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Title: Did bodybuilders in the 80s and 90s really eat baby food?
Post by: ProudVirgin69 on October 31, 2023, 09:35:12 AM
I remember reading about this in older bodybuilding books, and it looks like it’s still a circulating urban legend. Yet I’ve never seen or even heard about it mentioned when talking to other lifters in real life.

Baby food is expensive and not very tasty, unless you’re stealing it from the single mom you’re living with I don’t see why it would ever be an option?  Seems like a joke that got out of hand to the point where people believe it’s actually real, like this clown:

(https://static1.1.sqspcdn.com/static/f/38575/349972/1148847390903/dsc_6071+copyrrr.jpg)
Wes, hazbin, et al: ever eaten baby food or known anyone that did??  Or is this just an urban legend
Title: Re: Did bodybuilders in the 80s and 90s really eat baby food?
Post by: wes on October 31, 2023, 09:36:43 AM
It`s very true.....most people that I knew used it pre-contest backstage for carbing up .....like sweet potatoes for babies,and applesauce.

No idea if it really worked or not.
Title: Re: Did bodybuilders in the 80s and 90s really eat baby food?
Post by: wazhazbin on October 31, 2023, 09:36:51 AM
I didn't, but many did.

i remember hearing strydom spent a fortune
on it pre contest
Title: Re: Did bodybuilders in the 80s and 90s really eat baby food?
Post by: falco on October 31, 2023, 09:42:28 AM
It's good to calm down minor inflammatory symptoms of the bowls.
Title: Re: Did bodybuilders in the 80s and 90s really eat baby food?
Post by: joswift on October 31, 2023, 09:46:14 AM
yep, pure fruits
Title: Re: Did bodybuilders in the 80s and 90s really eat baby food?
Post by: IroNat on October 31, 2023, 09:48:45 AM
Bodybuilders have the minds of children so it stands to reason.
Title: Re: Did bodybuilders in the 80s and 90s really eat baby food?
Post by: deadz on October 31, 2023, 10:06:53 AM
Yes
Title: Re: Did bodybuilders in the 80s and 90s really eat baby food?
Post by: NarcissisticDeity on October 31, 2023, 10:15:04 AM
 :)
Title: Re: Did bodybuilders in the 80s and 90s really eat baby food?
Post by: BlackMetallic on October 31, 2023, 10:18:41 AM
Most baby foods are fermented I think

Better digestion and gut flora
Title: Re: Did bodybuilders in the 80s and 90s really eat baby food?
Post by: SGT BARNES on October 31, 2023, 10:18:47 AM
yes. and its not surprising that you dont understand why
Title: Re: Did bodybuilders in the 80s and 90s really eat baby food?
Post by: Rambone on October 31, 2023, 10:20:37 AM
Sweet potato gerbers brah. Peter “Pump” Putnam made me do it
Title: Re: Did bodybuilders in the 80s and 90s really eat baby food?
Post by: ProudVirgin69 on October 31, 2023, 12:17:46 PM
yes. and its not surprising that you dont understand why


Because I wasn’t around back then ???
Title: Re: Did bodybuilders in the 80s and 90s really eat baby food?
Post by: Taffin on October 31, 2023, 12:23:13 PM
Because I wasn’t around back then ???

Yes this is true

In my limited experience it started as just a convenient way to carb-load like people say, but then for a few of the bigger guys it also got connected to their insulin usage.  I have no idea why as I never asked...

And if you're that young you might not know that Momo Benaziza basically tried to survive and hold a peak for the '90s GP tours on pureed apples and little else - again, not sure of the logic
Title: Re: Did bodybuilders in the 80s and 90s really eat baby food?
Post by: illuminati on October 31, 2023, 07:44:09 PM
Yes this is true

In my limited experience it started as just a convenient way to carb-load like people say, but then for a few of the bigger guys it also got connected to their insulin usage.  I have no idea why as I never asked...

