How Many Calories do Strongmen Really Eat? 

Love the way Lawrence explains everything with such clarity and sense. Top teaching from a top athlete 💪💪.

I once had a guy at the gym tell me he ate like 16,000 calories a day. He seemed convinced of it too, despite the fact that it is so far out of the realm of possibility that even half of that as a daily intake is completely absurd.

The amount of times I've had this same conversation with people over the years is insane! Eating is like training, gradually increasing calories/food over time, as and when needed. We're not all the same, not all of us have the frame of Hafþor or, Brian Shaw. I'm only 5.9, the heaviest I've ever been is 17.5 stone, around 245lbs. That was hard work getting there, slowly increasing calories so not to just add fat! Rome wasn't built in a day, and neither is a physique or, strength. It's a marathon, not a sprint!

Even Zydrunas eats like 6,5k. He mentioned it in one video of his. So yeah this ''20k calories FUEL STRONGMAN HUMAN CONTAINER is usually a clickbait.

Loz, could you do a regular day of eating video...? From wake-up to bedtime, any and all meals, snacks, and shakes that go in your body, along with a rough calorie count...

One more thing: food is expensive! That's my main argument for not eating more than I need to.

That video Eddie Hall made of him eating his old strongman diet and he claimed it was like 16,000. I was very doubtful as he was being very generous with how many calories he was claiming was in the particular foods. Like claiming the bit of cream he added to the cheesecake was something obscene like 400 calories. He also said stuff like “4 pieces of fried bread” when really it was 2 slices cut in half. Just all seems to be a big flex for them.

Loving all these recent, (and frequent) vids Loz. Keep them coming dude 🤙

Eddie and Thor prepping for their fight is like the recent RU-vidrs who started boxing for the hype (KSI and Logan). Brian is on the road to 700lb bench press, when Julius Maddox was doing that for reps. And you got Big Loz, speaking the real deal. The only strongman channel to watch at the moment.

Wise words from a wise man 💪, stay strong and hydrated

Man, it is awesome that you put this out there!!!! Great advice and awesome layout!

Always enjoy any content you put up mate. Keep the regularity up if it's possible.

Absolutely quality advice and very well explained keep up the great content

Great content Loz. Hopefully people will listen and digest.

The best video on training I have ever seen. Thank goodness for some honest at last.

Great advice and smart to cover one subject well. Video article

Great video Loz 👍🏻

So happy you are putting such a good effort into this channel - i love these 'history of' and informative videos! I only wish you started making them years ago when I first became a fan of the sport 😜

Loz, thank you for this one. I love all your content but this video was made for me. Thank you thank you thank you.

So this is now the Big Blob Official channel? ;)

This is a fantastic video, thanks Loz! A link to this should be placed as a disclaimer on every "X calories per day" diet video out there. I know most people see those videos as they are meant to be... an interesting window into the life of a professional strongman, but you're right Loz, like everything else, there are going to be impressionable people out there who feel like if they eat/train/etc like their favorite athlete, they will be like them. If you want to eat like a 6'9" 200kg pro athlete, you should probably be a 6'9" 200 kg pro athlete. Plus, some of those guys (Shaw for example) have a nutritionist who helps design their diets. The average Joe doesn't have that. I'm enjoying the shorter-format videos lately Loz... easier to digest... har har... Keep up the great work!

I love these videos, direct and straight to the point. Not too long either which is an added bonus. Great work Loz

Great video 👍🏼👍🏼💪🏼💪🏼

Good content. He’s on point.

The intro is so dope! 💪

I have just started strongman going to do my second comp this year. At the start I bought into the eat big get big stuff , I quss it has its place , but its exactly what said I got ill and so much brain fog and fatigue and didn't feel like training. I now eat enough to build muscle and stay strong but most importantly to feel energetic. I like this honest and wise advice

Top guy Big Loz. Most underrated strongman along with Heinla and Virastyuk.

I really like this guy, in a short few days of discovering his videos he's definitely become my favourite strongman channel on youtube. He comes across as a very open and genuine man. Very straight to the point :)

You state this so adorably clear

Hi Loz! Your channel is great, thank you very much for all the content. Mostly I enjoy your "Brief history videos". It would be awesome to have a brief history on the split of world's strongest man over the 2000s, I have always thought that Zydrunas would have won at least one of those if he competed. Can you please do it? Cheers!

I just wan to say that you Are My favorit strongman of All time. You have inspiret me to keep on Even after injuries. So sad i won't see you at WSM again. All the Best to you and your family.

