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Several people have mentioned trying to follow Dwayne Johnson's diet, and they end up spending all their time (and a substantial amount of their money) preparin

by morley 10y ago

Several people have mentioned trying to follow Dwayne Johnson's diet, and they end up spending all their time (and a substantial amount of their money) preparing chicken and cod. http://www.muscleandfitness.com/nutrition/meal-plans/smell-what-rock-cooking http://www.muscleandfitness.com/nutrition/meal-plans/smell-w...

harveywi 10y ago
The trick is to cook all the food en masse, in one fell swoop, maybe once or twice per week.
- gthtjtkt 10y ago
  The trick is to be a millionaire and hire a personal chef. Not to mention a plethora of PEDs so you can grow enough muscle to burn all those calories.
  - another_account 10y ago
    And the consistent hours and hours of hard work in the gym. Day in, day out. A lot of which was before he was a millionaire. Im also pretty sure he does most of his own cooking. The current Mr Olympia, Phil Heath, certainly does. Diet > Training > Meal timing / cycling etc > Drugs.
    - gthtjtkt 10y ago
      > Diet > Training > Meal timing / cycling etc > Drugs Haha, good joke. You should work for a supplement company. They can always use more people peddling that myth to gullible youth with money to burn. "Train like Phil, eat like Phil, look like Phil! Just ignore the fact that he's taking enough drugs to kill a small horse, that totally doesn't matter and you WILL achieve the same results if you buy our plans!"
      - another_account 10y ago
        Where did I say that? Diet and years of training when coupled with the top tier genetics will get a person very far. Even with average genetics it will. My comment was in retaliation to how quickly people overlook the years of grind, dedication and hard graft. Of course the drugs let guys get past their genetic limit but they should be used only when everything else in on point and has been for years. Hence the heirachy in my post. It's not a duality, plenty of grey there. If it was all drugs the how come idiots like Boston Llyod are not Mr O?
        gthtjtkt 10y ago
        The Rock looked like he barely lifted prior to becoming famous. You can even find pictures that are clearly post-gyno surgery (clear indication of steroid use) where he still looks more fat than fit. 1. Bostin went overboard with the drugs, but his original transformation proves how easily a good cycle quickly trumps diet + training. 2. Olympia judging is more political than objective. Just look at Sadik's placing in Classic Physique this year if you want crystal clear evidence.
    - whamlastxmas 10y ago
      This comment and your other sound like you think drugs are not a big part of the equation, which is totally wrong. You can take PEDs and barely work out at all and eat junk food all day and you'll make more progress than even the best training/diet regime done with the highest intensity. There are studies that show PEDs and not working out at all resulted in more gains than rigorous training without PEDs.
etrain 10y ago
If I were trying to eat that diet and not break the bank/use all my time I'd invest in 4 things: 1) A ricecooker. 2) A food processor. 3) A sous-vide/vaccum sealer. 4) A Costco membership. The ricecooker makes rice and keeps it warm all day. The food processor makes quick work of chopping veggies. You could pack the cod/chicken in vacuum bags and freeze it, and then pop it in the water bath when it's time to eat. The sous-vide means you're not worried about over-cooking/attending to the process so you can do other things while your food cooks. Costco will sell you high quality cod and chicken at ~$10/lb (probably less in store) and steak around $20/lb. You could similarly buy rice/potatoes/fish oil there in bulk. Admittedly you're still spending $50+ on food/day, but that's not out of the question for someone earning $150k/year. That said, it is probably much easier when you're earning $150m/year and can afford a private chef.
- M_Grey 10y ago
  Especially when you can write literally all of it off as a business expense as well!
- ethbro 10y ago
  To be fair, Dwayne Johnson is still a much better deal per pound than, say, Justin Bieber.
- LeifCarrotson 10y ago
  > Costco will sell you high quality cod and chicken at ~$10/lb (probably less in store) and steak around $20/lb. Not sure where you're shopping or how much cod costs, but chicken is more like $3/lb ($2.50 on sale, and it can be frozen - and yes whole chicken is cheaper and more flavorful, but you get less protein per pound and it's just easier to compare) for boneless skinless chicken breasts and $5-10/lb for various cuts of steak around here, which makes it much more affordable.
- dtien 10y ago
  And don't forget the Costco rotisserie chicken! I don't know what the cost/pound comes out to, but considering all the work that goes into cooking it, it's an unbeatable deal. I think it's well known it's a loss leader for them. Buy several of those for the week, portion them out as you like. throw away the skin to minimize a bit of the sodium, though I'm sure a bit is also in the meat, so for the truly neurotic this maybe a deal breaker. But if I were trying to just go for low cost, low maintenance protein with some semblance of taste, this would be the way to go ( for me ).
hammock 10y ago
I used this calculator[1] to sum the nutrition in that diet, and here's what I got: http://i.imgur.com/xdQftNY.png http://i.imgur.com/xdQftNY.png Serving Size 4358 g Amount Per Serving Calories 7,890 Calories from Fat 774 Total Fat 86.0g 132% Saturated Fat 19.2g 96% Trans Fat 0.0g Cholesterol 1330mg 443% Sodium 1835mg 76% Potassium 10461mg 299% Total Carbohydrates 1165.3g 388% Dietary Fiber 55.4g 222% Sugars 44.7g Protein 570.8g Vitamin A 165% Vitamin C 486% Calcium 92% Iron 504% Nutrition Grade A- I noticed this doesn't include the 60g protein and the 32oz gatorade in the notes at the bottom of his diet. There's not really anything special in there either, it's basically Meat + Rice/Potato + Vegetable - which is the diet I grew up with and what I would consider typical American diet (although maybe I lived in a bubble). [1]https://www.caloriecount.com/cc/recipe_analysis.php https://www.caloriecount.com/cc/recipe_analysis.php
- nbadg 10y ago
  Ha that calculator was amusing to play with. Evidently my dinner last night (stir fry that I cooked at home) was 1250ish calories. Good thing I don't need to worry about scurvy! https://i.imgur.com/oxVBEgi.png https://i.imgur.com/oxVBEgi.png
cbgb 10y ago
Most people I know get grossed out when I mention this, but one way I saved a bunch of time re: all the chicken I had to eat for my bulking diet was to just buy canned chicken breast in bulk [0]. It's not nearly as gross as you think, and it saves so much time! [0] http://www.costco.com/Kirkland-Signature%E2%84%A2-Premium-Chunk-Chicken-Breast-12.5oz-24-pack.product.100099423.html http://www.costco.com/Kirkland-Signature%E2%84%A2-Premium-Ch...
- cylinder 10y ago
  What is so hard about throwing 10 chicken breasts into the oven one night a week?
  - projektir 10y ago
    Is there a specific recipe you have in mind? (honest question, I'd love to throw 10 chicken breasts into the oven one night a week)
  - dcherman 10y ago
    If you don't want to cook in bulk, a pressure cooker is very easy as well. It takes about 15-20 minutes to build the pressure and cook the chicken, but my own time investment is somewhere around 30-45 seconds. The chicken does come out moist and tastes awesome, but that goes for the outside as well which I don't mind that much, but you can also toss it on the grill for like 20-30s a side after it's done if you want nice grill marks and a little crispier outside.
  - cbgb 10y ago
    There's a lot of prep/clean-up I just don't want to deal with. I've tried this method before, and it just didn't work out. All the washing of things you have to use in intermediate steps really adds up. And unless you eat chicken breast for every non-breakfast meal, 10 cooked chicken breasts will get gross in the fridge pretty quickly, so you'll probably want to do something like 3 breasts at a time if you're only eating one meal with chicken breasts per day. This means doing meal prep twice in the week, as opposed to once. If you don't refrigerate them, then you have to wait for the breasts to thaw, which is time I don't want to spend every day, multiple times a day potentially. I have a busy schedule, and every hour counts some weeks, so the time saved after buying canned chicken breast really adds up.

