Powerlifting Nutrition 101!!!

[CytoMel]

Seems to be LOTS of different techniques everyone has with their diets ....

Cubanito, you prob are getting enough protein if your eating THAT MUCH FOOD.....But since your getting sronger, thats great keep eating...

However, you might want to check to see Exaclty how much carbs/protein/fat your getting by calculating what you eat on a daily basis...I found the easiest way is to do it online ... go Here and enter one days worth of EVERY SINGLE THING YOU EAT .....including sauces, sodas, candy, your pancake syurp, etc. and you will really see how much protein your getting and can make changes as needed......

CytoMel, you used 1000 cal's from flax? Im using like 150 cals only but want to start more soon.....you weigh over 200? Im only 150, so they say to keep it at 150 cals....do you really think the flax was helping THAT much, or maybe just all the foods u were eating .....

Yeah I was up to like 7 or 8 tbs of flax a day or more I just stopped measuring and just started dumping the flax in with the whey and drinking it. I am not lean at all and I am no nutrition expert.

I think that flax is very good though and I go through about a 5 lb jug of whey and around 1.5 12oz bottles of flax a week + whatever I feel like I drink a lot of beer and whiskey and eat BK, McDonalds etc.

I feel that if most lifters used whey+ flax instead of the various bogus OTC 'legal" testosterone or GH bullshit they would get stronger faster. Check out the flax posts on the diet board and you will see how good it is. If you take like 3 tbs a day it should work too.

 

[gmanlax7]

been eating a lotta pizza lately, and PB and fluffs on a grainy bread, these have helped me put on some size after a long time of standing still at one weight. i got some fish oil pills too and take a lot of these, the more im eating, the stronger i am for sure, along with being happier

 

[vtec96]

been eating a lotta pizza lately, and PB and fluffs on a grainy bread, these have helped me put on some size after a long time of standing still at one weight. i got some fish oil pills too and take a lot of these, the more im eating, the stronger i am for sure, along with being happier

gmanlax7... right about now some pizza sounds great......in fact i think ill get some tomorrow been craving pizza recently.... think i should eat some more often....already eat enough PB, so Pizza is next on the menu... im gaining some weight now but can still use some more..

 

[I'D RATHER BE DEADLIFTING]

Yeah I was up to like 7 or 8 tbs of flax a day or more I just stopped measuring and just started dumping the flax in with the whey and drinking it. I am not lean at all and I am no nutrition expert.

I think that flax is very good though and I go through about a 5 lb jug of whey and around 1.5 12oz bottles of flax a week + whatever I feel like I drink a lot of beer and whiskey and eat BK, McDonalds etc.

I feel that if most lifters used whey+ flax instead of the various bogus OTC 'legal" testosterone or GH bullshit they would get stronger faster. Check out the flax posts on the diet board and you will see how good it is. If you take like 3 tbs a day it should work too.

That is a lot of fuckin whey!!!! You drink like 10 servings a day?? Also, what flavor whey do you drink that the flax can actually be mixed with without yacking??

 

[Lumberg]

Well i try to take in protein but i never get enough. I dont do much shakes once a day i like it but miss alot. I take in 3000 calories on a good day. But my abs are visisble and i weigh 250lbs. My pants i have on now are 34inches and i got a Glock in my wasit band so that takes up a couple inches as well. Not tight.

I can eat more and sometimes when i wanna bulk up i can gain at will. But when i am happy i stay at 3000 a day. I eat what i want, but i only eat 3 times a day so it doesnt pack on to wrongly. Now when i bulk up i try to eat fats in the morning and eat whatever till bed time but just cut fat down a bit. When i lose weight i increase protein and cut carbs.

I will weigh 220 in sept for the bench bash for cash, and i will basically carb deplete and suana. Might even lasix. But i think my metabolism is higher then some people. If i quit traiing i would drop to 200lbs probably. If i come clean and keep traiing i am 235ish. Lots of variables in size.

Is the weigh in the night before the actual contest or earlier? Otherwise you would be shooting yourself in the foot by dehydrating yourself like that.

JC

 

[CytoMel]

That is a lot of fuckin whey!!!! You drink like 10 servings a day?? Also, what flavor whey do you drink that the flax can actually be mixed with without yacking??

Yup, that is a lot of whey but let me break it down and it will make more sense;

5 pound jug of whey from local supplement store-$25

1 bottle of flax oil 12 oz.-$11

Total cost a week of flax and whey about

$40

$40 a week is pretty good for around 250 grams of quality protein a day and all the healthy fats too like 1200 cal from EFA's and 1000-1200 from whey. Thats like 2200-2500 cal a day for about $6.50 a day which is like the same cost as a supersized McDonalds meal. I make each shake twice a day one in the morning and 1 at night and never have any bowel or digestion problems.

During the day its whatever goes like fast food and you know you are getting everything you need in those shaekes anyways. If you dont like the 2 big shakes then you can thermos some for the day.

The taste? The whey kind of neutralizes the flax taste. Althogh I used to dump in sugar free jello powder in or crystal lite or kool aid powder to kill the taste but now I dont care and its usually just straight whey and flax and just dump whey and flax in the blender with water and drink.

 

[Cubanito17]

HEY GUYS the protein that I've been intaking is from 300-350g/day and carbs are about the same and fat has been round 80g-120g. Now I know I have to start reducing some fat b/c the spare tire is starting to come back but my weight is up to 196lbs.

 

[gmanlax7]

i dont count shit, fat, cals, nothing. If im feeling flabby ill just cut back on carbs , especially late in the day, and this seems to do the trick. I try to keep diet simple without having to fuck up my head with all the numbers and shit and worry when im over or under, i think this is a good plan

 

[powerlifterjay]

Jon Crane

When i cut 20lbs for a meet i have done this twice. The first time was a three lift meet and i lost actually 17lbs with a 24 hr weigh in. I gained back only 8 or 9. Full power meets i get so freakin nervous tha i drop weight anyway.

The last time i lost 19lbs and it was a bench meet only. 3 days out from the first weigh in i dropped 19lbs in 3 days. Then weighed in. But this one i had a 48hr weigh in. So wheni lifted on Saturday night i lifted close to 240lbs but weighed in at 220lbs. I felt fine.

I willnever drop more then 8lbs the last wek for a meet with a 24hr weigh in. Last meet i did in St Pete i droped 8lbs 2 days out and didnt get it back either. My next meet June 1st i am going to weigh right on with no weight loss from dehydrating. I ahve been dropping now doing cardio and eating less. I feel better this way. But still dont count actual grams of protein and shit per day.

 

[rgosit]

damn...dont u guys have to make weight???