tweak50 — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 20:57:32 -0600

I know that Christan Bale did nothing but smoke cigs for his role in the machinest and then he ate ice cream to regain all of his mass for batman begins. I know thats not what you asked but it's still interesting.

So what do you all try to keep for a diet for clean calories? I just recently started working out again and this seams to be the biggest hurtle for me.

Diet is key.

juan — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 14:08:40 -0600

Diet is the most important thing. You have to do exercise, for sure. But, without the diet it is pointless.

Speaking of actors on a diet, does anybody know what Edward Norton did to get big for American History X? I mean look at him as Worm in Rounders, and then look at him in American History x. Pretty big change.

Mix it up & diet

brihogan — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 11:31:46 -0600

I was reading up on the exercise program the actors did for the 300 movie (http://www.gymjones.com/). They seem to have used workouts that were between cardio and weight training. So, if you have a gym where you can drag tractor tires, climb rock walls, toss medicine balls, do pull-ups on monkey rings, etc - well then, you got it made. Otherwise, for the rest of us, a good variety of cardio and weight training is probably a good idea. (Variety being the key word.)

Also, from reading GymJones and all the other exercise material that I've read, it seems that diet is like 60% of getting the body you want (30% exercise and 10% rest - or something close to that). Bottom line, you gotta make sure you're eating less calories than your body takes to make fat. Then, you'll start burning off your fat (of course, make sure you don't start burning off your muscle ^_^).

Because diet is such an important factor, you gotta use a program to track what you eat. Gyminee is perfect for that. Log what you eat for several months and see what works. Each person's body is different and so you have to find what caloric intake level works best for you.

I'm in the bulking stage right now. So for me, I try to eat around 3,000 clean calories a day (easier said than done). But, in the past I've been on a 2,000 calorie diet and I could see my abs start popping out. Speaking of my 2,000 calorie diet - here in MN they have this food delivery service called Seattle Sutton's Healthy Eating (http://www.seattlesutton.com/). It can get a little expensive, but I felt healthier and looked better than ever while on that program. The food does start tasting a little boring after like 3-4 months. But, for me it's perfect, I cut for about 3-4 months, then I spend the rest of the year trying to gain mass. Once I get big enough I'll probably have to do something different. But for now this system seems to be working.

This is probably more information than you were asking for. :) Hope it helps.

Body like Bond - How Much Cardio?

Diet is key.

Mix it up & diet