Bottom Line: Bodybuilding is bad for your health. I have done it I know. When I was younger I gained (with extreme dedication, sactifice & difficulty) from 135 to over 200 at a constant six ft tall (keeping a 32 inch waist). As Andrew reminds us, extra protein (esp animal) only reduces recuperation and energy.BIG TIME. This is absolutely true and I have experienced it completely. I'm 57 now, been 100% whole food raw vegan for 14 years- and no colds or flu or ANY physical problems (medicine cabinet has a razor and not much else) for that time. But guess what? Strength is off the charts (for me) compared to when I was 25. I've been making strength training the priority (as any longevity fitness program should) in my fitness regime for 40 years. The truth is that MASS-centric bodybuilding and HEALTH are at OPPOSITE ends of the spectrum. No way you can be huge from excess protein and also be even marginally healthy (you will get sick like the rest of most bad eaters- just notice most "mass-seekers" on TH-cam constantly sniffling). Strength and mass (excess mass not that which accompaies true strength increase) are related... but they are two separate specific mechanisms. In nature conservation is basic law so if you try to gain excess weight or muscle mass then you have an uphill battle. It is sooooo much easier to do it with animal protein, or clogging (but popular crap) "protein powders"- what a scam for young boys and brainwashed men! People interchange the words "muscle mass" with strength - that confuses those who have little experience with it and are desperate to add strength and muscle. And makes those who consume it sick and tired, literally. And like Andrew reported from his experinece as well, I too experience phenomenal recuperation from a diet almost indentical to his. (I do take in about 3000 cals daily, and more in heavy training of course.
Bodybuilding is bad for you.... Please give lazy people more excuses not to train...lol more time for the dedicated in the gym. I thank you from the bottom of my heart for the empty gym I'm about to walk into. Keep preaching thanks :)
Kevin Spencer I meant faddish protein-shake-infused, drug-induced/abused, super high volume non-fitness-oriented, commercial "sport"-related bodybuilding, not proper weight training! I've trained religiously for the past 40 years. Proper fitness is for life, and for longevity. "Commercial Supplement Driven Bodybuilding" as practiced by most people- is an odd offshoot of strength training and is absolutely not associated with longterm health & fitness.
Chris Califano Hi Chris, to add to your comment; I have done a ton of energy work and have found that bodybuilding shuts down the natural energy flow of the body pretty severely. One reason could be due to all the right angles and straight lines of force generation as seen with machines and some barbell exercises. Calisthenics on the other hand or more organic forms of strength training like sprinting up mountain trails etc. don't impact the energy channels as much and in some cases are conducive to opening the meridians such as the Horse Stance, pushups etc.
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Hey Andrew, to build muscle mass you need to have good HORMONAL balance. If you were suffering from a disease before, it means your body had high levels of cortisol, which kills optimal T levels. When you found your health and ate the basic building blocks that your body needs ( it doesn't necessarily need to be a caloric surplus ), you build muscle with a good resistance training.
Ryan Harlow well, thats false they do. a bigger muscle is always a stronger muscle, you cant compare between to individuals of course but the same muscle in a person is always stronger of you aquire some gainz. does not mean that a relative small muscle cant be a strong muscle though but that muscle would always be even stronger if its a bit bigger ;)
Nick L. Nice addition! its tough to cover all the bases. I was thinking as a general rule (someone with huge bulky muscles may not be able to lift as much as someone with smaller, less bulky muscles) But yes, I agree with your statement 100%
I’m 24 very very recently diagnosed with kidney disease (immediately crushed as I felt like my life had just changed) HOWEVER, I am extremely resilient and i refuse to ever give up. This video was really great and i appreciate the input as I live a very active lifestyle and just want to be as healthy as possible while learning to cope with this new change
I think you're giving too much credit to the "general population" in regards to strength and health vs bodybuilding (looks). The sad truth is most people only really care about being able to show off their bodies (big muscles, 6 pack abs etc). This is continually reinforced through movies and the like. I'd say most people have their priorities reversed due to this heavy influence. Sadly, skimming through the comments further proves my point.
Bang on mate, I play soccer at an elite level and the only transfer of the gym to the field is how u can move your body weight, and how strong you are compared to your bodyweight. Performance and health over aesthetics. You will see a lot of bodybuilders get severe chronic joint and muscle pain later on in life.
I had this experience as well. Life threw me off a raw vegan diet but while I was doing it, I lifted and did other exercise. I couldn't exercise enough. There was no soreness and a constant urge to put my mind and my body to work to improve myself. I'm trying to get back to that point. It was amazing! You don't know what it means to be truly alive until you're eating nothing but enzyme-rich foods.
About recovery, when i was eating everything, it took me at least 3-4 days, i felt pain in my muscles... and now.... almost never or just a day.... this is amazing. Vegan for 1,5 years :)
@@darkninja123able No, no longer vegan after 2 years and 8~ months. was quite a journey, got new experience of being vegan, it is possible to do well vegan diet and sport, but just got tired to restrict myself of so many foods.
Thanks for another great video Andrew. A few years ago, I was a body builder eating a lot of protein. They say females won't get bulky, but I did and I didn't feel very well either. My health was in trouble, so I gave up so much protein and started eating a plant base diet. My cravings get the best of me, so I am back and forth from SAD to RAW. Therefore, my weight is up and down. Now, I'm a raw vegan again and I hope this time I can stick with it. I am also a runner and practice Bikram Yoga. I'm reading your book, Raw Food Weight Loss & Vitality. I hope I can get a handle on my weight and stay healthy for good this time around.
Diana DeSilva So great to hear you're feeling better without all that extra protein, Diana. I hope you have a lot of success. Let me know if I can be of any help.
there is a "soft" limit to how much protein your body can use per day effectively (based on muscle size mostly) so eating more protein than your body can use have no positive effect.
I'm experiencing this right now. I been trying to lose fat for the past 3 months and I've cut my protein way down eating mostly wfpb. My strength has gone up. It's not from just starting to lift either because I have been lifting for 15yrs. This is the lowest my protein has been over the yrs but the best my lifting has been. I feel like I've been lied to all these yrs. I used to live on protein shakes and my entire diet revolved around making sure I hit my protein numbers.
Can we be friends? I'm on a mission to be a buff fruitarian and eventually a buff breathairian 💪. I've dabbled with raw vegan, fruitarian, and fasting (for health reasons). Been vegan for awhile. I have eaten mostly junk vegan food for past few years not knowing it was junk and i don't feel good eating it anymore after fasting. Literally makes me sick. I can do 130 consecutive pushups and run a mile in under 5 min 30 seconds. I weigh 140 I can bench 185 Squat 300 Deadlift 310 But... i look skiny My influence is minimal because of my skininess. My goal is to bench 300 Squat 450 deadlift 500 And weigh at least 185 mostly muscle. I feel i could confidently wear a shirt that says this is what a fruitarian looks like at the gym at that point. The world needs to see more people like you! We need to show others it's possible to be super buff and fruitarian
I am a "high" protein skeptic and I'd like to believe "low" protein is optimal for muscle building, but a couple things here..re: your barbell gains- they appear to be over a relatively short period and perhaps are what is referred to as "newbie gains", more to do with the body's ability to recruit muscle fibers to adapt vs. actual muscle growth providing the added strength. Were you sore after starting back up with heavy barbell lifts? I'm assuming what you refer to as your quicker recovery vs. peers is that perhaps they are trying out your activity and they're sore due simply to the activity being "new" when DOMS (delayed onset muscle soreness) tends to come into play.
Same with me on the protein! I usually eat somewhere between 26-46g of protein, but I do cardio, HIIT, and strength training, 5-6 days a week. My hair, skin, and nails are gorgeous, we don't need so much freakin' protein! 😆
Hi hun, so you only eat fruits & veggies?? I do cardio, hiit, and resistance training too... We dont need like animal protiens or anything right? Are you leaner ?
