Hopefully in the next month! It's currently in the final stages of being formatted to look like an actual book. It will be on Amazon and everything, can't wait! 🙂
I've never cared much about diet in fitness, until I've learned this. The old grandmasters of Kung-Fu (which are my biggest inspiration in fitness) weren't experts in just fighting, but also diet, medicine and human anatomy, meditation, sleep, physical therapy, mental well-being, and so much more. Practicing Kung-Fu meant not just learning to fight. It meant to reach the full potential of the human body in mind in each and every aspect. So I've dabbled into this a little and I've noticed that what we eat is just as important as how we eat. Many people see food as hinderance to their other activities, they hoover the plate as quickly as possible and continue about their days. Worst case scenario they eat while working, driving. Others can't eat their food without watching TV, RU-vid, or other distractions. Bloating, flatulence, indigestion, heartburn, constipation. You could have the healthiest, moat optimal diet in the world, but if your body is incapable of digesting it properly, everything (well, half of it really) goes to waste. Nowadays I pay less attention to what I eat (ofc whole, one-ingredient foods are nevertheless prioritised), and more attention to how I eat it. Mealtimes have gone from being a nuisance to me to being these almost sacred times of day. Eating slowly, chewing thoroughly and being fully present in the moment; eating brings me to quite literally a meditative state. And after just 2 weeks, the results have been amazing. I get significantly less bloating (hopefully goes to none with more time), heartburn has gone for good, sweets and pastry no longer give me the runs, and after I've finished my meal I feel energised instead of drained. Not to mention the almost immediate improvement in my strength endeavours. This ended up being a much longer comment than anticipated, but this stone is usually left unturned in the fitness and nutrition industry, and it's one that I wholeheartedly recommend to everyone. TL;DR - HOW you eat is just as important (if not even more) than WHAT you eat. Eating quickly and thoughtlessly is killing your gains.
I've often thought that premeal prayer served this purpose to a degree. Taking even one minute to calm down into an at least somewhat greater parasympathetic state, is very beneficial in maintaining healthy digestion. Good talk, bro. Salute.
I literally do this: I focus on my food with no distractions, completely chewing it, savoring its flavor and texture, without rushing, and stopping before I feel too full. I’m not sure if this helps my gains or performance, but I've always felt that it’s the proper way to eat.
There are two kinds of fires (pleasures): fireworks that explode in a moment and can leave good memories and leave a yearning feeling or; a steady fire that will not explode but will keep going on forever, bringing a sense of permanent wholeness and no yearning sensation. Fireworks must be repeated to be enjoyed thus they are addictive and self limitative, steady fires must be challenged by great winds to expand itselves thus they are self liberating and limitless. There is no such fine line between discipline and depriving yourself of some of life's greatest pleasures in my opinion, because there is no greater pleasure than complete freedom and expansion of self through life. Self-consuming pleasures are just palliatives to the pains of self imprisonment and purposelessness that affect modern man comfort-based life style.
Bro... I just re-discovered your channel after a year or two, just now, like half an hour ago. And I typed in the search bar "The Stone Circle Diet". And nothing came up. And now I refresh my feed and THIS happens? 😂😂😂
Glad to have witnessed this interesting interaction. Stone Circle getting my sand bags soon, diet’s been dialed in for a couple years, also just found the channel, keep up the good/hard work 🤙
I used to live like that. Now I'm grateful to be here and in the best shape of my life mentally and physically. Thank you for sharing your progress and your world view. You are helping people
Loved this video. You have such a great outlook on life. There's a saying that knowledge and wisdom are only gained outside your comfort zone, which is where true happiness exists. Love your channel, I'm buying a sandbag now 😂
Currently on Carnivore and it hit the spot for me. My energy levels were much better on Keto / Low carb diets, but mentally speaking carnivore leaves me in a much better state.
Expanding my world was huge. As my world expanded so did my understanding of life and how hard it is for everyone. As my world expanded so did my compassion. When you're out there in the world with you toes in the dirt you realize how precious life is and how being a steward of the land is vital to feeling like a healthy individual. Just like he didn't tell you his exact diet, neither will I. You gotta get out there and see how everything is happening to make your own decision on what you want to support, how you want to act, and what you want to remember on your death bed.
