just my personal opinion... Danny paddilla did look better than many of the bodybuilders nowdays, he used a low protein diet for his contests...
A copy past from his intervju...
Has anyone ever heard of this or tried it? Minimal protein and maximum carbs is a strategy that I have not heard much about.
Q: What training methods did you use at the time? Also, describe your pre-contest diet at this time.
A: Each body part was trained twice a week. The push-pull system was used the last 10 weeks before the show, three times a week. I went against the rule of low carbs and stayed on 80 grams of protein and consumed all the carbs that I needed (mostly fruits, veggies, brown rice and yogurt). At that point I did not worry about calories. I also jogged three days a week, 5 miles per run. In the last two weeks prior to the show I counted calories: On the first week I took in 1500 calories and on the last week, 1000. Mind you, during the last ten days prior to the show I was too weak to lift weights or do aerobics. I basically worked in the store with my dad and rested as much as I could. The Monday before the contest I weighed exactly 157. On Wednesday I began to double my calories and double my carbs until Saturday..
We also have mike mentzer, franco and even arnold did write in one of his book that he did use 200g prot ED but he found out later that it was way to much.... cant remember the book thou... i was also myself able to have 50,5 cm arms with not to much BF at a age of 20 years old eating only between 80-130g perday thru the summer months.. offcourse 2 grams off supplements and a little hgh did help..