I have been researching many things as I've had a multitude of health issues off and on in my life. I find these debates very interesting. When I was younger, during times when I was leaner and stronger, I ate lots more fruit and veggies (not all raw) but over and over again, when I've restricted calories (yo-yo dieting), I've gained weight. It has always baffled me why I actually lose weight taking in more calories from healthy food. Of course, this doesn't work with junk food only nourishing, life-giving food. This time I've been consistently losing since 2011, but still have a long way to go. The thing is, my son, who is very lean genetically (took after his dad) is and always has been INCREDIBLY STRONG - way more than average. For years, people who thought he was too skinny to be strong were actually SHOCKED by his natural strength. All I'm saying is that the appearance of huge muscle mass is not the only indication of strength and fitness - you simply cannot tell how truly strong a person is by looking at him. So while Andrew may not have tricked out muscle mass, to say he isn't strong or that he is puny seems inaccurate and unnecessary. Because even if you can lift a woman overhead for a few moments, do you have the core strength and flexibility he demonstrated to do the acrobatic moves without dropping the lady???!!! There is something to be said for having agility, flexibility, speed as well as strength. Besides, every person's health and fitness goals are different. If a person has no interest in dead lifting 500 pounds for bodybuilding competitions, then using the weight lifting standards to gauge health and fitness are meaningless. I'm looking for optimal health to conquer the issues in my own body and it has become apparent to me from my reading and other research that one eating plan does NOT fit everybody's personal situation. For me and the issues I must overcome, a low-protein vegan diet is starting to sound more and more like the way I should go - at least initially. That's the beauty of life, we are allowed to make adjustments along the way to meet our bodies' nutritional needs at any given time. So relax, be kind and live well. Peace!!!
Hey man, props for finding a diet that you can stick to and make some gains, but just be cautious about your perceived authority on the topic at the stage you're at. Like some commenters said (much more flippantly) below, your raw strength numbers are actually still really low if you want to be compared to guys who train fairly regularly and eat a balance diet. The biggest mistake you can make is comparing your fitness to regular people. Most people are borderline-disabled.
I really don`t care for the constant arguing from individuals about which diet is the best. I have my preference , that may change in time but to each their own. Personally I wouldn`t have made those strength gains posted as the crux of my argument for any diet. Any newbie on a powerlifting program with the shittiest of diets would make substantially greater gains. I`m not saying you`re weak cause the balance movements with that girl would suggest otherwise in terms of very strong stabilizer muscles. Either way good luck with your diet and lifts. Take care
The problem is, most of the world cannot afford fruit. It's expensive. Protein is the #1 food you need to stay alive. Most of us can't waste our money on fruit.
There's multiple ways to increase strength. There's myofibrillar hypertrophy (increasing the number of muscle fibers), sarcoplasmic hypertrophy (increasing the size of the muscle cells), and endurance training for muscle efficiency. More importantly is training the nervous system in a sense to become coordinated and output electricity to the muscle more efficiently. Many people get "newby gains" really fast from actually working their nervous system when they start lifting, but hit a plateau when they stop building muscle. You'll need to actually measure your arms, legs, body weight, body fat percentage, etc to determine if you're building muscle. The weakest link in many people's strength is probably their under-stimulated under-trained nervous system rather than muscle mass. You mentioned DOMS (delayed onset muscle soreness) as being a sign of not recovering, but it actually has more to do with training frequency. You probably train more frequent than your peers. Only train once a week and you'll be sore for a couple days.
This guy just throws excuses out there in order to not prove his claims. I doubt he will ever reply to, or even for that matter, attempt to become both strong and muscular
I got into this in the 70's because of health problems created by large doses of antibiotics taken over a long period. But over the years I became " programmed " by the low carb, high fat, sugar-is-bad for you ideas. I became bedridden. My digestion has been so bad I lost my ability to get decent sleep because of toxicity caused by indigestion. Watching these videos and experimenting with eating more fruit has caused me to begin to wonder if I've unnecessarily lost decades of my life. I do test for high levels of candida in the organic acids test, and I wake up hungry during the night needing to eat more fruit to get back to sleep. However I do feel much better in the morning and Im hoping my body will adapt. I'm going to forget I ever heard about candida , or how toxic sugar is. I've got a blood sugar meter and I've found that if I simply raise my heart rate by walking very fast uphill for just a couple of minutes it drops my blood sugar 20 points. Thanks! But REALLY?
Eating just an extra 25g of protein (a normal shake) per day amounts to almost 20lbs of muscle FIBRE per year - far surpassing bodybuilders on steroids - concluding protein to be of less importance than hormones in creating muscle mass.
I really appreciated this video thank you for taking time out of your life to share this with us I wish you continued success with your health and all your endeavors
You are a threat to their way of thinking, their habits and beliefs. High-protein powders make a lot of money for some people. Their advertising has convinced many people. They're sold. Building maximum mass is a special project, and calls for special measures. Steroids and extra protein can help there. Hog farmers have worked out optimum protein levels for optimum gains. For me, I would rather be strong and slender or wirey. It makes more sense for many activities, including many athletic activities. And it even looks better. Both women and men look better when they aren't too massive. Women often say that the overly massive bodies are a turn-off, and most men say the same.
Big respect for putting this out there, and I my self am all for debunking the “Protein myth” that you need a stupid amount of protein.... BUT you do need an adequate amount of protein, a MODERATE amount! Get some more nuts, beans and seeds down you for some more protein my friend and you’ll look and feel much fitter and stronger. Thanks for sharing
So I'm pretty sure I know why you're getting so strong a fruitarian diet is highly electrical compared to any other diet which means your central nervous system has gotten a lot of benefits from it which is why you were able to gain all of that strength I can't wait to try it I've been having some health issues myself I have IBS and some neurological problems I've been sick for a while now and the only thing that really seemed to help was fasting
The whole body is electrical down to every nucleus proton and electron. The whole universe is one electrical system. You are highly intelligent. Treat the body like electricity and energy flows and it will be healthy.
+Russell NKD he gained strength cause he lost weight thus he was able to do more pull ups….who the fuck lifts 137 pounds? what did he do he lifted 135 and said I'm gonna put more pounds to get a pr?
What a great video, I love how you included actual details of your diet and experience... I have had concerns eating vegan and doing a lot of cycling that I wasn't getting enough protein based on recommendations but this made me feel a lot more comfortable just going with my healthy diet. Thanks for sharing this.
I'm not gonna comment on the low protein based diet, as there is no reasearch showing its supremacy against high protein diet, but the philosophy nowadays according to bodybuilders is that they think only protein, every day they wake up. This has personally made me against high protein diets, because it's very exhausting to eat protein and to have to think about "getting your protein" every single day. I have done this for about 5 years now, and yes it is the new eating disorder, especially for young men, but for women too who are interested in bikini competitions. To have to compulsively think about calories, protein, carbs and fats all your life, just because you go the gym is ridicolous. All these nutrition coaches, who merchandise their products and their diet plans only amplify this phenomenon. Just my 2 cents.
Henry Martikainen He didn't mention it there. However it was in the study on the screen about the people with kidney problems. We only need around 50% of 1 gram of protein(0.5g) per KG of bodyweight. So I'm about 60kg. I only need 30grams or so(a little more is always welcome) per day for maintenance and will even help for small gains :D About 0.65g per kg to 1g per kg is plenty for medium to larger gains. Just google around and you'll find all the information on it you need. High protein is deff. a new eating disorder haha. Cheers!
in 'Nutrition of Man' research, study and experimentation documented for any one who comes across it, plus countless other literary works on the subject of Protien and what they are... easily downloadable online. Protien exist because the ones who believe in it does but, protien has many other names i.e ammonia, nitrogen, enzymes, bacteria, micro-organisms, minerals, alkali, acid, elements, germs, flora etc., it has many names but, look at the periodic chart and you will find them all some being for and others against health.
