How to Build Muscle on Carnivore (Why Most Guys Get It Wrong) — Transcript
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- 0:00In this video, I'm going to break down
- 0:01the exact structure that I followed to
- 0:03build as much muscle as possible on the
- 0:06carnivore diet. I've been doing a
- 0:07mixture of bodybuilding and powerlifting
- 0:10training for the past 5 years, but I've
- 0:12not been on the carnivore diet this
- 0:14whole entire time. I've recently hopped
- 0:16on it, and this is a system that I've
- 0:18been running and it's been working
- 0:19amazing for me, and it's been getting me
- 0:21amazing results. I've been feeling the
- 0:23best and looking the best that I've ever
- 0:26have in my entire life. So, before we
- 0:28start off, I want to clarify who this is
- 0:30actually for. This is for anybody that
- 0:32is already on the carnivore diet. If you
- 0:34lift and want to build serious amounts
- 0:37of muscle on this diet, and also if
- 0:39you've been on the carnivore diet and
- 0:40you're playing the guessing game and
- 0:42experimenting and piecing a bunch of
- 0:44different things together, but nothing
- 0:45is actually sticking and you're not
- 0:47seeing the results that you want to see,
- 0:49then this video is definitely for you
- 0:51and it's going to help you out a lot.
- 0:52And also, before we start, I'm just
- 0:53going to go through the non-negotiables
- 0:55just so there's no confusion and
- 0:57everything is set forward very straight,
- 0:59so you know exactly what we're about to
- 1:00get into. So, the pillars for the
- 1:03nutrition are going to be ruminant
- 1:04meats. So, anything like cow, lamb,
- 1:07goat, bison, deer, elk, moose, whatever
- 1:11it is, any ruminant type of meat, which
- 1:13means the animal has a double-chambered
- 1:15stomach and the nutrients are processed
- 1:17a lot better through these animals and
- 1:20they're not going to inflame you or give
- 1:22you any harm or issues or anything like
- 1:24that. These are the safest animals to be
- 1:26eating. Next up, eggs are going to be in
- 1:28the everyday pillar. Eggs are literally
- 1:30nature's multivitamin, the best foods
- 1:32you could possibly eat. And then also,
- 1:35salt and water. We will not be drinking
- 1:37any dairy on this system. I don't
- 1:40recommend it. It is not going to get you
- 1:42the gains you want to see if you're
- 1:44really trying to maximize your muscle
- 1:45growth. Number two, this is the no daily
- 1:48negotiation. So, every single day we're
- 1:50going to be eating similar meals with
- 1:52the same structure, and we're not going
- 1:54to be going about the day saying, "How
- 1:56do I feel today?" and making decisions
- 1:58based off that. You know, that's not
- 1:59going to get you the results that you
- 2:01want to see because your feelings are
- 2:02going to deceive you all the time. When
- 2:04it comes to the training, number three
- 2:05is going to be lift with intent. So,
- 2:07compound strength-focused lifts.
- 2:10Progressive overload is going to be very
- 2:12important in this system, and then
- 2:14obviously tracking your progress, which
- 2:16is something that basically nobody does
- 2:18nowadays. They think they could just get
- 2:19away with going through the motions and
- 2:22not tracking anything, and that's not
- 2:24going to get you the maximum amount of
- 2:25results that you want to see. Lastly,
- 2:27number four is consistency beats
- 2:29optimization. So, no constant tweaking
- 2:32your system or your program. That is not
- 2:35going to get you the results, no looking
- 2:37for new additions or chasing perfection
- 2:40thinking that you have to show up at
- 2:43your perfect rate every single day. No,
- 2:45that is not one of these types of
- 2:46videos. You just need to run the system.
- 2:49So, I'm going to go over the five
- 2:51pillars that you need to understand the
- 2:53system and run it yourself. So, we're
- 2:55going to start off with number one is
- 2:57why most guys fail on the carnivore
- 2:59diet. The first mistake that I made and
- 3:01I see tons of other people making is
- 3:03taking advice from the carnivore doctors
- 3:06like Anthony Chaffee, Ken Berry. Don't
- 3:08get me wrong, these guys are absolutely
- 3:10amazing. They do know what they're
- 3:11talking about and they give great
- 3:13advice, but you got to understand is
- 3:14that the person that they are ideally
- 3:17talking to is usually an elder person
- 3:19that is trying to cure an autoimmune
- 3:21disease or lose a bunch of weight, get
- 3:24rid of diabetes, arthritis, all these
- 3:26types of things. They're not really
- 3:28speaking to the younger generation that
- 3:30is trying to build as much muscle as
- 3:32possible and get jacked, and that is why
- 3:35a lot of the things they say can lead
- 3:36you to not getting the progress that you
- 3:38want to see. One of the things these
- 3:39guys say the most is listening to your
- 3:42hunger signals or eating until you're
- 3:44full. Me personally, I can eat forever.