Best strongman channel out there 💪

Most sensible video I’ve watched for ages

Love your Content Loz. I'd love to see your channel grow so you get more inspiration to keep it going. Haha your bang on here about the calories. ILL or Fat. 😂 Fact. ☘️👊

Thanks for telling the truth keep up the good work 👍

Excellent video again big man, just about 6 months too late. Is the dad bod still popular? What about the grandad bod?

Nice one, Loz! I think people miss the fact that pro strongmen have worked so hard (literally giving blood, sweat and tears) to reach this level with years of dedication to the needs of their body and their sport. There’s no get-strong-quick program and the food is a means to an end, fuel that’s required for the level of work you do. Not a means to an end. Thanks for the great vid - keep ‘em coming.

Big Loz, Your recent videos have been really insightful. The type of content you produce is what the sport really needs, vs the spectacle style social media that a lot of the other athletes used to promote their brand. Rooting for you from here on out in all the competitions. PS. If you see this comment I am curious, everyone's always talking about food consumption, but what type of and what quantity of liquids do top strong man consume. How much water does it take to compensate for volume of electrolytes and salts in your 6000 calorie diet?

Love how this is broken down great advice.

Very good point.

Could you make a video on performance enhancing drugs?

Brilliant. This is proper advice. Too much click bait out there coming from strongmen who I also respect but should explain themselves.

Thanks for the truth!💪💪💪

The only pro who's talking about this shit. Massive respect to Loz

Thank you so much for the truth

I like the non bullshit content. More people need to watch your channel.

New content subjects are awesome. A little better audio quality and better acoustics could greatly help.

Oh shit!!! Are you saying I need to cut back on the beer consumption? :O

I worked with a guy who said he ate 5000 calories a day, whilst not the craziest number. He couldn't get over 50kg bodyweight. He was absolutely convinced, yet at work he used to have one smallish meal.

This channel is addictive. Up close and great content from the strongman world. Hate u ,Loz! U got me addicted!

Big Loz!

This is the way kids nowadays should be taught about nutrition far to many people out there go from eating 2 meals a day to 10000 calories and wonder what's went wrong , top advice as always

I have a thyroid condition called Graves disease where my body sends my metabolism into overdrive. It went unchecked for years and I ended up with a particularly bad case and I can tell you right now that I couldn't eat at the start what I could in the end. 2 days before I started my treatment I spent every waking moment going between the kitchen in order to eat something and the bathroom to... well it made room for more. I had breakfast cereal from a pot. I had a huge fry up which I washed down with 4 pints of milk. I had endless Mars bars and the like and plenty of crisps. 4 breaded chicken breasts, 5 or 6 mashed tatties and a can of beans for lunch. I made up a pot of custard and plonked a huge ginger cake in it. my last meal of the day was 2 pizzas from Domino's and 2 portions of wedges before going round the corner to get another pizza from my local kebab shop. that probably wasn't 10000 calories but it was a stupid amount and really expensive. I don't think I could do 2 days, no way could I go for weeks. What was Glenn Ross eating to end up at 248 KG at his heaviest? Even though I averaged somewhere around 4000 calories a day I still ended up losing about 45 kilos overall. metabolism is something else.

Gracias por el video. Mucha verdad.

People say Brian Shaw is the nicest man in the world of strongman, but I think Loz is every bit as nice.

I'm 140kg eating 4-5000 calories a day and I'm getting leaner each week while staying the same weight, if anything your calories need to match your activity.

I rememebr Zydrunas saying he eats 6 thousand calories a day, but he had already started getting leaner when he said that

Hey loz. I'm new to fitness and strength. Been training calisthenics for strength and hypertrophy for the last 8 months and have noticed amazing results. I want to get into strongman. Been watching it for years. Anyway I'm from swindon do you offer personal coaching and training programs? For when the gyms reopen? I doubt I'd ever get elite... I'm 32 but competition has been missing from my life and I really want to compete at any level in strongman. Love your content man have a goodun

You sir are the voice of reason. You need to be the president of strongman if such a thing exists haha

Big loz is probably one of the best top athletes in the world

Considering how hard it is to eat a lot and how much it costs to eat a lot of quality foods, everyone should know - and be glad - that there is no point in consistently overeating. Great video, Loz! As usual.