Wise words brother. As someone who's been caught in the optimization trap, I 100 % conclude with your assessment. What makes me feel the best has always been: - Doing hard sh1t/challenging myself - Community All the vitamins and supplements in the world won't cure your depression if you're involuntarily isolated.
@@thestonecircle I don't know how old you but your take on life is excellent IMO. Very rare and equally much appreciated in this fake attention-chasing world.
100% bro. Everyone is looking for the magic pill. Truth is eat mostly real food. I lost 100LBS 7 years ago and kept it off primarily through Intermittent Fasting. I hear the science is here and there on whether "fasting" is good for you. TBH, I couldn't care what others say. This way and approach to eating works for me. Best advice to anyone starting their journey is experiment and don't pay someone to do it. Establish a consistent base line in your diet and then make one variable change and over two weeks or so. Take notes. Maybe track for a week but no more. You'll find your balance. Last, listen to channels like this.
This was a great video man Just sitting here obsessing about carnivore vs animal looking for happiness Im the happiest when I’m disciplined with intermittent fasting and lifting eat whatever at night. I think its the self-control vs getting high on food. I think there philosophy in that.
Thank you! I think that's a great point, there is a lot of joy to be found in discipline. Anytime I've tried to go without it it's really great for about a day then the guilt hits haha. I did if for years, I loved it!
Thank you for pointing this out! It's being covered way too rarely on RU-vid: You can't out-nutrition a numbing, burnout causing or otherwise crappy lifestyle. If you have a job that's boring and/or too stressful, and no exiting and/or creative leisure activities for balancing it out, even the smartest nutritional strategies won't save you from becoming utterly unhappy. As for the importance for strength athletes to figure out the nutritional strategies that really work best for oneself and probably no-one else, I believe this becomes increasingly important with a higher age. Not being too nerdy about your nutrition is probably a good advice for a lot of lifters in their thirties, but I believe in your fifties you can actually gain an edge over the "normal" whole food eaters, if you turn into a nutrition nerd that to the average observer eats kind of "crazy".
I'm always super interested by your diet and carb cycling strategies, I would 100% love to see a video on that!! (If you haven't already made one and I missed it?)
@@thestonecircle Cool! Then I'll make one or even a small series maybe. 👍May take some time, though. But anyway my next regular video, probably out next week, will be about making kefir "bodybuilder style", which nowadays plays an important role in my nutrition.
As always Cody, you're spot on and I'd say your take on diet is very intuitive. So many people, myself included, overthink or have overanalyzed their diet, to the point where the stress from doing so and from making sure you're extremely strict with it at all times, does more harm than the benefits you would receive. I've definitely been down that path before after leaving the standard American diet of highly processed foods, and the anxiety and stress I got from it was frustrating. I tried the extreme vegan diet, extreme carnivore diet and both had their issues, especially since I was staying active the whole time. I came across some material for more of a way of eating than a diet, that had been published in the early 1900's, that just made a lot of sense to me. It basically mimics eating how our grandparents and great grandparents would've eaten. Whole, single ingredient or low ingredient foods, non-processed foods, animal proteins and fats were prioritized, carbs came from fruit and vegetables, grains were a minimum and it pushed to eat the best quality of the recommended foods you could get (organic, homegrown, pasture raised meat if possible, etc.) Not only did it advocate for that way of eating, but it also advocated for plenty of time outdoors with fresh air, sunlight, exercise, as well as fostering your mental and spiritual health. It advocated for that through maintaining close family bonds, even into older advanced adulthood, as well as being active in your religion or spirituality. This made so much sense to me because it was a holistic approach that encompassed multiple factors, besides just diet, to ensure a healthy lifestyle and quality years of life. Too many people fall into the trap, no thanks to marketing and big corporations, of boxing themselves into some fad diet, supplement, product, or "newest and most optimal" exercise tool or routine. They never focus on the bigger picture, which is that a healthy lifestyle is a puzzle, and diet is but one piece of it. Keep up the great content brother! Counting the days down til I get my keg for my odd lift routine!