And if you're that young you might not know that Momo Benaziza basically tried to survive and hold a peak for the '90s GP tours on pureed apples and little else - again, not sure of the logic


Remind me how that worked out for Mr Benaziza ?
Oh & did he get that Nobel Prize for intelligence ?


 ;D
Title: Re: Did bodybuilders in the 80s and 90s really eat baby food?
Post by: michael arvilla on October 31, 2023, 09:01:54 PM
Backstage yes (because I saw that Flex Wheeler pic)
Title: Re: Did bodybuilders in the 80s and 90s really eat baby food?
Post by: Never1AShow on October 31, 2023, 09:41:25 PM
I did, but I can't recall eating the small jars of fruit or sweet potatoes, only the Gerber cereal stuff that came in a box and you mixed with water (and Equal).  It was seen as a very easily digestible carb.
Title: Re: Did bodybuilders in the 80s and 90s really eat baby food?
Post by: Coach is Back! on October 31, 2023, 10:05:02 PM
I remember reading about this in older bodybuilding books, and it looks like it’s still a circulating urban legend. Yet I’ve never seen or even heard about it mentioned when talking to other lifters in real life.

Baby food is expensive and not very tasty, unless you’re stealing it from the single mom you’re living with I don’t see why it would ever be an option?  Seems like a joke that got out of hand to the point where people believe it’s actually real, like this clown:

(https://static1.1.sqspcdn.com/static/f/38575/349972/1148847390903/dsc_6071+copyrrr.jpg)
Wes, hazbin, et al: ever eaten baby food or known anyone that did??  Or is this just an urban legend

I did. Rory had it in my diet for every show I did way back when.
Title: Re: Did bodybuilders in the 80s and 90s really eat baby food?
Post by: AbrahamG on October 31, 2023, 10:54:44 PM
I did. Rory had it in my diet for every show I did way back when.

Are you talking about SF's Rory?
Title: Re: Did bodybuilders in the 80s and 90s really eat baby food?
Post by: Coach is Back! on October 31, 2023, 11:27:51 PM
Are you talking about SF's Rory?

Yes…lol
Title: Re: Did bodybuilders in the 80s and 90s really eat baby food?
Post by: Humble Narcissist on November 01, 2023, 12:42:02 AM
I'd prefer tuna and water.
Title: Re: Did bodybuilders in the 80s and 90s really eat baby food?
Post by: youandme on November 01, 2023, 02:44:32 AM
And early 2000s as well. Along the same lines as cream of wheat. No stomach issues, easy to digest.

Also tuna was big. Eat cans of tuna a day. Craig Titus had a good tuna combo which was a baked potatoe, tuna, and salsa. Tuna was different back then. Today it’s a weird color and very salty tasting.
Title: Re: Did bodybuilders in the 80s and 90s really eat baby food?
Post by: Rambone on November 01, 2023, 03:11:48 AM
Are you talking about SF's Rory?

Haha also the first thing I thought
Title: Re: Did bodybuilders in the 80s and 90s really eat baby food?
Post by: tacobender on November 01, 2023, 03:57:46 PM
:)
do flex and mark dugdale get their custom fit trunks from the same company?  ;D ;D
Title: Re: Did bodybuilders in the 80s and 90s really eat baby food?
Post by: jpm101 on November 01, 2023, 04:39:41 PM
What I heard from some of the old timers back than was that baby formula was a choice for some of them. Powdered , liquid concentrate or ready to drink. Nasty tasting stuff I had been told.  Baby food jars were also included they said. Some baby formula had a soy milk base.

Even liver powder mixed in water was gagged down by a few back in those days. One extreme to another, I guess.
Title: Re: Did bodybuilders in the 80s and 90s really eat baby food?
Post by: Humble Narcissist on November 02, 2023, 12:28:40 AM
And early 2000s as well. Along the same lines as cream of wheat. No stomach issues, easy to digest.

Also tuna was big. Eat cans of tuna a day. Craig Titus had a good tuna combo which was a baked potatoe, tuna, and salsa. Tuna was different back then. Today it’s a weird color and very salty tasting.
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