by morley 10y ago

harveywi 10y ago

The trick is to cook all the food en masse, in one fell swoop, maybe once or twice per week.

gthtjtkt 10y ago
The trick is to be a millionaire and hire a personal chef. Not to mention a plethora of PEDs so you can grow enough muscle to burn all those calories.
- another_account 10y ago
  And the consistent hours and hours of hard work in the gym. Day in, day out. A lot of which was before he was a millionaire. Im also pretty sure he does most of his own cooking. The current Mr Olympia, Phil Heath, certainly does. Diet > Training > Meal timing / cycling etc > Drugs.
  - gthtjtkt 10y ago
    > Diet > Training > Meal timing / cycling etc > Drugs Haha, good joke. You should work for a supplement company. They can always use more people peddling that myth to gullible youth with money to burn. "Train like Phil, eat like Phil, look like Phil! Just ignore the fact that he's taking enough drugs to kill a small horse, that totally doesn't matter and you WILL achieve the same results if you buy our plans!"
    - another_account 10y ago
      Where did I say that? Diet and years of training when coupled with the top tier genetics will get a person very far. Even with average genetics it will. My comment was in retaliation to how quickly people overlook the years of grind, dedication and hard graft. Of course the drugs let guys get past their genetic limit but they should be used only when everything else in on point and has been for years. Hence the heirachy in my post. It's not a duality, plenty of grey there. If it was all drugs the how come idiots like Boston Llyod are not Mr O?
      - gthtjtkt 10y ago
        The Rock looked like he barely lifted prior to becoming famous. You can even find pictures that are clearly post-gyno surgery (clear indication of steroid use) where he still looks more fat than fit. 1. Bostin went overboard with the drugs, but his original transformation proves how easily a good cycle quickly trumps diet + training. 2. Olympia judging is more political than objective. Just look at Sadik's placing in Classic Physique this year if you want crystal clear evidence.
  - whamlastxmas 10y ago
    This comment and your other sound like you think drugs are not a big part of the equation, which is totally wrong. You can take PEDs and barely work out at all and eat junk food all day and you'll make more progress than even the best training/diet regime done with the highest intensity. There are studies that show PEDs and not working out at all resulted in more gains than rigorous training without PEDs.

etrain 10y ago

If I were trying to eat that diet and not break the bank/use all my time I'd invest in 4 things: 1) A ricecooker. 2) A food processor. 3) A sous-vide/vaccum sealer. 4) A Costco membership. The ricecooker makes rice and keeps it warm all day. The food processor makes quick work of chopping veggies. You could pack the cod/chicken in vacuum bags and freeze it, and then pop it in the water bath when it's time to eat. The sous-vide means you're not worried about over-cooking/attending to the process so you can do other things while your food cooks. Costco will sell you high quality cod and chicken at ~$10/lb (probably less in store) and steak around $20/lb. You could similarly buy rice/potatoes/fish oil there in bulk. Admittedly you're still spending $50+ on food/day, but that's not out of the question for someone earning $150k/year. That said, it is probably much easier when you're earning $150m/year and can afford a private chef.