Awesome comment thank you! It sounds like whoever wrote that really knew what they were talking about, that holistic approach really just makes the most sense! And heck yes I'm jealous haha, one day I hope to get one myself :)
Thank you for this message man. I have reached the same conclusion this year: I went all in in my training, super complete routine followed by a healthy diet to gain strenght and muscle eating lots of meals, protein powder, supplements... and guess what: it worked! i gained strenght and muscle but something was missing man, i was not feeling any better emotionaly or mentally. We are in earth to enjoy life and you are right, expanding our world is our work. So i changed my training routine to a more yoga/capoeira style with some olympic wheightlifting, meditation and making sure i got QUALITY SLEEP, and i felt so much better. To anyone reading this DO NOT FORGET WE ARE SPIRITUAL BEINGS: Our spiritual desires are just as important as mundane desires and responsabilities, i encourage you to start o retake your spiritual/emotional practices.
Spot on, as always. 🤘 I've come to learn that there are really only 2 ways that we eat: 1) Eating for pleasure. 2) And eating for function. And, personally, I've moved far and away from eating for pleasure and eat solely for function now (which includes eating to fuel my workouts and for recovery). I literally train 6-7 days a week hybrid training using a variety of training methods from different training disciplines, 16/8 intermittent fast (as I've been for many years now), keep to a high protein diet and carb cycle (1st and 2nd meal with carbs and last meal with no carbs), cook and make all my meals at home with whole foods, rarely, if ever, go out to eat anymore, and have cut out all sugary, processed, junk, and fast foods. I no longer have cravings for any of that krap. I feel much better throughout the days and have the necessary fuel to power thru my workouts, even sometimes being able to push through fatigue (which has really surprised me, though I think that's more mental - will power - more than it is physical). I take no supp's besides protein powder and no pre's besides a cup of coffee. So far. So good. Keep on rockin'! 🤘
Hey glad you liked it! Exactly, most of what's considered food these days falls more into the category of drug imo. It really is true how the cravings go away after a while too!
Very informative video Cody! I worked 3 jobs in the past,ate well,slept and repeated... ive never been so unhappy in all my life! It also made me ill all the time,regardless of diet. As soon as i changed jobs to my current role i felt better both mentally and physically!! I CANT WAIT for the book release!! I hope it can be shipped to the uk!!
Dang 3 jobs is tough!! So happy to hear you made a change for the better 🙂 thanks again for your encouragement to write one! I need to figure out the shipping thing but if Amazon can't ill figure out a way to make it happen!
@@thestonecircle thanks buddy, also you mentioned you finally found a sport you enjoyed that also made you stronger I was wondering if you’ve ever armwrestled seriously? Could be good content aswell
High carb, lower fat whole food for me. Lots of pea soup, lentil, beans, plus some leaner meats, whole grains with very little added sugar besides maybe jam. Don't add any salt to stuff and I've got less (no?) muscle cramps when I used to get them all the time doing keto despite loads of salt. Probably because now I get enough potassium. I probably get 2-3x daily fiber recommendations. Either way, eat real food, get exercise and sleep and you'll feel 100% better than the old you.
Just discovered your channel. At 48 years old I can 100% agree with your thoughts on “diet“ Best advice I’ve ever heard. Thank you for this, I needed it.
3:00 well that describe exactly my life... i would had 13000 steps in it for me That is my daily routine workout / sumo, job walk sleep and i always feel tired in the morning during the day at night...i thought it was my diet I realised this week that something was wrong when i went to Rome and was amazed by the building i didn't feel tired at all For 5 straight days it hadnt happend in month ... I do have energy on off days thought Thanks i needed to hear it !
