Hail to the Dinosaurs!
Last week I answered a reader's question asking
if it was necessary to eat liver in order to build
strength and muscle.
Short answer: It's not.
That prompted a response by a Dino who's about
my age.
He remembered that "back in the day" he read that
a top bodybuilder was using a protein shake made
from raw liver and grape juice.
He ran to the store, bought some raw liver and grape
juice, took it home, mixed it up in the blender, and
poured himself a big glass of might and muscle.
Closed his eyes and thought how great it would be to
be strutting his stuff on the silver sand of fabled Muscle
Beach.
Repping out with Arnold at Gold's Gym.
Copping the big titles. Mr. A, Mr. U, Mr. O,
Mr. Everything.
Getting the big paychecks for the endorsements from
the supplement companies.
And the girls.
Ah, yes.
The girls.
We all knew they loved guys with big muscles. John
McCallum told us so. Just look at Uncle Harry. He
couldn't even walk down the beach without creating
a riot.
But back to our young lifter. He hasn't made it to
Muscle Beach. He's still in his parent's kitchen.
He closed his eyes and dreamed -- then opened them
and took his first big swig of the Mighty Muscle Potion.
He chugged about half a big glass of the stuff.
Seconds later, he was puking his guts out.
Yes, that's a true story -- and yes, that's how it
happened.
And it happened to more than one poor kid.
Another top bodybuilder had a protein drink that
featured tuna fish, water and -- I forget what else.
It may have been tuna and water and nothing else,
or he may have added some dessicated liver and
perhaps some brewer's yeast.
In any case, it was pretty nasty.
I never tried it.
But I knew a guy who did.
He had the same reaction I just described -- one
big swig and he was barfing.
Then there was John Grimek.
He ate real food.
No protein shakes.
No blender bombers.
Nothing nasty.
Grimek enjoyed his meals. He liked steaks, chops and
roast chicken.
"Meat is my baby," he once said.
And he wasn't talking about raw liver mixed with grape
juice.
But amazingly, he did pretty darn well.
Even without drinking the nasty stuff.
Grimek believed that food was somehting to be enjoyed.
Not a form of torture. Not a test to see how "tough" you
were.
He didn't even approve of over-doing it with milk -- or
with stuffing yourself -- or force-feeding. He didn't think
that sort of thing did anything other than give you a
belly-ache -- and it's hard to train with a belly-ache.
He thought it was much better to combine regular
hard training with three delicious meals every day --
featuring good, healthy foods, and lots of protein.
I don't know about you, but I think the Grimek way of
doing things makes a lot of sense.
A lot more sense than raw liver and grape juice.
As always, thanks for reading and have a great day.
If you train today, make it a good one!
Yours in strength,
Brooks Kubik
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P.S. 4. Thought for the Day: "Eating to build strength
and muscle should be a pleasure, not a form of
self-inflicted torture." -- Brooks Kubik
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