Let’s say some 200 pound bro follows the recommendation and consumes 200 g of protein per day. Subtract 50 g for daily requirements, that leaves an excess of 150 g per day. Let’s say he does that for half a year, he will have consumed 27.375 kg of protein. That is 60 pounds. Does he really think he is going to gain 60 pounds of muscle? The guy with the best physique of any guy I know (complete with year round six pack abs) is a vegan who says he consumes maybe 100 g per day.
I appreciate that you are not shoving your beliefs down others throats. Your delivery of the subject is much more palatable and pleasant than that of a vegan gains. Thanks for the info.
Most of your 'strength gains' came from neural efficiency. If you want to get much stronger, you'd have to up your protein intake. If you pursued this diet for a few years you'd see your strength make very little if any improvements. Not necessarily to the levels often suggested by bodybuilders, but certainly more than what you suggest here.
Andrew you should look into dr robert morse. he has hundreds of videos on TH-cam. the main reason humans should not eat meat dairy or gluten is because they causes acidosis in humans. Dr Robert morse all about the fruit diet also. I have similar health problems as you. currently doing a orange juice fast.
Cheers Bob. I am a 31 year old male who has been following Dr Morse and using his herbs for the last 5 years or so. I used to eat tons of meat and fast food and always considered myself in shape but it wasnt until I started abusing steroids after I got out of the army and other drugs that they almost killed me. Finding Dr Morse is the best thing that happened to me. I went from 240, after all the fasting and fruit eating losing up to pound and I half a day just to get my kidneys filtering, down to 140 lbs. Once I learned Iridology from his channel, it explains everything about my genetics. Im 205 now and mostly raw and work out about every other day. I drive a truck for a living now so my work outs tend to be push ups, sit ups, body squats, burpees and pull ups off my trailer. I still eat cooked because the energy is almost too much on all fruit! I get bored and am at the point where I wanna work out twice a day! Yeah man. Dr Morse is the bees knees. Once humanity gets on that level of knowledge and ditches all the protien and calories nonsense, and focuse on energy and physics with chemistry and learn what the lymphatic system is for we, will have athletes like never before.
never heard dr morse talk about cooked. except sweet potatoes. Or yams. I have mass food allergies and they cause autoimmune reactions. All I can eat are bananas.
+Bob Ray There is no such thing as auto immune. Dr Morse explains this pretty easily. Have you looked at your eyes? He has many videos on iridology as well. Humans are a frugavorish species, also I only eat cooked as a balance but keep getting more and more raw, the way nature intended. Not because it is electrical or super beneficial but because of the lack of discipline.
+Bob Ray If you can only eat bananas, you are probably going through some serious detox "healing criseses" on more juicy fruits. Unfortunately in North America, we dont have the ripest fruits, but you should try and find the sweetest juicyest fruit possible. I dont know what kind of health issues you are dealing with, but can assure you this is a lymphatic issue. Youre gonna want to get your kidneys filtering out this lymphatic waste and start PROMOTING, a cold, flu, or healing crises. until you see snowflake white sediment in your urine and you get all this mucus to drain down. You want to also work on your neuro- lymphatic points. This is is where the nervous system is tied into the lymph vessels which are your main sewer lines of the body. You can use blunt objects but a balled fist under your back will work, while you are laying on it. You wanna work on the kidneys especially to help move lymph. This is coming from a guy who was falling apart on the inside from all the drugs and acidosis. Hang in there bro. Keep watching Dr Morses vids and he'll lead you to the truth.
Honestly, I never had problems with my weight. I could eat whatever I wanted and still maintain normal weight, but a lot of junk food really affected my health. Diet plan from *Next Level Diet* contains delicious and nutritionally rich foods your body, brain and heart will love. It's definitely worth trying.
They are just haters Bro! I have gotten sick from too much meat and it hindered my workout. I am now on a flexitarian diet cuz I still like some meat. but you have good info and your videos are helpful and who knows I may be Vegitarian one day? Everone is different and they have to do what works for them. Good videos and great info keep up the good work Bro!
Just because you get stronger does not mean you are gaining muscle mass. Google "motor unit recruitment and refined motor patterns". The brain basically recruits previously unused/underused muscle fibers to meet the new demands
my ideology is that its not the protein its more of your body adapting , your body adapts to what you do. just feed it enough and being healthy is that much better
All this proves is the body's ability to adapt to an initial training stimulus. Any one who tracks their progress through the first six months of a training program is going to notice improvement.(Mostly due to greater neuromuscular efficiency). Yes you've shown a bit of muscular hypertrophy from your teenage photo but those "newb" gains are attainable by any one starting a regimented program. Your evidence is anecdotal and proves very little other than the fact that beginner trainees can make small gains in hypertrophy in spite of a low protein intake.
Your "gains" are well within the range of the "neuro-muscular" gains, which are merely due to the fact that your nervous system becomes more efficient at recruiting motor units. In other words you already had the muscle necessary to perform those lifts, but your synapses were still incomplete back then. Now the synapses are more complete, you probably synthesize a few ounces of muscle at most, so you lift more even though you have pretty much the same amount of muscle mass as before. If in a two-years follow up you will have reached some numbers out of the "noob gains" range then there will be a point in making a video about it. As of now, your experience doesn't really prove anything other than the nervous system works properly. Muscle-synthesis-wise, however, you didn't prove anything, and apparently you won't be proving anything since you are not interested in that type of change for your physique. Which is fine, but don't go around spreading misleading experiences.
Those lifting stats are something I currently do after 2 months of light weight lifting, before that I had over 2 years off of all kind physical exercise because I had health problems.
I eat a balanced diet, including meat and I shoot for one gram of protein per pound. I'm 250lbs at 6ft. Being vegan or fruitarian for that matter is a horrible idea imo. I bench over 500, squat and dead lift over 600lbs... You just simply cannot achieve a high strength and very athletic body like this... Which is fine you do you, but don't pretend this is a good route for building strength and being the most athletic as possible
Maybe you should meet someone who talks like you but is high protein and see if every body might be different. It would be an interesting topic. Thanks for your view on your body. I found it interesting.
I'm not being a troll or a hater here but I don't understand the point here. Nobody says you can't get stronger on a low protein diet, you can get stronger on CNS adaptation and making the muscle you do have stronger, just because you got stronger that doesn't mean you gained any muscle. I mean no disrespect but your not exactly muscular, are you strong? possibly but as I said that doesn't require gaining size to achieve... eat the same diet and do hypertrophy training on your diet and do a video in a years time showing us your progress because I guarantee you it won't be significant in terms of any muscle gain. I'm not saying as a vegan you can't do it but eating 7% from protein won't.
Andrew, you're probably the only raw vegan (I know you aren't anymore, but you did your time so I still consider you one!) that comes out with a completely rational and sane argument - besides John Rose, although sadly he's a Holocaust denier. Here's the thing though, I'm also passionate about bodybuilding. So what have I done? I've taken some of your advice and some of my own knowledge from years of research on bodybuilding and muscle gain, and I'm going to go for it on a raw vegan diet! I just created my meal plan. Around 3kcal, 123g fat, 404g carbs, and 125g protein which is plenty for building optimal muscle. Smoothie bowls, green juice, huge salads, raw peanut butter, tahini, avocado, raw and healthy protein smoothies... I'm excited to see how this experiment goes. If you see this comment, wish me luck! Hope you're doing well!
