Hi Tracy,
Do you eat meat? Are you willing to eat raw meat and/or other raw
animal products?
I haven't been paying much attention to the previous posts on this
subject, so forgive me if you've already said something about your
goals.
Another relevant question would be about your cardio workouts - are
you doing a lot of this? If so, you'd probably require more
carbohydrates than if not.
I agree that the Arlin workout you're describing does not make much
sense at all - either for body building purposes, health purposes,
or in terms of any maintainable long-term routine. It's inefficient,
boring, and won't fit into most people's life. But then, most
everything that comes from these folks is nonsense.
Liza
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tracy Price" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2001 10:26 PM
Subject: Re: Bodybuilding on raw food


> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Stefan Jöst" <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2001 4:30 AM
> Subject: Bodybuilding on raw food
>
>
> > Tracy Price wrote:
> > >From what I here you guys saying, I am not sure who is the
> > >authority here and if NFL is all wet with thier
recommendations.  I know
> his
> > >workout routines are only for the steroid enhanced freaks.
> >
> > Pardon me, I lost the context here. Who is "his"? And who is
recommending
> > workout routines for steroid enhanced persons?
> > Stefan
>
> Let me see if I can clarify.  If Stephen Arlin is plagerizing in
his book
> Raw Power, then who is the authority or source of his information.
Is the
> person he is copying the real "expert" on the subject matter in
Stephen's
> book?  If the real source is elsewhere, I would prefer to go to
the source
> for guidance.  This is what I was trying to get at.
>
> Secondly, I have read Stephen Arlin's workouts.  He suggests
working out 6
> days a week with one day of rest.  His workouts consists of
between 60 and
> 75 sets of resistance work, not including abdominal work.  If each
set took
> 2 minutes, that's over 2.5 hours per day of lifting weights (one
minute per
> set with one minute rest) and that doesn't even count the 100
situps and
> other stuff he says do.  I don't know about all you guys, but 25
sets on leg
> day at one minute rest during a high intensity workout will make
me puke.
> That's why I made the statement I did.  The only guys I have ever
seen do
> anywhere near, and most are not even near, a workout like he
suggests, are
> getting serious pharmaceutical help.  And six days a week does not
give your
> body time to recover, raw food or not.
>
> So my question was, am I all wet on this or can eating raw food
only turn me
> into superman like Stephen Arlin.  If not, some help on how to
workout and
> the right diet for body builders would be most appreciated.  By
diet, I am
> referring here to raw foods.  I know there are pro body builders
out there
> (Bill Pearl, Andreas Chaling) that are, or claim to be,
vegetarian, but they
> all consume milk and eggs like no tomorrow.  What I want to know
is, is all
> that really necessary. I don't want to be a pro BB or anything, I
just want
> to look muscular and be healthy.  Can I do it on raw food alone,
and if so,
> how.
>
> Thanks for your help.
> Tracy
>