I saw alot of you use the IIFYM approach to dieting. I was just wondering why? Where is the scientific evidence to support this approach to eating? Wouldn’t it be common sense to eat a number of more balanced meals over the course of the day and not just 1-2 meals that consist of a fairly low nutritional benefit to the person consuming it?
I do agree in some cases that it may work, i.e someone who is just simply looking to drop weight and not concerned about getting the most nutritional value out of their food to support the growth of muscle and to help stay as lean as possible while doing so. Even then I would never suggest someone take this approach and use, I just can’t get my head around not eating food that will not support your results, and give you everything you need to maximise the development of strength, power and muscle growth, how does 1L of Ice cream give you the same benefit as 1kg of steak? Please show me the scientific evidence to support these claims.
I know the whole 5,6 meals a day thing has been debunked from what I have heard, and I am under the understanding there is scientific evidence to back this up, could someone please link me to these findings? I would like to ask though were these studies done on bodybuilders training at a high level or the general public maybe doing some general everyday cardio/weight training? If so I think this may put a question in alot of people’s minds who may be using this for bodybuilding purpose, does this approach to dieting support and give you everything you need V’s a balanced diet of high protein, carbs and fats, spread out throughout the day. Please provide evidence to show that these studies have been based on bodybuilders. And these studies need to be from a beginner level to semi-advanced level of bodybuilder, we can’t put claims on things if the subject being studied has already build a base with the “bro-science” approach to training.
In conclusion I would like to be shown the biggest proof of all, real world results, show me a bodybuilder, athlete that has BUILT their physique from the ground up, from start to end goal/or close to with the IIFYM approach, I tend to find the guys that do it have either used the “bro-science” approach to build their physique and then changed over to the IIFYM approach once it came out, or their results if starting out have been minimal due to what I would say is a lack of nutritional support when weight training and trying to build a lean muscular physique.
I think these new ideas and philosophies are fantastic for the sport of bodybuilding but we need evidence, real world mostly to support these claims and to show it works, so we arnt wasting peoples time in the gym.
I do agree in some cases that it may work, i.e someone who is just simply looking to drop weight and not concerned about getting the most nutritional value out of their food to support the growth of muscle and to help stay as lean as possible while doing so. Even then I would never suggest someone take this approach and use, I just can’t get my head around not eating food that will not support your results, and give you everything you need to maximise the development of strength, power and muscle growth, how does 1L of Ice cream give you the same benefit as 1kg of steak? Please show me the scientific evidence to support these claims.
I know the whole 5,6 meals a day thing has been debunked from what I have heard, and I am under the understanding there is scientific evidence to back this up, could someone please link me to these findings? I would like to ask though were these studies done on bodybuilders training at a high level or the general public maybe doing some general everyday cardio/weight training? If so I think this may put a question in alot of people’s minds who may be using this for bodybuilding purpose, does this approach to dieting support and give you everything you need V’s a balanced diet of high protein, carbs and fats, spread out throughout the day. Please provide evidence to show that these studies have been based on bodybuilders. And these studies need to be from a beginner level to semi-advanced level of bodybuilder, we can’t put claims on things if the subject being studied has already build a base with the “bro-science” approach to training.
In conclusion I would like to be shown the biggest proof of all, real world results, show me a bodybuilder, athlete that has BUILT their physique from the ground up, from start to end goal/or close to with the IIFYM approach, I tend to find the guys that do it have either used the “bro-science” approach to build their physique and then changed over to the IIFYM approach once it came out, or their results if starting out have been minimal due to what I would say is a lack of nutritional support when weight training and trying to build a lean muscular physique.
I think these new ideas and philosophies are fantastic for the sport of bodybuilding but we need evidence, real world mostly to support these claims and to show it works, so we arnt wasting peoples time in the gym.
