I wondered how the vertical diet panned out, whats a typical day of eating for u, such as meals and such? Low carb as well?I follow the vertical diet and love it. Besides beef and rice I eat eggs, carrots, bell peppers, cheddar cheese, Greek yogurt and fruit. It’s easy meal prep with food I like and my digestion is great.
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His Vertical Diet gets tons of praise and it's easy to see why...it's meat and rice, more sodium. Not much revolutionary there Obviously effective, a version of it is pretty much what most big guys are eating. Easy to digest, nutrient dense foods that agree with you and move through you quickly so you can eat more. Progressive eating and finding your caloric ceiling.
Great interview, you always nail it.
I follow the vertical diet and love it. Besides beef and rice I eat eggs, carrots, bell peppers, cheddar cheese, Greek yogurt and fruit. It’s easy meal prep with food I like and my digestion is great.
Fairly nutrient dense? Sound like maybe you aren't too familiar with this diet, its EXTREMELY NUTRIENT DENSE, the white rice is just there for an easily digestible carb source that most people tolerate very well, the rest of the diet is all about micro nutrients, the spinach, carrots, bell peppers, oranges (or simply orange juice) salmon. Most prep coaches arent putting that much vit c, magnesium, potassium, b- vitamins into their diet. Most dumb fuck bodybuilders eat chicken and rice most of the day and some fucking oatmeal...LOLAlso interested in hearing. Were you coached by Stan?
I know I sell it short by saying it's just meat and rice and extra salt, but guys would be surprised by their results even if they did just eat that in ample amounts, consistently, along with killing it in the gym (paying mind to recovery, obviously) consistently. Eventually, you're gonna be a big boy. I think Stan designed the diet basically more for big fuckers that need something consistent, easy to digest fairly nutrient dense; stuff you can also eat large amounts of.
Apparently there are lower carb versions where people get like a potato and an orange a day lol Usually before bed or preworkout.
Fairly nutrient dense? Sound like maybe you aren't too familiar with this diet, its EXTREMELY NUTRIENT DENSE, the white rice is just there for an easily digestible carb source that most people tolerate very well, the rest of the diet is all about micro nutrients, the spinach, carrots, bell peppers, oranges (or simply orange juice) salmon. Most prep coaches arent putting that much vit c, magnesium, potassium, b- vitamins into their diet. Most dumb fuck bodybuilders eat chicken and rice most of the day and some fucking oatmeal...LOL
I need oatmeal every morning or i feel like crap thru the day, maybe sweet potatoes are ok? It shows them in the diet in the book, but not entirely sure if they are ok every day? Havent read thru the whole book yet
January to March this year I followed the Gironda "Steak and Eggs" diet while recomping from a long layoff after surgery. In March when everything shut down I had to quit because I couldn't get enough meat. I switched to a "Vertical Diet" based plan and continued doing everything else the same. I'm still losing fat without consciously trying. Biggest thing is adding iodine salt since I didn't have a good source otherwise. In blood work my Thyroid is great even though my other hormones are all screwed up.
I by no means want to come off bitter or jealous, but I think this whole vertical diet stuff is a bunch of crap, one post above someone said that the difference between his diet and a normal bodybuilding diet is the emphasis on micronutrient and easily digestible foods. That's nothing new or revolutionary though, so why are we giving this a special name lol? We all know we should be aiming to eat foods that are easily digestible and experiment with different foods because what works for x person might not work for y person. You hear bodybuilders all the time talking about they eat white short grain rice compared to brown rice because of digestibility for example, or they eat cream of rice, or eat "x" source of protein for the same reason. Same thing with the nutrients, we all learn as kids to eat a variety of foods to get different vitamins and minerals and that too much of anything is bad. Maybe I'm missing something but I don't see what the hype or gimmick is all about, or what the need to give this a name like it's something revolutionary and new?
The diets fine, at best, it's very blase in a world of dad diets. The issue however is he constantly tries to act like he's very healthy and the epitomy of health, buddy let's see those bloods
Not just bloods but just how his organs are in general. We can look at Meadows as well, preaches health and I think he's a fantastic guy but he recently had a heart attack and his lifespan will likely be cut short decades. I'd be shocked if Stan was particularly healthy at his size and given his history but I'd be glad to see him prove us wrong.
The diet is good but I really don't think it's that unique. A lot of marketing, which again is great for him...more power to him.
John's issue had nothing dietary related; no sig atherosclerotic plaque in his case
Just a clot thrown due to genetic reasons. Both his parents had heart attacks at a very young age