Inside the post-show diet of Mr Olympia finalist including double beef burgers
THE post-competition diet of Mr Olympia has been revealed by the top-placing bodybuilder.
Despite what many people might have heard about such a diet, the meals may look more familiar and delicious than many people realize.
At the top of bodybuilder Mr Olympia – Derek Lunsford’s – video, he was congratulated in the hotel elevator by a man who was at the show the previous night.
It was a pattern throughout the video: admiration for the discipline and appreciation for the visible hard work.
A food scale proved to be one of the more important tools used in his strict diet.
Having used about 200 grams of rice in a previous meal, Lunsford opted for a bit more the next time around.
“Are you doing chicken with this or salmon?” the man behind the camera asked the bodybuilder.
“Salmon,” Lunsford answered.
He prepared an entire second bowl of more rice and salmon, with plans to consume both at once, restoring the carbohydrate energy source and the proteins in necessary for his muscled figure.
“I feel like I haven’t eaten anything since I was carbing up yesterday,” Lunsford said, despite being on his third meal of the day.
He closed his eyes, happy to be tasting salt, as “I haven’t gotten to eat much salt lately, either.”
Cutting sodium is a popular fitness technique, namely for wrestlers, body-builders, and other physically driven professions where every ounce of water weight makes a difference.
“I like my diet food, you know,” Lunsford said looking right into the camera.
While he attended a banquet of food at the end of his video, he still practiced discipline.
“Just waiting on these burgers. Not gonna eat the pizza as much as I want it. Not gonna eat the cake as much as I want it.”
He made himself three whole burgers and chowed down all three.
After finishing another proetin-heavy meal, he reflected on his bodybuilding lifestyle with the videographer.
“This is just the beginning,” he said.
“I’m super excited. I’m so eager to keep getting better.”