Dude, your videos are my favorite. I’ve been in and out of the gym for years, passively watching various RU-vid fitness people but getting disillusioned with the level of obsession and lack of real-world application, which makes it all seem so pointless. I started sandbag training a couple of weeks ago and it’s already made a real, applicable difference in my life. I had to use a ladder to hang up some acoustic panels on a ceiling, a pretty tricky job I’ve done maybe a half dozen times. This time it was noticeably easier, I was significantly outpacing my friends. I attribute this to the sandbag’s center of gravity being farther from your body when you lift it, and the shifting weight recruiting your stabilizing muscles much more than say, deadlifting an Olympic bar touching your shins. I also have a desk job but my posture’s already most of the way back where it should be. Your tips combined with these realistic philosophies on diet and exercise make your channel just feel like getting good advise from an encouraging friend. Hope you keep it up.
Hey that's so great!! Real improvements to the quality of your daily life, now that sounds worth it! I plan on making videos as long as I can, glad to have you here 🙂
Thanks for sharing your hard work it drives me I recently started going to the gym and doing burpees now I feel great and I can finally do a pull up still working on my diet I do hear that alot of fruits and vegetables are the way to go also plant based trying to stay away from processed junk
Yeah I agree it's good not to sweat the small stuff on diet. For me personally I think experimenting with different diets has helped me understand how my body processes things. I do best on 80% meat and 20% everything else. I only eat twice a day (breakfast and dinner) and I have loads of energy. Just find whatever works for you.
You touched a really important point about diet: life expansion. And you are exactly right. Recently I watched some videos about the most extreme diet plan, Breatharianism (or Inedia), and the successful practitioners (for more that +20 years) said that such thing as living without technically any food or water is only possible if one can "expand his own vibration", in other words, one can only live without food if we empower ones body and mind vibrations by perceiving, thinking, desiring and expressing only the "good" (the uplifting frequency efforts) in and through the self each and every moment, preventing completely the bad self vibrations (those which will drain ones energy or coherent/harmonical vibrations). Thus, you are exactly right, no diet, no matter how healthy it may be, can substitute self uplifting thinking processes, environments and endeavors. To keep raising oneself demands for us to let go many things that are just preventing our expansion (even some family members, friends or any kind of downgrading habits we may have).
We just expanded the concept of "Lifting" to another level right? ahah lifes discomforts and challenges are the sandbags that the mind must lift using gratitude, compassion, positivity, surrender/sacrifice and love (all these workable modalities just like the muscles of the body).
@@peterduncan5034 I believe everything is possible, but that is why I said "without technically...". Nonetheless such people defy science through how little they eat and still survive, there are many tribes that eat 1/10 of us and are x10 more active than us daily, the human material and energetic bodies are incredible ;)
Expansion always plays a huge role. And i usuallytell it to people as “go do some shit. Do anything other than what you normally do”. I learned that through the military. Yea theres alot to be said about serving and all that but the one thing we all love, regardless of branch you served, is the constant new stimulus. To the point where almost in a day to day you dont know what might happen. Its as draining as its rewarding. So as usual, I agree with you brother. 100%
Yes you get it exactly!! That makes so much sense about your time in the military too, every day must have been like it's own small adventure, even if like you said it's draining. I really appreciate your real world insight, go do some shit!!
I think how people survived and went to war with back then worked well, Animal proteins as available as possible, Grains root vegetables fruits honey legumes as a majority and whatever fats are available
Good talk, I would always suffer if I had a big meal before BJJ class even if it was a couple of hours before....learned a few lessons from it but I like burgers , thai takeout and indian buffet food too much to fully stop. Being slightly more careful about meals helps especially if prepare it at home and portion it out earlier. Still eat like a horse sometimes, but in lesser amounts.
Thanks a lot for sharing!!! You share such a great content in your channel!!!! I am 51 yeahrs and train since 2008 with kettlbells and sandbags. I know a lot of good people in this area and you in the top 3 from my list! You remind me to go back on my sandbag and make for me a better training and planing. Take care and keep the good work!
Facts. Eat healthy, focusing on whole foods (with plenty of vegetables, fruits and nuts/seeds if you believe in the blue zones approach/current scientific consensus on general health) and ensure you get enough calories. For muscle gain or general weight gain, eat in a calorie surplus. For weight loss, either eat in a calorie deficit or maintain your intake and train more. That's really all there is to it. People often talk about diet as if it's a complicated science, but it's actually quite straightforward when it comes to training and achieving your goals.
