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[ZenLefty]

14. What works for me may not be what works for you.

But I'm going to tell you what works for me, anyway.

I lift heavy weights. Very heavy. Just basic Olympic weightlifting exercises - bench press, squat, deadlift, overhead press, those sorts of things. I aim to exercise every muscle group regularly every week. How you split it up is unimportant; following an adequate plan with consistency is better than following a great plan occasionally.

I eat copious amounts of protein. Egg whites, milk, lean meats. Nuts and cheeses. I avoid sugars. Not afraid of consuming fats, but know that they pack a lot of calories in a small space. The worst sin of fats is they don't make you feel really full. Other than that, they're just a fuel like any other.

I get about 3,000 calories per day. 200 grams of protein per day (which comes out to 1 gram per pound of body weight, a good rule of thumb when strength training) and the rest from wherever they happen to come from.

My best advice would be this: don't train to look a certain way or to weigh a certain number, train for what you can do. In other words, don't do squats hoping you'll reach a BMI of 22. Do squats until you can squat 2x your body weight. And when you attain that, 2.5x your body weight. If you can squat 3x your body weight, know you are one of the few and one of the best. How you look, how much you weigh, should not be as important as what you do.


"There are few things graven in stone. Except that if you don't squat you're a *****." - Mark Rippetoe