Good for you and thanks for putting this out there. I needed to see this. I have been eating a plant based and very low "protein dense" foods for about 4-5 months and I weight train. I have a similar experience as in, I am gaining strength and I'm gaining muscle mass. Guess we'll see what I look like a year from now. I did notice im a lot leaner than i used to be compared to working out and eating meat yers ago. Id like to see if i can have a more solid thicker mass eating the way I eat now though. Have you had any negative health effects related to your eating habits?
I think I will settle for this diet for the next few weeks. I've just sarting today. I'm gonna have only fruits and veggies (lots of them) until supper. For Supper, I will either chicken, beef, fish, eggs or nuts. I've done it before, and it worked beautifully for me. No sugar or food with added sugar. As least as chemical as possible, too.
People who are obsessed about having big muscles often have inferiority complexes. They are more concerned about fitting an image that they've been brought up to believing is the best that no health downsides, including early death possibilities will deter them in their fear-driven activities.
I started eating a diet similar to your in 2008, but I still eat fish, and occasionally poultry if my family prepared it, because I am afraid of not eating enough protein. I never went for more than a 3-4 days eating all fruit.
I dont get it, what's the problem with eating some beans 'n stuff and get just a little more protein in, so you can make some severe gains in strength. I dont see the conflict between beeing strong and beeing healthy ( I'm not talking about on stage bodybuilding strong, but like gymnast strong)
Strength and muscle are to different things....and I hate it when people say muscle slows you down what an excuse in other words you just can't get bigger
people say everybodys body is different and abuse that term.. at the end of the day we are all human.. our body's can only be so different.. our body needs protein end of story
JaayProdiJaay check out albert beckles if you dont believe that you can still grow with less amounts of protein. he was a vegetarian mr. universe. im not here to persuade you into changing your diet. how you eat and take care of your health is your choice. just try to not sound so ignorant and self absorbed. it will get you further in life.
+KAS470 I am not sure but I think albert beckets eat lots of protein in the form of eggs and dairy products. Also there are vegan bodybuilders that eat beans, nuts etc. However I never heard of a "successful" fruitarian bodybuilder.
We really don't need protein because body makes its own protein, then why to feed externally. The road to bodybuilding goes through strength reps between 1-5 . A 6-8 rep range is for bulking. Without being able to lift a weight properly, how can one perform reps ? The strength is in tendons and ligaments. The strength in tendons comes from vitamin c sources like guava, drumstick, citrous fruits, Indian gooseberry etc. with the help of vitamin c, body synthesies the collagen in the tendons and ligaments. It takes time to grow stronger. It will take 3 years time to get good physic. And the routine is surprisingly simple. Just perform 1-6 reps of one set. Yes, one set with easy reps, that' it. No warm up. All 6 Reps should be easy. When a set feel too easy, add 1 pound plate and so on. After performing a set, it should feel like you have done nothing. This takes hardly 5-10 minutes with alternate day. It's okay if you had skip it for 2-3 days gap. And follow your regular diet. Just one change is last dinner should be at 6.30 pm and go to bed at 9pm and watch your gains. If you perform 6-8 reps , muscle bulk will be there but it won't last a week. This is temporary gain for show off because actual strength is not reached yet. Include natural vitamin c sources in your routine.
big brother!!this video is helping a lot for me...i just have got the gout few days ago...and i am keep on training to get fit for my health.thx for the information ,am appreciate your job!
Low protein = low muscle. If you're not worried about a false positive for marijuana, there's quality hemp protein you could take to make up for your lack of visual gains.
He says he didn't do any weight training before and focused on other aspects on fitness, fair enough. So when he starts lifting weights, he starts to get stronger, what a surprise. Protein or not that would happen. But putting on proper muscle you need 1-1.5g of protein per pound of bodyweight. Hence he hasn't put anything on and is still small.
I agree. Thank you Andrew. It obviously doesn't effect your strength and fitness. "Proteinaholic" by Garth Davis is a fine book on the subject. Looking at WHO research minimal required protein can be in 5% of energy intake range but is upped to include those needing more sometimes. Then SAD diet adds more as "sfae recommendation" and it is way beyond what is necessary. It is resistance training that preserves and keeps muscle and body fit.
Hey, awesome video! Very inspiring. Just subscribed. Would you mind describing briefly which times of day you generally eat which foods? Particularly, what you eat before and after sleeping as well as before and after working out. Also, when you say that you work out twice a week, do you mean to say each muscle group gets worked twice a week or that you only show up to the gym twice a week in total and do full body workouts each time? Thanks!
Meat takes up to 72 hours to digest, 24 depending on the meat. I did no meat a couple days and I felt fine. Meat is acidic when broken down chemically. I felt really strong just eating fruits and veggies. Protein really if you do consume it, should be in moderation. I don't want excess food sitting in my colon. In and out. It's all about my healyI stopped taking science as fact. Only results.
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Bottom Line: Bodybuilding is bad for your health. I have done it I know. When I was younger I gained (with extreme dedication, sactifice & difficulty) from 135 to over 200 at a constant six ft tall (keeping a 32 inch waist). As Andrew reminds us, extra protein (esp animal) only reduces recuperation and energy.BIG TIME. This is absolutely true and I have experienced it completely. I'm 57 now, been 100% whole food raw vegan for 14 years- and no colds or flu or ANY physical problems (medicine cabinet has a razor and not much else) for that time. But guess what? Strength is off the charts (for me) compared to when I was 25. I've been making strength training the priority (as any longevity fitness program should) in my fitness regime for 40 years. The truth is that MASS-centric bodybuilding and HEALTH are at OPPOSITE ends of the spectrum. No way you can be huge from excess protein and also be even marginally healthy (you will get sick like the rest of most bad eaters- just notice most "mass-seekers" on TH-cam constantly sniffling). Strength and mass (excess mass not that which accompaies true strength increase) are related... but they are two separate specific mechanisms. In nature conservation is basic law so if you try to gain excess weight or muscle mass then you have an uphill battle. It is sooooo much easier to do it with animal protein, or clogging (but popular crap) "protein powders"- what a scam for young boys and brainwashed men! People interchange the words "muscle mass" with strength - that confuses those who have little experience with it and are desperate to add strength and muscle. And makes those who consume it sick and tired, literally. And like Andrew reported from his experinece as well, I too experience phenomenal recuperation from a diet almost indentical to his. (I do take in about 3000 cals daily, and more in heavy training of course.
Chris Califano Thanks for sharing your experience, Chris.
Bodybuilding is bad for you....
Please give lazy people more excuses not to train...lol more time for the dedicated in the gym. I thank you from the bottom of my heart for the empty gym I'm about to walk into. Keep preaching thanks :)
Kevin Spencer I meant faddish protein-shake-infused, drug-induced/abused, super high volume non-fitness-oriented, commercial "sport"-related bodybuilding, not proper weight training! I've trained religiously for the past 40 years. Proper fitness is for life, and for longevity. "Commercial Supplement Driven Bodybuilding" as practiced by most people- is an odd offshoot of strength training and is absolutely not associated with longterm health & fitness.
Kevin Spencer Spoken like a novice.
Chris Califano Hi Chris, to add to your comment; I have done a ton of energy work and have found that bodybuilding shuts down the natural energy flow of the body pretty severely. One reason could be due to all the right angles and straight lines of force generation as seen with machines and some barbell exercises. Calisthenics on the other hand or more organic forms of strength training like sprinting up mountain trails etc. don't impact the energy channels as much and in some cases are conducive to opening the meridians such as the Horse Stance, pushups etc.
Agreed. I am a vegetarian almost 50, and I do not consume what is the recommended protein. I pay attention to what I need.
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@Titus Hank yea, I've been watching on InstaFlixxer for years myself :)
Hey Andrew,
to build muscle mass you need to have good HORMONAL balance. If you were suffering from a disease before, it means your body had high levels of cortisol, which kills optimal T levels. When you found your health and ate the basic building blocks that your body needs ( it doesn't necessarily need to be a caloric surplus ), you build muscle with a good resistance training.
