ROH BEEFING up (and barfing)
I know this is a freep article, sorry, but no opinions here just fun info on Roh's 5000+ calorie/day diet.
Like'm BEEFY.
I can't imagine eating that much food in one day, and I'm a big fan of consuming large quantities of food. That's ridiculous.
Yep. That's more than twice what I eat in a day. I would be puking, too.
dollars to doughnuts says that 80-90% of this is West/South Quad dorm food. I don't envy him.
It's from the dorms, but it wouldn't be regular dorm food. The athletes have their own room, food, and cooks just for them.
I have it on good authority from someone I knew who works at Chipotle that he spends a LOT of time there.
This is probably the best burrito in town since BTB has gone down with quality, Panchero's is solid but doesn't quite have the flavor that the old BTB and Chipotle has. Give me steak, corn salsa, sour cream, cheese and I call it a good day!
That's where I got fat.
Michael Phelps was eating like 8,000 calories during the Olympics in 2008. It's possible but you probably have to really get used to it before it becomes easy.
Same for Tour de France riders:
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=stein/090701
For a select few it also included a healthy dose of steroids
When Mattison says "eat," you say "how much?"
It'll be nice to have him up his weight so he doesn't get pushed around as easy, as long as it isn't bad weight and he can keep some of his quickness up.
What would be bad is to be as big as a building and move just as fast.
What's this? Somebody with an actual clue about how to play defense thinks that Roh should play defensive line instead of linebacker? How completely bizarre.
Watching him play LB was hard to watch. He was okay as an undersized DE, but imagine how effective he will be after he is done bulking up.
...and that guy has left the building.
How is he taking in 5K a day? REALLY? I do bodybuilding shows and this is almost impossible for most pro's that i have met. I have tried a 5k bulking up plan and had to go to the E.R. #### that noise. I wonder if it is mostly Protein shakes or solid food? ??? I have buddies on Insulin, GH, Tren, Test and could not even down that much food.
Now that was crazy. Especially because he had no interest in getting bigger.
I heard this as well, however, I call major BS on it (not directed at you). 5K calories is a metric ass ton of food, and 12K is nearly impossible to down in one day let alone multiple. Sorry, not buying it.
for the link, very interesting. Having said that, I still don't believe it!
What he used to eat in Ann Arbor.
http://www.wzzm13.com/sports/story.aspx?storyid=97015&catid=128
During his peak training season, he probably swims around 6 MILES a day. That's gotta be worth a ton of calories.
Bodybuilding and swimming are quite different. I'm not a physical education guy at all but I would have to think that you burn many more calories swimming than an equal time lifting weights, especially when trying to add bulk for bodybuilding shows as opposed to toning muscles. I have zero facts to back that up though :P
I honestly don't think it would be that difficult if he's working out as much as I would expect him to be. There are lazy, average dudes who regularly eat 3,000 calories a day, and they don't do much physical activity and don't have a fast metabolism. You can get one fast food meal at McDonald's and easily clear 1,500 calories. I don't imagine one of his main staples is McDonald's, but carbs and protein go a long way.
I was about to post this. Even when I wasn't in season for XC and hockey (HS, nowhere near the amount of activity Roh is doing) I could regularly eat that much. I don't eat a ton compared to some of my friends, and my normal meal at McDonalds is 1510 calories. 3.3 Big Macs, 3.3 medium fries, 3.3 filet o' fish's and 3.3 medium Coke's would get you to 5,000 calories in a day.
Except that carbs don't fill someone nearly as much as high protein foods. Eating 5,000 calories a day isn't hard as you can eat Chippotle or fast food, eating 5,000 calories clean bulking IS hard though. Constantly eating eggs, chicken, steak, etc. is extremely filling and that's why the guy above thinks 5k cals a day is impossible yet he most likely isn't (as he's a bodybuilder) eating pasta and high carb food like Phelps, who needs it just for the energy.
Roh is probably eating some junk food but mostly 'healthy' food. Eating a surplus of calories above maintance will cause weight gain no matter what, but the food determines whether that gain will be muscle or fat. Roh of course wants muscle so he's really shoving the filling foods down.
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It is definitely a ton of food, but it is really not that crazy. I bulked up last year from 170 to 195 in a couple months to play semi-pro football for something fun to do in the summer. I was eating ~4k calories per day while eating only two huge meals and a lot of snacking throughout the day. If you are active enough your body will want/need those calories.
I put on 15 lbs every fall eating chicken wings and drinking beer while watching NCAA Football. Then every spring I curse myself for getting so fat and try to get it off.
Since I crossed the 40 threchold, it's not coming off as easily. :(
Keep in mind he's also 6'5, so that's a lot of frame to add to.
r u talking about wies or roh??
I was talking about height, not pelvic radius.
Not to be a smartass, but five pints of Hagan-Dasz is more than 5,000 calories.
When I started training for powerlifting, I was easily cramming in 5K calories a day . Hell, I'd start my day off with a half dozen egg omlette with close to a quarter pound of cheese and a quart of milk! I'd be putting down a gallon of milk a day!
If you're working with a lot of compound lifts, your body is going to be hungry.
Albeit, I am 6'5" like Roh, and its a lot easier to cram down food when you're our size.
Umm.. I'm 6'3" and I could easily down 5k cals if I really wanted. Just eat calorie dense foods..
"Most of the defensive end's work has been done at the dining table."
Ugh. Can he write any non-douchy sentence?
I don't see how somebody could consume that many calories and not gain a lot of bad weight. How much muscle weight can somebody realistically gain in 6-8 months once they have stopped growing, without the help of steroids? 10 pounds? 15?
It all depends on how much one works out whether they gain bad weight or not, and it depends on what they eat. Not all "consumed" calories are absorbed by the body, either. So while he might be eating 5,000 calories, if he's eating a lot of fiber, some of those calories pass right through his system. And if he's eating a lot of protein (which I'm sure he is), then his body is burning more calories to digest protein than it would be to digest, say, carbohydrates.
There are a lot of factors to consider. An extremely active kid could definitely consume 5,000 a day and not get fat.
Honestly in 6 months timeframe, a person could realistically not put on 15 pounds of muscle mass. From all that I've read (as well as 5 years of competitive lifting) I just don't believe the body synthesizes muscle tissue at that rate. No doubt he is gaining some fat on this. But, in all honestly, that's really the only way to gain an appreciable amount of weight and muscle. Its one of those necessary evils of mass gaining. Bottom line is, you're gonna gain some fluff weight. You can certainly mitigate the amount of fat gained, but when you need to gain fast, it's usually a more dirty bulk. The question is though, will he still be as fast? I think he'll be alright though.
I am no expert but I have heard it is much easier to gain muscle when you have fat to build from. Is this true? If it is perhaps they are trying to plump him up (cue the Seinfeld episode video) and then build muscle from that.
Your time frame seems to be artificially compressed. Roh has gained 15 pounds over more than 10 months, not 6.
http://espn.go.com/blog/bigten/post/_/id/14390/craig-roh-fills-hybrid-role-for-michigan
on a 12.000 Calorie a day diet or something crazy like that?
I'm impressed...and jealous.
Imagine his poor toilet! Oh my!
I love the Mike Martin cookout reference. I wonder how much meat gets consumed at a Mike Martin cookout? And do they take the helmet off of the QB before skewering him?