CHAPTER 5
SPECIAL MODIFICATIONS
— DOING IT YOUR WAY
Too often people think the solution to a problem has to be complex. They measure the
attractiveness of a program by how difficult it is to follow. The bigger and more difficult to
follow, the better. If they’re counting every calorie like it’s their last, memorizing point value
charts and poring over recipe books, they figure they’ve really got something. And if they get
confused or the diet doesn’t work, they’ll blame themselves.
“Simplicity is to be avoided at all cost.” Many people will look at the Anabolic Diet, see it
doesn’t contain endless charts and a 50-page recipe section, and figure it’s just too easy to work.
They’re wrong.
The true measure of a diet is WHETHER IT WORKS, and the Anabolic Diet will work if
given the chance.
Sure, it’s simple. After all, it’s basically the diet mankind grew up on before the 20th century
carbohydrate revolt that made the food packaging industry rich. There are some new wrinkles
based on what science has recently taught us about how to best insure health and muscle growth.
But, overall, all we’ve done is fine tune the diet we were made to live on and bring it up to the
highest nutritional and performance standards.
Though the scientific principles behind its success may be a bit involved for the layman, the
actual diet itself is quite easy to carry out. Bottom line, there’s not a whole lot to it. You’ve got
the basic high fat weekday/high carb weekend guidelines and, after that, it’s basically business
as usual for the bodybuilder.
And, as if the diet wasn’t simple enough, there’s also a great deal of flexibility built into it.
It’s made to order for THE INDIVIDUAL. We know that each person is different, both
physically and psychologically. You can’t give everyone the same exact diet and expect them to
all respond in the same manner to it.
That’s why we’ve urged you to experiment with the diet in earlier chapters. If used properly,
it will get you into contest shape better than any diet you’ve tried before. What I’ve done is give
you the basic principles of the diet. It’s up to you to mold and shape the fine points of its operation
to your own unique physique and mind.
In fact, any part of this diet can be modified to fit the needs of the individual, as long as you
stay in the fat burning mode. What I suggest is that you stick to the diet as spelled out in the book
very rigidly for the first 2 months. You’ll need that long to learn about the diet and how your
body responds to it. You may want to adjust your caloric intake at times during those 2 months,
but you should stick to the basics for 60 days.
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