.

Of course if you want optimal results you gotta eat more than what i eat (if the study is legit, even then 30% is a lot in the long run), but i gotta do with that for now (our family isnt very rich and we have a lot of expenses (mainly my school fees :/) so we cant afford to eat meat every day and other luxuries, feelsbadman.jpg)

[DanMee]

how did we get bigger back in the day when we had hunt our own food?

How do you know we did? We're you there? Everyone back then could have been really skinny. We dont know, no-one does.

[ocarinanoob]

Mehdi from Stronglifts made an article concerning this...

http://stronglifts.com/prison-guys-b...ining-lessons/

Yesterday I gave you a training video of prison guys. Several of those guys in that video were big, muscular and Squatting over 400lbs. What's their secret?

You can be sure that their secret is NOT their diet. Prison guys are NOT doing any of the stuff muscle magazines keep saying is crucial for muscle gains...

Prison guys DON'T eat slow protein pre bed
Prison guys also DON'T eat fast protein post workout
Prison guys definitely DON'T have protein every 3 hours
In prison you get 3 meals per day. Low quality, low protein meals. That's it. And in some US states, as reported by the NY Times in June 2009, inmates only get 2 meals/day. This proves that diet matters less than training for muscle gains.

Yes, supplements and steroids could be accessible in prison, but they would be expensive. And remember plenty of guys are drinking 3 shakes per day without getting anywhere. Same with steroids: I've seen enough drug-using lifters who had yo-yo muscle gains depending on whether they were on or off their cycle.

Genetics? That's the cop out everyone uses when nothing they're doing works when in fact they're using ineffective training methods OR simply not putting enough work in the gym. But nobody likes to hear that story.

Charles Bronson, author of "Solitary Fitness", spent 34 years in prison (mostly in solitary confinement) and could do Push-ups with 2 men on his back and on a crappy diet. They made a movie about him in 2008 by the way - "Bronson" - starring Tom Hardy (that's the guy from Inception and the upcoming Mad Max).

Training is the secret of prison guys. Watch the video again. Listen to what they say. These guys don't drag themselves to the gym, it's the only thing they have. Look at the atmosphere in the gym: their motivation is high. You won't stay skinny and weak if you train like them, whatever your diet is.

Prison guys aren't the only group of people who get muscular using the worst diet ever. Tomorrow I'm going to give you another example... Olympic athletes.

[ThePoz]

Charles Bronson, author of "Solitary Fitness", spent 34 years in prison (mostly in solitary confinement) and could do Push-ups with 2 men on his back and on a crappy diet.

I'm glad I can do pushups without men trying to anal rape me.

[Blade96]

that is my question

Maggots contains protein.

[NYYstateofmind]

How do you know we did? We're you there? Everyone back then could have been really skinny. We dont know, no-one does.

lol are you serious?

[peruvianiron]

I was talking to a guy at my gym one day(around 19),apparently he was in jail for like 6 months,upper body was crazy,legs were ok.He told me that you dont get a lot of food and that usually they would deal stuff like McDonalds,beef jerky,ramen and grilled beef patties inside at crazy high prices.

[mmafighter1294]

because all of that eat 10000 calories a day, eat 500 grams of protein nonsense is a load of ****. how did we get bigger back in the day when we had hunt our own food? some days we might go without meat, maybe even for a couple of days. if you are an ectomorph all the **** everybody preaches on this site may be vaild. but to the rest of us i dont think so. my workout partner is 220 and still gains strength fast eating hotpockets and cereal.

i used to buy protein until i realized that i was getting hustled and the industry is built on a bunch of lies.

woah buddy, settle down

[DDon1996]

Steroids are very prevalent in prisons, food in prisons is far from terrible, they have nothing to do all day, etc.

[Shea4it]

Steroids are very prevalent in prisons, food in prisons is far from terrible, they have nothing to do all day, etc.

This.

It is prison, a lot of those guys are definitely juicing.

[stiffdogg06]

cheeseburger eddy.

[malibu22]

Steroids are very prevalent in prisons, food in prisons is far from terrible, they have nothing to do all day, etc.

This.. Juice works, simple.

[peruvianiron]

cheeseburger eddy.

strong Longest Yard reference brah

[MuscleHQ]

Mehdi from Stronglifts made an article concerning this...

http://stronglifts.com/prison-guys-b...ining-lessons/

Thanks for posting this.

[MeanChad]

They drink there cum.. and there roommates too. Good source of protein.

[TheGrapeJuice]

I'm glad I made this post, lots of useful information.
keep them coming.

[ErikTheElectric]

I remember hearing somewhere that they are starting to take the weights out of prisons now because the inmates are getting bigger than the guards, this true?

[ocarinanoob]

I read something interesting when looking up ****totypes.

from wiki:

Sheldon failed to produce a personality test that supported his notions statistically. His research did show that a predisposition towards criminality might be influenced by a ****totype high in mesomorphy and intermediate in ectomorphy.

The guy that did research on this stuff found that most criminals were inclined to be naturally muscular (mesomorphic)