staying healthy in the fast lanefifteen-minute circuit training program three to four days per
week, you can have a great physique and be strong. It may sound
egotistical, but I know it because I do it, and I get compliments on
my fifty-plus-year-old body frequently.
To do it you have to be consistent and efficient. You don’t have
to kill yourself, but you need to work hard to get results fast. You
also have to eat right and get lean if you want your physique to
show definition. You don’t need to be downing protein-rich sports
drinks, or eating tons of meat and eggs daily or immediately after
exercising. Just eat the whole food. If you choose to have animal
foods, which are not necessary for muscles or for good health,
then eat lean meat, poultry (grass-fed, free-ranged, hormone- and
antibiotic-free), and fish in the context of your three daily meals
surrounded by lots of unrefined plant foods. You meat-eating and
dairy-supplementing gym rats have been duped into thinking you
have to consume lots of protein and animal foods to be strong and
athletic. Also I am not aware of any study that shows being big
increases longevity.
This reminds me of an acquaintance I’d see working out in the
gym. He was a big, thick, muscular guy who lifted a fair amount
of weight. He was telling me about his weight issues and medical
problems with diabetes, hypertension, and kidney issues. He was
a classic “dairy-aholic” and was stunned when I told him to elimi-
nate the dairy, cut back on the meat, and eat more vegetables, and
that he’d still be fine in the gym. I also told him he’d drop some
weight and probably improve his diabetes and kidney function.
He was fearful of not being strong and muscular if he cut back on
those foods (meat and dairy, to which he was addicted).
Americans have been brainwashed by the propaganda that
you have to consume meat, poultry, fish, and dairy products to be
healthy and strong. It’s complete B.S.! This belief has hurt—and
will continue to hurt—a lot of people who think this.