93 people are undercarbed, protein overdosing, ketosis loving muscleheads.
Bigger muscles do not always, unequivocally, equal stronger muscles.
Ryan Harlow well, thats false they do. a bigger muscle is always a stronger muscle, you cant compare between to individuals of course but the same muscle in a person is always stronger of you aquire some gainz. does not mean that a relative small muscle cant be a strong muscle though but that muscle would always be even stronger if its a bit bigger ;)
Nick L. Nice addition! its tough to cover all the bases. I was thinking as a general rule (someone with huge bulky muscles may not be able to lift as much as someone with smaller, less bulky muscles) But yes, I agree with your statement 100%
Ryan Harlow
yeah thats true and youre right, you really cant compare between individuals and you cant tell how strong someone is by looking ;)
I'm confused. 2 years ago you did a video about how you gained weight (fat) on a low protein, high fruit and vegie diet. Please explain.
I’m 24 very very recently diagnosed with kidney disease (immediately crushed as I felt like my life had just changed) HOWEVER, I am extremely resilient and i refuse to ever give up. This video was really great and i appreciate the input as I live a very active lifestyle and just want to be as healthy as possible while learning to cope with this new change
Check out Dr Robert Morse for a deep understanding of eating a fruit based lifestyle.
As for supplements, I recommend RenaVen (for the kidneys) from Premier Research Labs.
I think you're giving too much credit to the "general population" in regards to strength and health vs bodybuilding (looks). The sad truth is most people only really care about being able to show off their bodies (big muscles, 6 pack abs etc). This is continually reinforced through movies and the like. I'd say most people have their priorities reversed due to this heavy influence. Sadly, skimming through the comments further proves my point.
High power/ strength to weight ratio is the perfect thing. Muscles only look good. That's all they do.
Bang on mate, I play soccer at an elite level and the only transfer of the gym to the field is how u can move your body weight, and how strong you are compared to your bodyweight. Performance and health over aesthetics. You will see a lot of bodybuilders get severe chronic joint and muscle pain later on in life.
I had this experience as well. Life threw me off a raw vegan diet but while I was doing it, I lifted and did other exercise.
I couldn't exercise enough. There was no soreness and a constant urge to put my mind and my body to work to improve myself.
I'm trying to get back to that point. It was amazing! You don't know what it means to be truly alive until you're eating nothing but enzyme-rich foods.
About recovery, when i was eating everything, it took me at least 3-4 days, i felt pain in my muscles... and now.... almost never or just a day.... this is amazing. Vegan for 1,5 years :)
Just curious to know if you're still a vegan
@@darkninja123able No, no longer vegan after 2 years and 8~ months.
was quite a journey, got new experience of being vegan, it is possible to do well vegan diet and sport, but just got tired to restrict myself of so many foods.
@@viktorass23 Figured. I went through the same thing. Carnivore, fruit and veggies is the way to go
the point isnt whether or not you can be strong. Its can you be STRONGER on a different diet..
Exactly, it's about being strong and having some size while being raw vegan, especially low fat, low protein raw vegan
Thanks for another great video Andrew. A few years ago, I was a body builder eating a lot of protein. They say females won't get bulky, but I did and I didn't feel very well either. My health was in trouble, so I gave up so much protein and started eating a plant base diet. My cravings get the best of me, so I am back and forth from SAD to RAW. Therefore, my weight is up and down. Now, I'm a raw vegan again and I hope this time I can stick with it. I am also a runner and practice Bikram Yoga. I'm reading your book, Raw Food Weight Loss & Vitality. I hope I can get a handle on my weight and stay healthy for good this time around.
Diana DeSilva So great to hear you're feeling better without all that extra protein, Diana. I hope you have a lot of success. Let me know if I can be of any help.
Best wishes Diana! 🙏🏽💕💕
i agree no one needs 1g of protein per body weight that is just too much ive been eating only 60g of protein a day and im still making gains
same here, tho im not even vegan, but i rarely eat meat, so my protein intake is about 50-80g usually, been tracking for a while
Nimity Tei I used to eat 200 of protein a day and I got gout from eating too much meat it's not worth it
there is a "soft" limit to how much protein your body can use per day effectively (based on muscle size mostly) so eating more protein than your body can use have no positive effect.
+kalle anka yea but bodybuilding community promotes ridiculous amounts of protein and I was unfortunate didn't know better until I got this diseases
Protei synthesis increased on Steroids and T.
I'm experiencing this right now. I been trying to lose fat for the past 3 months and I've cut my protein way down eating mostly wfpb. My strength has gone up. It's not from just starting to lift either because I have been lifting for 15yrs. This is the lowest my protein has been over the yrs but the best my lifting has been. I feel like I've been lied to all these yrs. I used to live on protein shakes and my entire diet revolved around making sure I hit my protein numbers.
So how much protein do you eat every day on average?
Can we be friends? I'm on a mission to be a buff fruitarian and eventually a buff breathairian 💪. I've dabbled with raw vegan, fruitarian, and fasting (for health reasons). Been vegan for awhile. I have eaten mostly junk vegan food for past few years not knowing it was junk and i don't feel good eating it anymore after fasting. Literally makes me sick.
I can do 130 consecutive pushups and run a mile in under 5 min 30 seconds.
I weigh 140
I can bench 185
Squat 300
Deadlift 310
But... i look skiny
My influence is minimal because of my skininess.
My goal is to bench 300
Squat 450 deadlift 500
And weigh at least 185 mostly muscle. I feel i could confidently wear a shirt that says this is what a fruitarian looks like at the gym at that point.
The world needs to see more people like you! We need to show others it's possible to be super buff and fruitarian
I am a "high" protein skeptic and I'd like to believe "low" protein is optimal for muscle building, but a couple things here..re: your barbell gains- they appear to be over a relatively short period and perhaps are what is referred to as "newbie gains", more to do with the body's ability to recruit muscle fibers to adapt vs. actual muscle growth providing the added strength. Were you sore after starting back up with heavy barbell lifts? I'm assuming what you refer to as your quicker recovery vs. peers is that perhaps they are trying out your activity and they're sore due simply to the activity being "new" when DOMS (delayed onset muscle soreness) tends to come into play.
*You really do look jacked and diced to the socks bro. Keep up the good work.*
Well said. We do not need a high protein diet. 20-30 gms should suffice
Really good video 👌🏼 I'm really inspired to go raw and still making gains.
Same with me on the protein! I usually eat somewhere between 26-46g of protein, but I do cardio, HIIT, and strength training, 5-6 days a week. My hair, skin, and nails are gorgeous, we don't need so much freakin' protein! 😆
Hi hun, so you only eat fruits & veggies?? I do cardio, hiit, and resistance training too...
We dont need like animal protiens or anything right? Are you leaner ?
How could you only eat that?? I'm vegetarian and I'm working out, remplacing meat with eggs and plant protein. Only eating fruits is crazy.