M_Grey 10y ago
Especially when you can write literally all of it off as a business expense as well!
ethbro 10y ago
To be fair, Dwayne Johnson is still a much better deal per pound than, say, Justin Bieber.
LeifCarrotson 10y ago
> Costco will sell you high quality cod and chicken at ~$10/lb (probably less in store) and steak around $20/lb. Not sure where you're shopping or how much cod costs, but chicken is more like $3/lb ($2.50 on sale, and it can be frozen - and yes whole chicken is cheaper and more flavorful, but you get less protein per pound and it's just easier to compare) for boneless skinless chicken breasts and $5-10/lb for various cuts of steak around here, which makes it much more affordable.
dtien 10y ago
And don't forget the Costco rotisserie chicken! I don't know what the cost/pound comes out to, but considering all the work that goes into cooking it, it's an unbeatable deal. I think it's well known it's a loss leader for them. Buy several of those for the week, portion them out as you like. throw away the skin to minimize a bit of the sodium, though I'm sure a bit is also in the meat, so for the truly neurotic this maybe a deal breaker. But if I were trying to just go for low cost, low maintenance protein with some semblance of taste, this would be the way to go ( for me ).

hammock 10y ago

I used this calculator[1] to sum the nutrition in that diet, and here's what I got: http://i.imgur.com/xdQftNY.png http://i.imgur.com/xdQftNY.png Serving Size 4358 g Amount Per Serving Calories 7,890 Calories from Fat 774 Total Fat 86.0g 132% Saturated Fat 19.2g 96% Trans Fat 0.0g Cholesterol 1330mg 443% Sodium 1835mg 76% Potassium 10461mg 299% Total Carbohydrates 1165.3g 388% Dietary Fiber 55.4g 222% Sugars 44.7g Protein 570.8g Vitamin A 165% Vitamin C 486% Calcium 92% Iron 504% Nutrition Grade A- I noticed this doesn't include the 60g protein and the 32oz gatorade in the notes at the bottom of his diet. There's not really anything special in there either, it's basically Meat + Rice/Potato + Vegetable - which is the diet I grew up with and what I would consider typical American diet (although maybe I lived in a bubble). [1]https://www.caloriecount.com/cc/recipe_analysis.php https://www.caloriecount.com/cc/recipe_analysis.php

nbadg 10y ago
Ha that calculator was amusing to play with. Evidently my dinner last night (stir fry that I cooked at home) was 1250ish calories. Good thing I don't need to worry about scurvy! https://i.imgur.com/oxVBEgi.png https://i.imgur.com/oxVBEgi.png

cbgb 10y ago

Most people I know get grossed out when I mention this, but one way I saved a bunch of time re: all the chicken I had to eat for my bulking diet was to just buy canned chicken breast in bulk [0]. It's not nearly as gross as you think, and it saves so much time! [0] http://www.costco.com/Kirkland-Signature%E2%84%A2-Premium-Chunk-Chicken-Breast-12.5oz-24-pack.product.100099423.html http://www.costco.com/Kirkland-Signature%E2%84%A2-Premium-Ch...

cylinder 10y ago
What is so hard about throwing 10 chicken breasts into the oven one night a week?
- projektir 10y ago
  Is there a specific recipe you have in mind? (honest question, I'd love to throw 10 chicken breasts into the oven one night a week)
- dcherman 10y ago
  If you don't want to cook in bulk, a pressure cooker is very easy as well. It takes about 15-20 minutes to build the pressure and cook the chicken, but my own time investment is somewhere around 30-45 seconds. The chicken does come out moist and tastes awesome, but that goes for the outside as well which I don't mind that much, but you can also toss it on the grill for like 20-30s a side after it's done if you want nice grill marks and a little crispier outside.
- cbgb 10y ago
  There's a lot of prep/clean-up I just don't want to deal with. I've tried this method before, and it just didn't work out. All the washing of things you have to use in intermediate steps really adds up. And unless you eat chicken breast for every non-breakfast meal, 10 cooked chicken breasts will get gross in the fridge pretty quickly, so you'll probably want to do something like 3 breasts at a time if you're only eating one meal with chicken breasts per day. This means doing meal prep twice in the week, as opposed to once. If you don't refrigerate them, then you have to wait for the breasts to thaw, which is time I don't want to spend every day, multiple times a day potentially. I have a busy schedule, and every hour counts some weeks, so the time saved after buying canned chicken breast really adds up.