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Sam
You posted this off-season diet about a year or so ago when you were working with Chad (maybe you still are). I was just wondering if you are still following something similar and if you think most could benefit from this (not this particular diet because we're all individual).

Meal 1: 10 egg whites
2 whole eggs
2 cups oats
1/2 cup pancake mix
1 scoop vanilla protein
2 TBSP PB
1/4 cup light syrup

Meal 2: 10 oz potato
banana
2 tbsp Hersheys syrup
2 tbsp PB
3 scoops protein

Meal 3: Foot long roasted Chicken Sub

Meal 4: 10 oz lean beef
2 cups rice
1 c. green veggies

Meal 5: 1/2 box Frosted mini wheats
2 cups milk
2 scoops protein

Train

Meal 6: 1/2 box frosted mini wheats
2 cups milk
2 scoops protein

Meal 7: 10 oz chicken
10 oz potato
1 cup green

Middle of night: Protein shake with PB

Do you feel this gave you the best offseason results? Did you feel it led to a thicker waist, or anything negative?

Well....

I definitely gained alot of weight on that. Got up to 272 which is the heaviest I have ever been off-season. At the time I was trying to jump up a weight class and solidify myself as a heavyweight so I do think it was beneficial in that regard. That was 2003 if I recall correctly. Dont even remember posting it. I do not follow that diet presently. I really dont like to get much above 250 in the off-season these days. Just not comfortable any heavier than that. When I dieted down, my waist was roughly the same, this past year I even brought it down an inch.

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new diet

If you would be so kind, could you give me an idea of what you do now? Did you training style change with that diet? I would like to give something like this a try after my show and I've had time to recover. I havne't REALLY tried to put on size for a while, but after gaining onlyl a few pounds between shows, I think its time.

Thanks again.