I have been researching many things as I've had a multitude of health issues off and on in my life. I find these debates very interesting. When I was younger, during times when I was leaner and stronger, I ate lots more fruit and veggies (not all raw) but over and over again, when I've restricted calories (yo-yo dieting), I've gained weight. It has always baffled me why I actually lose weight taking in more calories from healthy food. Of course, this doesn't work with junk food only nourishing, life-giving food. This time I've been consistently losing since 2011, but still have a long way to go. The thing is, my son, who is very lean genetically (took after his dad) is and always has been INCREDIBLY STRONG - way more than average. For years, people who thought he was too skinny to be strong were actually SHOCKED by his natural strength. All I'm saying is that the appearance of huge muscle mass is not the only indication of strength and fitness - you simply cannot tell how truly strong a person is by looking at him. So while Andrew may not have tricked out muscle mass, to say he isn't strong or that he is puny seems inaccurate and unnecessary. Because even if you can lift a woman overhead for a few moments, do you have the core strength and flexibility he demonstrated to do the acrobatic moves without dropping the lady???!!! There is something to be said for having agility, flexibility, speed as well as strength. Besides, every person's health and fitness goals are different. If a person has no interest in dead lifting 500 pounds for bodybuilding competitions, then using the weight lifting standards to gauge health and fitness are meaningless. I'm looking for optimal health to conquer the issues in my own body and it has become apparent to me from my reading and other research that one eating plan does NOT fit everybody's personal situation. For me and the issues I must overcome, a low-protein vegan diet is starting to sound more and more like the way I should go - at least initially. That's the beauty of life, we are allowed to make adjustments along the way to meet our bodies' nutritional needs at any given time. So relax, be kind and live well. Peace!!!
Hey man, props for finding a diet that you can stick to and make some gains, but just be cautious about your perceived authority on the topic at the stage you're at. Like some commenters said (much more flippantly) below, your raw strength numbers are actually still really low if you want to be compared to guys who train fairly regularly and eat a balance diet. The biggest mistake you can make is comparing your fitness to regular people. Most people are borderline-disabled.
Ah thank you so much for dispelling this unbelievably gigantic myth, thank you, thank you, thank you
Tell me, do you still eat fruit like you did 5 years ago? I'm watching your TH-cam now, there are videos from five years ago about your nutrition.
I really don`t care for the constant arguing from individuals about which diet is the best. I have my preference , that may change in time but to each their own. Personally I wouldn`t have made those strength gains posted as the crux of my argument for any diet. Any newbie on a powerlifting program with the shittiest of diets would make substantially greater gains. I`m not saying you`re weak cause the balance movements with that girl would suggest otherwise in terms of very strong stabilizer muscles. Either way good luck with your diet and lifts. Take care
The problem is, most of the world cannot afford fruit. It's expensive. Protein is the #1 food you need to stay alive. Most of us can't waste our money on fruit.
There's multiple ways to increase strength. There's myofibrillar hypertrophy (increasing the number of muscle fibers), sarcoplasmic hypertrophy (increasing the size of the muscle cells), and endurance training for muscle efficiency. More importantly is training the nervous system in a sense to become coordinated and output electricity to the muscle more efficiently. Many people get "newby gains" really fast from actually working their nervous system when they start lifting, but hit a plateau when they stop building muscle. You'll need to actually measure your arms, legs, body weight, body fat percentage, etc to determine if you're building muscle.
The weakest link in many people's strength is probably their under-stimulated under-trained nervous system rather than muscle mass.
You mentioned DOMS (delayed onset muscle soreness) as being a sign of not recovering, but it actually has more to do with training frequency. You probably train more frequent than your peers. Only train once a week and you'll be sore for a couple days.
This guy just throws excuses out there in order to not prove his claims. I doubt he will ever reply to, or even for that matter, attempt to become both strong and muscular
Oh?
Everyone's body is different! Do what works for you man!
I'll prob never go vegan but I'm happy u found something that works 4 u
3 yrs later you're vegan
idiot
I got into this in the 70's because of health problems created by large doses of antibiotics taken over a long period. But over the years I became " programmed " by the low carb, high fat, sugar-is-bad for you ideas.
I became bedridden. My digestion has been so bad I lost my ability to get decent sleep because of toxicity caused by indigestion. Watching these videos and experimenting with eating more fruit has caused me to begin to wonder if I've unnecessarily lost decades of my life. I do test for high levels of candida in the organic acids test, and I wake up hungry during the night needing to eat more fruit to get back to sleep. However I do feel much better in the morning and Im hoping my body will adapt. I'm going to forget I ever heard about candida , or how toxic sugar is. I've got a blood sugar meter and I've found that if I simply raise my heart rate by walking very fast uphill for just a couple of minutes it drops my blood sugar 20 points. Thanks!
But REALLY?
Eating just an extra 25g of protein (a normal shake) per day amounts to almost 20lbs of muscle FIBRE per year - far surpassing bodybuilders on steroids - concluding protein to be of less importance than hormones in creating muscle mass.
It would be very interesting to see like a monster bodybuilder doing this.
agreed!
I really appreciated this video thank you for taking time out of your life to share this with us I wish you continued success with your health and all your endeavors
You sound like me, I literally didn't try to build muscle or think about protein needs yet somehow my legs are super developed.
A before and after shot would have been nice!
But great message and video!
Thanks for the video - always good to see some data
You are a threat to their way of thinking, their habits and beliefs.
High-protein powders make a lot of money for some people. Their advertising has convinced many people. They're sold.
Building maximum mass is a special project, and calls for special measures. Steroids and extra protein can help there. Hog farmers have worked out optimum protein levels for optimum gains.
For me, I would rather be strong and slender or wirey. It makes more sense for many activities, including many athletic activities.
And it even looks better. Both women and men look better when they aren't too massive. Women often say that the overly massive bodies are a turn-off, and most men say the same.
Big respect for putting this out there, and I my self am all for debunking the “Protein myth” that you need a stupid amount of protein.... BUT you do need an adequate amount of protein, a MODERATE amount! Get some more nuts, beans and seeds down you for some more protein my friend and you’ll look and feel much fitter and stronger. Thanks for sharing
Creatine anyone? LOL !!
true, beans are more carbs than poorly utilized protein per ratio containing many anti nutrients detrimental to human health.
Yep. Soybeans are nasty.
how do you get 50 grams of protein? beans and lentils?
Or any combination of foods for that matter.
So I'm pretty sure I know why you're getting so strong a fruitarian diet is highly electrical compared to any other diet which means your central nervous system has gotten a lot of benefits from it which is why you were able to gain all of that strength I can't wait to try it I've been having some health issues myself I have IBS and some neurological problems I've been sick for a while now and the only thing that really seemed to help was fasting
Did you ever try it?!
The whole body is electrical down to every nucleus proton and electron. The whole universe is one electrical system. You are highly intelligent.
Treat the body like electricity and energy flows and it will be healthy.
Andrew all due respect I'm sure most of your strength gains came from muscle memory & nervous system coordination improvement.
+Russell NKD he gained strength cause he lost weight thus he was able to do more pull ups….who the fuck lifts 137 pounds? what did he do he lifted 135 and said I'm gonna put more pounds to get a pr?
IT TAKES UP TO 3 YEARS FOR THE BODY TO DIGEST PROTEIN POWDER
What a great video, I love how you included actual details of your diet and experience... I have had concerns eating vegan and doing a lot of cycling that I wasn't getting enough protein based on recommendations but this made me feel a lot more comfortable just going with my healthy diet. Thanks for sharing this.
+robwas You're welcome. Glad you enjoyed it.
I have seen some evidence that this is also true (muscle and strength gains) during fasting as well as high fat, low carb ketogenic diets
You should add that meat is expensive! I don't know why you are not famous? The industry needs people like you.
Fruit is super expensive
I know this is a year old... Wow.. Jeeze. So many haters. Like, rage. Why?
The wrong foods and a little touch of envy ?
I know i'm late but, lifters are usually very toxic .
I'm not gonna comment on the low protein based diet, as there is no reasearch showing its supremacy against high protein diet, but the philosophy nowadays according to bodybuilders is that they think only protein, every day they wake up. This has personally made me against high protein diets, because it's very exhausting to eat protein and to have to think about "getting your protein" every single day. I have done this for about 5 years now, and yes it is the new eating disorder, especially for young men, but for women too who are interested in bikini competitions. To have to compulsively think about calories, protein, carbs and fats all your life, just because you go the gym is ridicolous. All these nutrition coaches, who merchandise their products and their diet plans only amplify this phenomenon. Just my 2 cents.