Blimey, there are going to be so many more people after me who saunter into this video expecting some relatively lightweight dietary advice with a tenuous link to overarching happiness. Instead, like me, they'll be walloped by brutal truth after brutal truth. Nice going SC.
Wow spot on the road trip fast food example😂 When my family and I travel by car to Mexico, we mostly eat fast food and I feel good but when I eat the fast food at home I feel terrible.
bangers: think about how significant every small event is in a life where so little happen the more things that happen in your life the less importance is placed on each one breaking free from routine is enough to make the small things insignificant
Very nice man! Just FYI, something about the background audio of this vid was reading as a high pitched ring to my ears. I thought it was me but if I paused, it immediately went away. Just a heads up. If I wasn’t wearing headphones, probably wouldn’t have even noticed.
So very true. Similar experiences to myself. I tried carnivore and felt literally zero euphoric effects (aside from fatloss) that every popular tiktokker/instagrammer prophesizes about it. Simply comes down to the fact I was already eating extremely well compared to most people before. I do like your take on happiness and how diet has very little to do with it. The work-home-bed theory holds true with 99% of the population, myself included. Unfortunately, many, have no reasonable shot at getting out of that cycle completely, but getting out of it on your days off is definitely a start. Could definitely elaborate more on this, but who wants to read a novel in a youtube comment LOL
Hey good to hear from you man! Yeah it's hard to get out of it completely, especially when you're worn out after a hard days work. But yeah definitely a great start, can only snowball from there!
Excellent philosophy. I've gone from vegan>raw vegan>veggie>carnivore over 40+ years and am now breaking out of these diet cult mindsets to intuit my food intake. Not going to get any younger. I'm in a 'tiny world' alone on my homestead, but am single-handedly drawing the larger world to me by creating natural builds for guest stays. Our 'reality media' is filming my current project, so that'll help.....or send me crazy. Strange world though....
Hey glad you liked this one! It's nice to have that background, hard to know exactly what something will do until you try it yourself, and it seems like you've tried everything! Yeah that's exactly it, doesn't just have to be physical space, doing SOMETHING like you are makes all the difference in the world!
I'm just about finished my honours in dietetics and let me tell you, that's it, that's the take on diet we want everyone to have. Eat whole foods then stop stressing about it and yeah, don't expect to be walking around in a state of euphoric bliss cause food ain't a drug.
Talking about motivational speech DAMN! A word for my fellow manual workers - counting calories actually comes in handy because its very possible to undereat, even tho you eat much more than all the people around you...same goes for drinking water and eating protein and vegetables and fruits...it all needs to be higher than you think
I did keto to lose over 100 lbs. I was prediabetic with sky high blood pressure. It worked, but once I hit that goal weight and started lifting seriously, I gradually reintroduced carbs--It just wasn't reasonable to keep eating that way, and the science is still out on whether eating such huge amounts of fat every day is good for your heart or not. I still snack every now and then, eat a pizza every now and then, but like you said, prioritize whole foods and it actually becomes HARD to overeat. I plan each meal around 40-50g of protein first, keep carbs and fats reasonable, and try to get enough fibre. It kinda just falls into place. And if I need to bulk? An extra bowl of oatmeal, or a pb sandwich solves everything. 😅 With you on the need for community and challenging yourself too though of course.
I heard some research is out that the caloric surplus you need for bulking isn’t 500 cal like is tossed around on RU-vid but more like 200 or so. A bowl of oatmeal will definitely get you there, thank goodness for that. Like you said, it’s honestly hard to overeat when you’re eating complex carbs, enough protein, and plenty of vegetables.
Look at all the love in the comments dude! I'm eating 5 of my father's Day cupcakes with a pint of milk before bed! (I'm competing this weekend lol) Great video Cody!
