This is a guest post by a former client and great friend of mine, Joe Stuchinsky. We both love the movie Fight Club, as you might notice with the lovely writing style. Read on and enjoy.
The First Rule…
THE FIRST RULE OF LOOKING GOOD NAKED IS…
Never go more than 3 hours without protein.
THE SECOND RULE OF LOOKING GOOD NAKED IS…
You NEVER go more than 3 hours without protein.
Well, at least that’s what the protein manufacturers and mainstream fitness media would have you believe. I believed it. We all know about these ‘rules’ of fitness, sent down by the big-shots at corporate wherever. You hear them spoken in the gym and see them plastered all over the net. It’s hard to avoid. At least it was for me.
My meals; perfectly portioned and interspersed every 3 hours. Every day, in and out, cooking, eating and prepping all the damn food to lug into work the next day. Calories and macronutrient values constantly floating around in my head, occupying my thoughts, taking away time that should be devoted to other areas of life. I was engrossed in this stuff and it began to consume my life, but I kept forging onward. I was polishing brass on the titanic. [Read more...]