Henry Martikainen He didn't mention it there. However it was in the study on the screen about the people with kidney problems. We only need around 50% of 1 gram of protein(0.5g) per KG of bodyweight. So I'm about 60kg. I only need 30grams or so(a little more is always welcome) per day for maintenance and will even help for small gains :D About 0.65g per kg to 1g per kg is plenty for medium to larger gains. Just google around and you'll find all the information on it you need. High protein is deff. a new eating disorder haha. Cheers!
I totally agree, in fact there is no such thing as Protein. It's a myth.
in 'Nutrition of Man' research, study and experimentation documented for any one who comes across it, plus countless other literary works on the subject of Protien and what they are... easily downloadable online.
Protien exist because the ones who believe in it does but, protien has many other names i.e ammonia, nitrogen, enzymes, bacteria, micro-organisms, minerals, alkali, acid, elements, germs, flora etc., it has many names but, look at the periodic chart and you will find them all some being for and others against health.
And three years later he’s completely reversed his stance on protein intake
Yeah, and all the better for it. Its nice to think raw foods can save you. Thank god for cooking right
Let’s say some 200 pound bro follows the recommendation and consumes 200 g of protein per day. Subtract 50 g for daily requirements, that leaves an excess of 150 g per day. Let’s say he does that for half a year, he will have consumed 27.375 kg of protein. That is 60 pounds. Does he really think he is going to gain 60 pounds of muscle? The guy with the best physique of any guy I know (complete with year round six pack abs) is a vegan who says he consumes maybe 100 g per day.
I appreciate that you are not shoving your beliefs down others throats. Your delivery of the subject is much more palatable and pleasant than that of a vegan gains. Thanks for the info.
Protein repairs muscle but it’s the carbs that makes them swole. You barely need protein for size.
Most of your 'strength gains' came from neural efficiency. If you want to get much stronger, you'd have to up your protein intake. If you pursued this diet for a few years you'd see your strength make very little if any improvements. Not necessarily to the levels often suggested by bodybuilders, but certainly more than what you suggest here.
theres a differance between 1000g of protein and 10g protein....
Andrew you should look into dr robert morse. he has hundreds of videos on TH-cam. the main reason humans should not eat meat dairy or gluten is because they causes acidosis in humans. Dr Robert morse all about the fruit diet also.
I have similar health problems as you. currently doing a orange juice fast.
Cheers Bob. I am a 31 year old male who has been following Dr Morse and using his herbs for the last 5 years or so. I used to eat tons of meat and fast food and always considered myself in shape but it wasnt until I started abusing steroids after I got out of the army and other drugs that they almost killed me. Finding Dr Morse is the best thing that happened to me. I went from 240, after all the fasting and fruit eating losing up to pound and I half a day just to get my kidneys filtering, down to 140 lbs. Once I learned Iridology from his channel, it explains everything about my genetics. Im 205 now and mostly raw and work out about every other day. I drive a truck for a living now so my work outs tend to be push ups, sit ups, body squats, burpees and pull ups off my trailer. I still eat cooked because the energy is almost too much on all fruit! I get bored and am at the point where I wanna work out twice a day! Yeah man. Dr Morse is the bees knees. Once humanity gets on that level of knowledge and ditches all the protien and calories nonsense, and focuse on energy and physics with chemistry and learn what the lymphatic system is for we, will have athletes like never before.
So are you 75% fruit and 25% cooked like dr morse?
never heard dr morse talk about cooked. except sweet potatoes. Or yams.
I have mass food allergies and they cause autoimmune reactions. All I can eat are bananas.
+Bob Ray There is no such thing as auto immune. Dr Morse explains this pretty easily. Have you looked at your eyes? He has many videos on iridology as well. Humans are a frugavorish species, also I only eat cooked as a balance but keep getting more and more raw, the way nature intended. Not because it is electrical or super beneficial but because of the lack of discipline.
+Bob Ray If you can only eat bananas, you are probably going through some serious detox "healing criseses" on more juicy fruits. Unfortunately in North America, we dont have the ripest fruits, but you should try and find the sweetest juicyest fruit possible. I dont know what kind of health issues you are dealing with, but can assure you this is a lymphatic issue. Youre gonna want to get your kidneys filtering out this lymphatic waste and start PROMOTING, a cold, flu, or healing crises. until you see snowflake white sediment in your urine and you get all this mucus to drain down. You want to also work on your neuro- lymphatic points. This is is where the nervous system is tied into the lymph vessels which are your main sewer lines of the body. You can use blunt objects but a balled fist under your back will work, while you are laying on it. You wanna work on the kidneys especially to help move lymph. This is coming from a guy who was falling apart on the inside from all the drugs and acidosis. Hang in there bro. Keep watching Dr Morses vids and he'll lead you to the truth.
Honestly, I never had problems with my weight. I could eat whatever I wanted and still maintain normal weight, but a lot of junk food really affected my health. Diet plan from *Next Level Diet* contains delicious and nutritionally rich foods your body, brain and heart will love. It's definitely worth trying.
They are just haters Bro! I have gotten sick from too much meat and it hindered my workout. I am now on a flexitarian diet cuz I still like some meat. but you have good info and your videos are helpful and who knows I may be Vegitarian one day? Everone is different and they have to do what works for them. Good videos and great info keep up the good work Bro!
Just because you get stronger does not mean you are gaining muscle mass. Google "motor unit recruitment and refined motor patterns". The brain basically recruits previously unused/underused muscle fibers to meet the new demands
SO BASICALLY, BY SAYING YOU DONT EAT MUCH PROTEIN JUST PROVES THAT YOU NEED PROTEIN TO MAKE MUSCLE
my ideology is that its not the protein its more of your body adapting , your body adapts to what you do. just feed it enough and being healthy is that much better
All this proves is the body's ability to adapt to an initial training stimulus. Any one who tracks their progress through the first six months of a training program is going to notice improvement.(Mostly due to greater neuromuscular efficiency). Yes you've shown a bit of muscular hypertrophy from your teenage photo but those "newb" gains are attainable by any one starting a regimented program. Your evidence is anecdotal and proves very little other than the fact that beginner trainees can make small gains in hypertrophy in spite of a low protein intake.
A 250 pound man only need about 80 grams of protein a day to be very muscular
I don't care who you are climbing the rope was impressive. I have over a 1300lb combined total and I can't climb the rope without using my legs.
Your "gains" are well within the range of the "neuro-muscular" gains, which are merely due to the fact that your nervous system becomes more efficient at recruiting motor units. In other words you already had the muscle necessary to perform those lifts, but your synapses were still incomplete back then. Now the synapses are more complete, you probably synthesize a few ounces of muscle at most, so you lift more even though you have pretty much the same amount of muscle mass as before.
If in a two-years follow up you will have reached some numbers out of the "noob gains" range then there will be a point in making a video about it. As of now, your experience doesn't really prove anything other than the nervous system works properly. Muscle-synthesis-wise, however, you didn't prove anything, and apparently you won't be proving anything since you are not interested in that type of change for your physique. Which is fine, but don't go around spreading misleading experiences.
Andrew you're awesome man - thank you!
Thanks for sharing your videos! It would be great if you hade subtitles though. Many times I want to watch them but can't have audio on.
Start eating some grass fed beef and free range eggs. You'll double your strength.
Those lifting stats are something I currently do after 2 months of light weight lifting, before that I had over 2 years off of all kind physical exercise because I had health problems.
dat Vegan strength + muscle balans :)...nice!
and i agree with everything you said brotha.
the fitness industry is totally bullshit....
