I cannot remember his name offhand but there was a Welsh bodybuilder who
ate mostly eggs and meat and he finished in the top five in many
professional bodybuilding events. He was definitely ahead of the curve.

Mark

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Sent: Sunday, August 11, 2002 5:38 PM
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Subject: Re: bodybuilder's diet

On Sun, 11 Aug 2002 11:25:19 -0600, Dori Zook <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

>>I note this in contrast to the standard nonsense about diets found in
>>bodybuilder/fitness magazines.
>
>As opposed to....?  Rather, what IS the standard nonsense in the
builder
>mags?  More of the pyramid scheme?

I haven't looked in a long time, but one thing, besides the rice and
oatmeal, was the low amout of meat calories.

>I thought most bodybuilders knew about
>going low-carb right before a show for a sculpted look.

He remains low carb since he is more of a model and has to look
that way pretty much all the time.

(Added a pic to my site
   http://www.geocities.com/paleofitness/2_sixpacks.html )

Philip Thrift

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