Great video, educational, straight to the point and informative. Thanks for it. But I have a question, I might be wrong but I think most Olympia level bodybuilders eat aroun 6,000cal a day in the off season. If they are eating that much, isn't it a bit short for top-level strongmen considering that strongman atheletes are much bigger, their training is somewhat more intense and they do not care about body fat or aesthetichs as much as a bodybuilder? Thanks.

Even Big Z only claims to eat 6000 a day very true, good video

I was wondering about this

one of the most devious strong man there is

The longer and heavier your lifts, the more calories you burn, the more calories you need. The heavier your muscle mass, the more calories you need to feed them. It's all basic math that people can do to find out how much they need to eat. So unless you're 6'2+, 400lb and training for a top tier professional competition, you don't need to force feed yourself 6000+ calories a day, or anywhere near it.

"Getting Fat" is partly the goal though. Just having more body fat allows your body to maintain muscle better. If you're over 30% Body Fat then that is definitely "Too Fat", but Brian and Eddie are normally around 25% Body Fat while competing. For guys who are chronically thin (e.g. Larry Wheels), it can help to really push the calories up.

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I do a carnivore diet during the weekdays and ketogenic diet on the weekend. Even with the fats i add to my food i can never go beyond 3500 without feeling overwhelmed and the next day my body is not hungry from still feeling satisfied. So i end up eating even less calories the next day. If youre getting a little heavy from fat. Drop the carbs back for a few weeks. You wont lose strength in fact your strength goes up. Gyms are close all i have access is 2 24kg kettlebells and some elastic bands and some bricks and stones. I dont think ill be going to the gym except to deadlift until i can either built a platform or get a squat rack and a wide bench from rogue.

Find it so joke about big loz and Brian shaw that they're just huge dudes but theyre so calm and soft spoken

2:57 lol

- How much do the Strongmen eat? - Yes.

Best I ever ate in one day...probably 5,000 calories

You make some solid points. It's important that people are cautious about consuming more than the RDA for calories. A gorilla apparently can lift 815 kg yet consumes about 600 less calories than a human per day. I know, different species, different story. But even our ancestors had lived with far fewer calories at their disposal than we modern humans. I just don't think we are meant to eat 10,000 calories a day is all. That's why strongmen tend to deal with health issues. That's why Eddie always says he probably took years off his life.

I started at 2500 calories, I felt hungry still, stepped it up to 3000 calories and still felt hungry and now I eat 3500 calories but I ate 3000 calories for 2 weeks to make sure.

I remember the first time I saw this man at his first Strongest Man Contest. I thought who is this Samson?! Out of no where it seemed he appeared able to lift, push,push anything he set his mind to as his muscles seemed to grow under the strain. Come to find out this beast of a man is a kind well spoken man with a gorgeous wife , family , friends and a promising career. All the BEST from California

Thanks loz , good advice for the young ens . I’m 6’ 1 and nearly 20 stone and I don’t think I eat 5 thousand per day iv never counted calories but I don’t eat that much, but I do drink loads of milk .

Why being fat should help to lift more like a lot of strongman say? except for truck pull and keeping enough energy for all the events ...okay and maybe to clean the axle but imo muscles are pushing weights it is not the fat and the water.

how many people did not know that

What's the easiest way of counting your calories because it's ok saying just check the package or container but it's not always that simple?

Bruce Wilhelm the first WSM winner was the top guy 6-3 and 326. Would that be a average guys weight today?

On the topic, a thought I had a week ago maybe I'm curious about. Could someone theoretically be at a calorie excess and loose weight? Say if someone were heavily overweight, and started exercising for example? Not regarding any actual circumstance relating to myself, just curiosity. I do need to exercise more, but that's wholly unrelated.

Ross edgley is guilty of this, but he swims 10k as a light session to be fair

Everyone knows that they aren't Brian Shaw and thus not eating like him. There are no "young guys" who eat 10k kcal because they are inspired

It’s insanely hard

Restaurant buffets: how much food ya'll want Strongman: YES

I'm 6'5 120kg and only eat around 3500 max when im training

Do a video of you eating 15000 cal in a day

All of them

Just so happen to be 6’4 325

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So how do I get to a point I can eat 4000-5000 calories a day and maintain?

Food

How many calories you need to grow that beard son

If you look at a guy like Thor at 400 pounds of body weight eat that in protein is 1600 cal(400x4) is all the calories from protein he is eating 9000cals of fat and carbs everyday not realistic at all

10000 calories if you are 6ft9 400+ lbs lol

I can’t eat for shit

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