I can't eat much protein anymore because my kidneys are fucked. But I don't want to quit lifting neither. It's so frustrating
thanks man!
i really needed this video!
man you look so jacked, what is your secret? Must be the watermelon right?
I eat a balanced diet, including meat and I shoot for one gram of protein per pound. I'm 250lbs at 6ft. Being vegan or fruitarian for that matter is a horrible idea imo. I bench over 500, squat and dead lift over 600lbs... You just simply cannot achieve a high strength and very athletic body like this... Which is fine you do you, but don't pretend this is a good route for building strength and being the most athletic as possible
search up patrick baboumian
Too much protein results in cancer. Grow up child.
where are the musles?
Incredible! Thanks for sharing your results!!
Maybe you should meet someone who talks like you but is high protein and see if every body might be different. It would be an interesting topic. Thanks for your view on your body. I found it interesting.
I'm not being a troll or a hater here but I don't understand the point here. Nobody says you can't get stronger on a low protein diet, you can get stronger on CNS adaptation and making the muscle you do have stronger, just because you got stronger that doesn't mean you gained any muscle. I mean no disrespect but your not exactly muscular, are you strong? possibly but as I said that doesn't require gaining size to achieve... eat the same diet and do hypertrophy training on your diet and do a video in a years time showing us your progress because I guarantee you it won't be significant in terms of any muscle gain.
I'm not saying as a vegan you can't do it but eating 7% from protein won't.
Andrew, you're probably the only raw vegan (I know you aren't anymore, but you did your time so I still consider you one!) that comes out with a completely rational and sane argument - besides John Rose, although sadly he's a Holocaust denier. Here's the thing though, I'm also passionate about bodybuilding. So what have I done? I've taken some of your advice and some of my own knowledge from years of research on bodybuilding and muscle gain, and I'm going to go for it on a raw vegan diet! I just created my meal plan. Around 3kcal, 123g fat, 404g carbs, and 125g protein which is plenty for building optimal muscle. Smoothie bowls, green juice, huge salads, raw peanut butter, tahini, avocado, raw and healthy protein smoothies... I'm excited to see how this experiment goes. If you see this comment, wish me luck! Hope you're doing well!
so you are saying science is wrong? fruit builds muscle?
Good for you and thanks for putting this out there. I needed to see this. I have been eating a plant based and very low "protein dense" foods for about 4-5 months and I weight train. I have a similar experience as in, I am gaining strength and I'm gaining muscle mass. Guess we'll see what I look like a year from now. I did notice im a lot leaner than i used to be compared to working out and eating meat yers ago. Id like to see if i can have a more solid thicker mass eating the way I eat now though.
Have you had any negative health effects related to your eating habits?
Were you able to gain mass from eating a plant based diet?
This guy is fucking enormous
I think I will settle for this diet for the next few weeks. I've just sarting today. I'm gonna have only fruits and veggies (lots of them) until supper. For Supper, I will either chicken, beef, fish, eggs or nuts. I've done it before, and it worked beautifully for me. No sugar or food with added sugar. As least as chemical as possible, too.
People who are obsessed about having big muscles often have inferiority complexes. They are more concerned about fitting an image that they've been brought up to believing is the best that no health downsides, including early death possibilities will deter them in their fear-driven activities.
I started eating a diet similar to your in 2008, but I still eat fish, and occasionally poultry if my family prepared it, because I am afraid of not eating enough protein. I never went for more than a 3-4 days eating all fruit.
I dont get it, what's the problem with eating some beans 'n stuff and get just a little more protein in, so you can make some severe gains in strength. I dont see the conflict between beeing strong and beeing healthy ( I'm not talking about on stage bodybuilding strong, but like gymnast strong)
Strength and muscle are to different things....and I hate it when people say muscle slows you down what an excuse in other words you just can't get bigger
this video is good. what you said at the end around 9 min mark is awesome and true. keep up the great work. your good, man.
TheRastaRick Thanks. Glad you liked it.
people say everybodys body is different and abuse that term.. at the end of the day we are all human.. our body's can only be so different.. our body needs protein end of story
RumpleForeskin yoo bruhh... look at yourself........ then me
point proven
JaayProdiJaay check out albert beckles if you dont believe that you can still grow with less amounts of protein. he was a vegetarian mr. universe. im not here to persuade you into changing your diet. how you eat and take care of your health is your choice. just try to not sound so ignorant and self absorbed. it will get you further in life.
+KAS470 I am not sure but I think albert beckets eat lots of protein in the form of eggs and dairy products. Also there are vegan bodybuilders that eat beans, nuts etc. However I never heard of a "successful" fruitarian bodybuilder.
We really don't need protein because body makes its own protein, then why to feed externally. The road to bodybuilding goes through strength reps between 1-5 . A 6-8 rep range is for bulking. Without being able to lift a weight properly, how can one perform reps ? The strength is in tendons and ligaments. The strength in tendons comes from vitamin c sources like guava, drumstick, citrous fruits, Indian gooseberry etc. with the help of vitamin c, body synthesies the collagen in the tendons and ligaments. It takes time to grow stronger. It will take 3 years time to get good physic. And the routine is surprisingly simple. Just perform 1-6 reps of one set. Yes, one set with easy reps, that' it. No warm up. All 6 Reps should be easy. When a set feel too easy, add 1 pound plate and so on. After performing a set, it should feel like you have done nothing. This takes hardly 5-10 minutes with alternate day. It's okay if you had skip it for 2-3 days gap. And follow your regular diet. Just one change is last dinner should be at 6.30 pm and go to bed at 9pm and watch your gains. If you perform 6-8 reps , muscle bulk will be there but it won't last a week. This is temporary gain for show off because actual strength is not reached yet. Include natural vitamin c sources in your routine.
big brother!!this video is helping a lot for me...i just have got the gout few days ago...and i am keep on training to get fit for my health.thx for the information ,am appreciate your job!
Frank infinite how did this work out for you Frank? Is the gout under control?
Thanks a lot!!!! question please, what is the program you used to chart your results? I'd like to do this for people as well. :)
gaining muscle is not the same as gaining strength
Low protein = low muscle. If you're not worried about a false positive for marijuana, there's quality hemp protein you could take to make up for your lack of visual gains.
What is the name of the website you are using to show nutrition in this video?
Good job!! Love the inspiration.
He says he didn't do any weight training before and focused on other aspects on fitness, fair enough. So when he starts lifting weights, he starts to get stronger, what a surprise. Protein or not that would happen. But putting on proper muscle you need 1-1.5g of protein per pound of bodyweight. Hence he hasn't put anything on and is still small.
I agree. Thank you Andrew. It obviously doesn't effect your strength and fitness. "Proteinaholic" by Garth Davis is a fine book on the subject. Looking at WHO research minimal required protein can be in 5% of energy intake range but is upped to include those needing more sometimes. Then SAD diet adds more as "sfae recommendation" and it is way beyond what is necessary. It is resistance training that preserves and keeps muscle and body fit.
Hey, awesome video! Very inspiring. Just subscribed.
Would you mind describing briefly which times of day you generally eat which foods?
Particularly, what you eat before and after sleeping as well as before and after working out.
Also, when you say that you work out twice a week, do you mean to say each muscle group gets worked twice a week or that you only show up to the gym twice a week in total and do full body workouts each time?
Thanks!
Meat takes up to 72 hours to digest, 24 depending on the meat. I did no meat a couple days and I felt fine. Meat is acidic when broken down chemically. I felt really strong just eating fruits and veggies. Protein really if you do consume it, should be in moderation. I don't want excess food sitting in my colon. In and out. It's all about my healyI stopped taking science as fact. Only results.
This video need to reach more and more people.
well said bro my only flaw is to stop eating chicken i have trouble following some receipts for vegan and raw vegan electrical foods