I should give a disclosure, my diet for months has been beef, eggs, potatoes, white rice, kiwis, milk, chicken. That's 90 percent of it. You need it to build proper muscle. Real food. Just like you said! But ill eat a tub of ice cream, or 5 cupcakes if I want!
I was a bit worried making a video on diet but yes it's been super positive! Haha yes gotta get those extra calories for the competition somehow right?! I can't deny I have some ice cream and pizza myself on occasion :D Good luck at your comp man!! It's a local one right?
What dip bar and sandbags do you own? I have only just discovered your channel 4 days ago and feel like I have found a golden channel! Your videos are awesome and thank you so much for spreading your knowledge mentally and physically
Hey so glad to have you here! My favorite sandbag is linked in the description, it's the ironmind tough as nails adjustable 300lb bag. Cerberus and rogue make great sandbags too. And I think they stopped selling the exact dip bars I have but these look really similar and are the same price :) a.co/d/02POE6gK
I’m curious what you think about other people being included in our expansion. I’m a pretty boring person, I work and study during the day, work night shifts, get my lift sessions and stone sessions in during the week. Lack of time means I go out and do less artsy stuff and enjoy nature less and walk a tightrope in terms of burning out. But the places I work are very meaningful in terms of building relationships and being able to help people and I enjoy talking to people. Without that I’m not confident that I would be happy the way I am now. Don’t know whether or not to consider that a small world. Also, I went to buy melatonin today, because I need to get sleep in when I can, and I never realized just how many supplements there are. A lot of them were promoting recovery and happiness which I thought was interesting. Lifestyle disease is a serious problem in the states and I don’t know if a pill solves that. Also looking forward to that book! Been making more time to read lately and will definitely be supporting it!
I think that can be a huge part of it! 'Expanding your world' doesn't have to mean actually traveling across the country or something, I think building relationships like that is just as meaningful! I like that, 'lifestyle disease' that really sums it up. And so happy to hear that, I hope you like it!! Hopefully be out soon 🙂
Ok this question is a bit off-topic I suppose but i'm really wondering what your take is on this given you have a a practical and no-nonsense view on other topics. Lately i've been struggling a bit to keep a good overview on my long-term, mid-term and short-term tasks and priorities. There's a lot been going on and I am starting to reach this same superfluous optimisation zone as you are talking about in this diet video.. how do you keep track of what you want & need to do on a day-to-day basis (and longer term horizons)?
Hey that's a good question. The biggest driver for me is knowing that if I don't do the things I know I need to do, I'll just end up feeling guilty. Putting things off in favor of short term comfort really ends up being more uncomfortable than just doing the thing. Accepting that true, uninterrupted and unending comfort doesn't exist makes getting things done easy. At that point all you have to do is just do the thing, and manage your time between different things. That and I guess I would say save the small details for later. If you just focus on the big picture all the little stuff will fall into place when it needs to. I hope I answered your question!
I've always liked Brian Alsruhe's suggestion to get a half bodyweight bag for pressing, throwing over shoulder and doing long carries, 3/4 bodyweight for the bread and butter lifts, and bodyweight or even slightly higher for the big challenging lifts. Putting more than your own weight on your shoulder makes you feel like you've "made it." 💪
This is usually what I recommend ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ZlXPac951jY.htmlsi=a9o4JBMcqQVxKw3u But Brian's advice actually sounds like a great idea too!
Hey not a stupid question at all :) These are the Dickies 'Duck Carpenter' pants. They don't honestly allow for too much mobility so I always buy a couple sizes too big, but the reinforced stitching means I can wear them a lot longer without ripping holes in them. They're also only like 30$ or so
@@thestonecircle Thanks man! I have a pair of those actually and they have outlasted my Carhartts. Anyway I just discovered your channel and I hope you get the recognition you deserve. It’s awesome you take the time to address every comment you get and these videos have that special something. Best of luck mate
@SenorSpaghetti hey thank you I really appreciate it! That's actually really nice to know too because I've considered getting some carharts before, guess I'll still with the tried and true 😁
@@thestonecircle Search "Cammando Pullup" and see what you find. That is where I get the name for any kind of exercise with a similar grip, whether its push or pull.
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