BIG RON’S CONFUSING NUTRITION ADVICE
Nowhere is confusion on what constitutes a healthy diet more evident than on the website of current bodybuilding champion Ron Coleman (bigroncoleman.com).
His contradictory and watered-down nutritional advice:
1. Eat, eat and eat some more.
2. To add strength and mass, try to consume four to six meals a day. Choose from a variety of food groups at mealtime. Try to include lots of potatoes, rice, pasta, fruits and vegetables.
3. Make sure you are eating enough. A low fat diet and avoiding refined foods are good, but it won’t help you build mass. On the same note you don’t want to eat a high fat diet all the time. Fat provides additional calories, the fat-soluble vitamins A, D, E and K and raw materials for important hormones that stimulate muscle growth.
4. Monitor the amount of mass you are gaining. Measure your body parts and weigh every week to see if you are going in the right direction.
5. Lastly, continue to train hard. And remember gaining mass won’t happen overnight.
I hate to say it, but this is the protocol that makes the most sense imo.
if attempting to gain muscle then calories are what you need (not micro managed macro nutrients). how the hell are you supposed to know how many (calories) are optimal (more muscle than fat) unless you push the envelope?
what i liked most about this article is that it exposes the real truth in that a lot of this nutritional nonsense emerged with a direct correlation of steroid use ie. bbers, supported by the rapidly growing weider supplement empire, began touting this and that 'diet' as the most significant reason for their success, when in reality steroids were the significant factor.
it's ironic, given the scope of this article, how the supposedly 'anabolic' diet appears to have come full circle from the saxon bros to the current recommendation by big ron. in fact, if you analyse all the available data, NOTHING has changed.
