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Title: Question about Gironda
Post by: beakdoctor on April 25, 2018, 08:51:25 PM
does anyone know what kind of diet Vince advocated ?
Title: Re: Question about Gironda
Post by: Thespritz0 on April 25, 2018, 09:25:59 PM
does anyone know what kind of diet Vince advocated ?
^^

He was pretty much the first advocate of the KETO diet, bacon & eggs without toast for breakfast, steak/hamburger and salad for dinner.
Old-School Protein shakes made with heavy cream blended with raw eggs kept in the fridge and sipped throughout the day to keep you in positive nitrogen balance.
***ONCE a week, you were to have a high-carb cheat meal to recharge your metabolism.
Title: Re: Question about Gironda
Post by: BB on April 25, 2018, 10:05:41 PM
Yes, Keto with refeeds, and a few other odd things like a vegetarian day/period to balance you out if you needed it.

http://ditillo2.blogspot.com/2016/09/gironda-talks-about-bodybuilding-armand.html .

http://ditillo2.blogspot.com/2013/10/middle-age-and-over-vince-gironda.html .

Those two articles / interviews have some insight.

Edit - Talk about a voice not matching a perception -

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Bit convoluted, but he basically tells the guy keto, with a focus on natural sources, and liver tablets.

Title: Re: Question about Gironda
Post by: Irongrip400 on April 26, 2018, 01:00:32 AM
How was his cholesterol after all of that?
Title: Re: Question about Gironda
Post by: rocco-x on April 26, 2018, 02:12:33 AM
How was his cholesterol after all of that?
his blood type was butter
Title: Re: Question about Gironda
Post by: BB on April 26, 2018, 03:13:52 AM
How was his cholesterol after all of that?

Lived a hair under 80, so not bad.
Title: Re: Question about Gironda
Post by: Dokey111 on April 26, 2018, 04:24:07 AM
Vince was all right.  Never sold out
Title: Re: Question about Gironda
Post by: IRON CROSS on April 26, 2018, 05:18:37 AM
does anyone know what kind of diet Vince advocated ?


Buy his book !.
Title: Re: Question about Gironda
Post by: Trev on April 26, 2018, 05:44:43 AM
Gironda was way ahead of his time & had his best physique in his late 40's .... His book is well worth a read (The Wild Physique)
Title: Re: Question about Gironda
Post by: megafitness on April 26, 2018, 06:14:00 AM
Gironda was way ahead of his time & had his best physique in his late 40's .... His book is well worth a read (The Wild Physique)
No squats in my Gym !!!!!
Title: Re: Question about Gironda
Post by: Marty Champions on April 26, 2018, 06:35:51 AM
rheo blair ass creams
Title: Re: Question about Gironda
Post by: megafitness on April 26, 2018, 06:37:58 AM
No sit up in my Gym !!
Title: Re: Question about Gironda
Post by: megafitness on April 26, 2018, 06:38:42 AM
No Bench press!! (apart from press to neck)
Title: Re: Question about Gironda
Post by: megafitness on April 26, 2018, 06:39:20 AM
No Burger & fries when on a diet!!
Title: Re: Question about Gironda
Post by: DroppingPlates on April 26, 2018, 06:46:03 AM

Buy his book !.

Who reads books these days? His 'diet' was mainly steak & eggs
Title: Re: Question about Gironda
Post by: beakdoctor on April 26, 2018, 09:47:56 AM
thanks for all the replies.
Title: Re: Question about Gironda
Post by: megafitness on April 26, 2018, 10:33:56 AM
not bad at his age.
Title: Re: Question about Gironda
Post by: Straw Man on April 26, 2018, 11:32:52 AM
steak and eggs (fertile - not sure why that would matter)
liver tabs, enzymes

and of course this gem.... don't drink water when you train.  It will make you fat
Title: Re: Question about Gironda
Post by: IRON CROSS on April 26, 2018, 11:36:59 AM
steak and eggs (fertile - not sure why that would matter)
liver tabs, enzymes

and of course this gem.... don't drink water when you train.  It will make you fat


+ bottle of red & cigars  :D
Title: Re: Question about Gironda
Post by: DroppingPlates on April 26, 2018, 12:34:32 PM
steak and eggs (fertile - not sure why that would matter)
liver tabs, enzymes

and of course this gem.... don't drink water when you train.  It will make you fat

He must be the inventor of bro-science...
Title: Re: Question about Gironda
Post by: funk51 on April 26, 2018, 12:58:32 PM
 ;D
Title: Re: Question about Gironda
Post by: funk51 on April 26, 2018, 01:03:37 PM
 ;D
Title: Re: Question about Gironda
Post by: beakdoctor on April 26, 2018, 01:39:32 PM
;D

what an odd looking gym. hard on the eyes. looks like a torture chamber.
Title: Re: Question about Gironda
Post by: IRON CROSS on April 26, 2018, 08:43:01 PM
what an odd looking gym. hard on the eyes. looks like a torture chamber.

1960 image, go back to Weiders principles  :D
Title: Re: Question about Gironda
Post by: IRON CROSS on April 26, 2018, 08:44:21 PM
;D


legendary place  :)
Title: Re: Question about Gironda
Post by: tres_taco_combo on April 26, 2018, 09:09:42 PM
steak and eggs (fertile - not sure why that would matter)
liver tabs, enzymes

and of course this gem.... don't drink water when you train.  It will make you fat

are you serious or troll?
Title: Re: Question about Gironda
Post by: DroppingPlates on April 26, 2018, 09:31:43 PM
are you serious or troll?

Say that to Vince..
Title: Re: Question about Gironda
Post by: tres_taco_combo on April 26, 2018, 09:32:38 PM
Say that to Vince..

lol!

i am asking, is that what he said in his book?


i personally love to drink tons of water when i train - i feel "full"
Title: Re: Question about Gironda
Post by: DroppingPlates on April 26, 2018, 09:38:01 PM
lol!

i am asking, is that what he said in his book?


i personally love to drink tons of water when i train - i feel "full"

I've never read his books, but based on the Ironman interviews he was way ahead of his time.
A few statements:
- eggs don't raise cholesterol, which has been confirmed much later.
- don't mix carbs & fats
- don't drink skimmed milk
Title: Re: Question about Gironda
Post by: BB on April 26, 2018, 09:54:24 PM
lol!

i am asking, is that what he said in his book?


i personally love to drink tons of water when i train - i feel "full"

Not a troll at all. Vince was big on water retention, and thought training while drinking would cause it. He did advise people bulking to drink up. Also old time wisdom across many sports was that drinking caused cramping, and that ruined work outs. He also kept his work outs fast, much faster than many others.

Gironda is one of those guys that was ahead of his time sometimes, in step with others of his era sometimes, and just plain odd other times.

Like most gurus, you've got to look at it all, and separate the wheat from the chaff.