Nutrition Priorities For Strength Trainees | Starting Strength Gyms Podcast #32 

Before beginning Starting Strength I was in the process of finishing out a "cut". I was not overly overweight, but I felt I had essentially been doing a dirty bulk for the last 15 years of my life and decided to drop about 25lbs before hitting strength training real hard on a good clean lean bulk. Anywho, I was nearing the end of this cut, but still losing weight at about 3/4 to 1 lb per week and deer season was starting. Long story short, here I am at 5'11" 184lb, in a solid calorie deficit, alone in a field, and I shoot a pretty large midwest 9 point whitetail buck... and totally exhausted myself in the process of field dressing it. Field dressing a whitetail was something I'd done many times before, but never on that low fuel rations and it totally WRECKED me. I was exhausted. And I was still at a point where I was probably as strong as I'd ever been at the time, but was just not able to perform the work simply due to lack of fuel. It was a not so fun eye opening experience that I will never replicate again. Looking forward to this year where I'm eating more than enough and able to use the strength I've built up in a years time. Currently sitting at 205lb and still happily gaining. Food is fuel and it's a big deal.

Do more vids w/ Nick

I've went from a runner , MMA guy 165 shredded as hell at 6 foot to a big strong capable 230 pounder pressing bodyweight and have added several hundred lbs to all lifts. Thanks starting strength 💪

Loved this one.

TUBOI - Terribly Useful Block Of Information. Thanks very much, men!

The eating thing was the truly paradigm shifting information for me when I came across SS. I've been lifting since I was about 13 in 1982, but was being held back, especially in the 90s by bad nutrition advice from BB Mike Mentzer and his corner of the HIT crowd. His advice basically being you don't need hardly any more protein or calories above maintenance to grow. Predictably I stayed about the same size and strength for decades. Changing to the basic barbell movements was part of it too, but the real shift came from the nutrition. Finally in my late 40s I started ballooning up in muscular size and in strength. It's a shame too because I have decent genetics for it too, 6' tall with a large frame; naturally very wide shoulders and 7" wrists, etc. Jesus, I could of progressed like Chase back in friggin' high school if I'd had this program! Oh well. Better late than never...

🇺🇸🥛🏋️

I’ve been weighttraining for 25 years but since I’ve been doing the novice linear progression for the last three months now, my kickboxing performance has gone through the roof and my recovery has improved dramatically ever since I’ve started implementing the nutritional advice that these guys and rep gives. Before that I fell for the bullshit with all the functional and sport specific training and performance was either on or off but more off when I think about it and if I’m honest, but since following these guys and to be honest it’s the simplicity that attracted me even my kickboxing coach is asking me what the hell I’ve been taking when i kick the pads

This was great, entertaining and informative! Thanks so much

Super great to hear two guys who let each other talk have decades of experience and to have spent a ton of time walking their talk and watch the whole thing. Even though " I knew all that stuff" having it put together soup to nuts by two guys who live and breathe this stuff is gold. Not to miss. One Note... a bit of.. how to say it nicely?... 'schizophrenia" here-- the RU-vid audience I guess is mainly 30 and under but the Starting Strength gym clients are 40 and older demographic (am I getting that right?) And so when an ancient creaking geezer newcomer hears about a 600 lb deadlift it's a bit daunting! 🏋️‍♂️

I do like to eat a breakfast crunch wrap everyday Friday on my way to getting my raw milk from my local farmer.

Fat and morbidly obese 😂😂 that was awesome

Gomad is for the week... I'm on the 3Gomad diet. See you later peasants!

Does all of this go for me, a 63 yo female, 135 lbs, novice?

Bone broths been a long term staple in Indian strength training, felt really good of ur acknowledgement,pretty less amount of people now acknowledges it's true benefits in strength training.

Dude is BASED and RED PILLED.

🤟 @ the intro music

Very good information and so easy to listen to! Thanks men!

Great episode! One of the best until now. Love the content.

I take a bottle of EAA to restaurant when dining out. Adds nutrition and flavor to my watet with lemon. A simple hack to my usual steak and eggs. 🙏🏻👹🏊‍♀️🏋🏻

I'm 230 so I need 230 grams of protein haha wtf haha. I'm trying to get around 120 a day and 2500 calories. Maybe this why I'm stalled out haha.

man i love the intro song!

The same that is advised for protein input is equal to cannabis. Ask me how I know?

I'm a gay diaper addict

i am 5'5" 127lbs. If I did GOMAD + 4-5 giant meals per day I would probably die.

DO SS + GOMAD 🥛🥛🥛🥛🥛🥛🥛🥛🥛🥛🥛🥛🥛🥛🥛🥛

So do we not count protein from a vegetable or grain? I understand they're not complete proteins and I'm not suggesting a plant based diet but just a normal diet with 1g/lb of body weight. It seems to be if we don't count the protein from these other sources we could end up eating so much red meat that we get over full and have a difficult time getting enough of these other foods.

Eat like Stan😅

Song name??

This dude is so smart.

You must eat more money. It's that simple.

No shake today!

Let's get to it...How much do I need to weigh to get to the 1000 lb club??

ACAD A Cake A Day 🎉🎊

Sorry i cant take nutritional advice from peter griffin's mexican brother

Nutrition tips from fat Ray and Nick (he's so fat there's no need to call him fat Nick). Great original content.

Easiest thing is find a whey isolate that you can drink and have 4 50g shakes a day. Takes a total of 5 minutes. Whey protein it’s literally the highest quality protein source you can ingest, eggs are number 2 when it comes to maximizing protein synthesis. Whey powder is real food! It’s not a supplement. An incredible tool to exploit, most people don’t.

I really want to press 315 but I haven't press 225 yet and I'm wondering if it's possible. I know I need to be positive

Ugh. You guys make me feel fat and weak and I hate myself. Been listening to this channel for a while (the Rip days) for information that I can't do anything with 70% of the year. This episode really makes me hate myself. New job can't come soon enough.

Ok hold on just minute. Stan Efferding's book recommends like 18% protein for weight gain and like 40-45% for weight loss - which blew my mind when I read it. What you guys are saying makes way more sense (consume grams per pound of your goal weight). What's going on here?

This overweight dude giving advice about nutrition and building muscle . How ironic

I get what they are saying, but I was 272 lbs on 9/11, couldnt squat ky bodyweight without nearly passing out, and my heart rate was over 100 bpm on average. As of today, I am 210 lbs. I feel much better and i even ran a mile! That being said, I have been on the carnivore diet. When i hit 200 lbs, I was planning on adding raw milk and raw honey. I love the advice of 1g of protein per pound of weight. Im going to incorporate that into my diet. Im looking forward to starting strength! Question: How does starting strength work with nerve injuries? I have serratus anterior palsy and a torn meniscus in my left knee. Edit: nutrition comes first. Exercise comes at the same time or after. Diet is the medicine that cures us metabolically. Added muscle helps the process but athletes that look extremely fit can have type two diabetes... It all comes down to diet.

Lol. You say that you need carbs. Shawn Baker doesn't seem to need them.

Edit the insulting Jewish comment out please. It was hard to keep listening after that. The info is good, just found the comment offensive.