- 3:47I could probably eat 4 lb of meat in a
- 3:49sitting, four ribeye steaks. Dog, I know
- 3:52how to eat. I've bulked up over 100 lb
- 3:55in the last 5 years, so eating till I'm
- 3:57full is not going to work for me unless
- 3:59I want to be fat and obese.
- 4:01And a lot of people are probably
- 4:03thinking the same thing when it says,
- 4:04"Eat till you're full." Then the other
- 4:06side of things of listening to your
- 4:07hunger signals, if you have recently
- 4:09been eating carbs or a very bad diet in
- 4:12the past and you're just now getting on
- 4:14carnivore or you've even been on it for
- 4:16a while and your hunger signals aren't
- 4:18really giving you the right signals. For
- 4:20me, I get hungry a lot of times
- 4:22throughout the day feeling that snacky
- 4:24type of feeling, but on the carnivore
- 4:26diet, you should not be eating snacks.
- 4:28You should be eating very big, filling
- 4:30meals that are actually going to fill
- 4:33you up and not eating throughout the
- 4:34day. So, listening to your hunger
- 4:36signals can be very deceiving and lead
- 4:38you to overeating or sometimes even
- 4:40under-eating if you have a low appetite.
- 4:42It really just depends on who you are,
- 4:44the way you've lived in the past, your
- 4:46genetics, etc. So, that's why it is very
- 4:49important that you create a system for
- 4:51yourself that you can follow so you can
- 4:53get your exact results. The third
- 4:55mistake I see people make is trying to
- 4:58build muscle, but with a very high body
- 5:00fat percentage, which to me is anything
- 5:03over 18 or 20% is getting in the higher
- 5:06range and you're not going to be able to
- 5:07build as much muscle as possible because
- 5:10when you're in this range above 18 or
- 5:12honestly above 16% body fat, the extra
- 5:16energy that you are eating is going to
- 5:18get easily converted into fat and not
- 5:21into muscle because that's just how the
- 5:23body works. Under-eating for fat loss. A
- 5:25lot of people will try to starve
- 5:26themselves, eat one meal a day. All this
- 5:29stuff leads to is not absorbing the
- 5:32maximum amount of protein as you can.
- 5:33Your body can absorb 200 g of protein in
- 5:37one sitting. On the carnivore diet, yes,
- 5:38it's going to get optimized and it's
- 5:40probably going to be able to absorb more
- 5:42protein than your last diet, but still,
- 5:45stop eating one meal a day and starving
- 5:47yourself and thinking that you're going
- 5:49to get jacked and lose a bunch of fat.
- 5:51No, you're going to lose weight, but not
- 5:53fat. When you lose a bunch of weight, it
- 5:55just looks like you're a smaller version
- 5:58of the fat version of you. So, this is
- 6:00the last thing you should do is starve
- 6:02yourself and not eating enough. Fourth
- 6:04mistake I see is people just not
- 6:06actually doing the carnivore diet.
- 6:08They're sneaking in little pieces of
- 6:09fruit here and there or they're eating
- 6:11out on the weekends with their family
- 6:12members, but their goal is still to
- 6:14build as much muscle as possible. Those
- 6:16two just don't align with each other.
- 6:18How are you going to build as much
- 6:19muscle when you're cheating yourself,
- 6:21where you're eating little fruits?
- 6:23You're not going to be in ketosis if
- 6:24you're eating over a certain amount of
- 6:26carbs, and that sugar addiction is going
- 6:28to stay plus all the downsides of eating
- 6:31those fruits. The carnivore diet is
- 6:33literally to get away from all those
- 6:35things. Fruits are GMO. You guys know,
- 6:38I'm not going to go into it in this
- 6:39video, but the last mistake is expecting
- 6:41carnivore to do all the work for you.
- 6:44Just because you get on carnivore diet
- 6:46does not mean you're going to get
- 6:47absolutely shredded and just become a
- 6:49monster in the gym and hit crazy PRs. If
- 6:52you're not following a specific system
- 6:54and you're just winging it like all
- 6:56these kind of carnivore people do, it's
- 6:59not going to work. That is not the
- 7:00lifestyle for you. That is to get
- 7:02healthy, yes, but not to get absolutely
- 7:05jacked. So, pillar number two is going
- 7:08to be nutrition inputs. So, step number
- 7:10one is you're going to need to aim for a
- 7:12one-to-one ratio for your protein and
- 7:15fats. That is not with calories, but
- 7:17that is with grams of one-to-one ratio.
- 7:20Super simple and it's super easy. For
- 7:22example, 80/20 ground beef is a great
- 7:25option for that. Ribeye steaks have a
- 7:27pretty good one-to-one ratio, same with
- 7:29chuck roast, chuck eye, and there's a
- 7:32lot of ways to go about it. You can also
- 7:33add butter to the meal that you're
- 7:35eating to also get more fats if the meat
- 7:38is a little bit leaner, etc. Step number
- 7:41two is very important. You're going to
- 7:43need to eat in 1/2 lb ratios/servings.
- 7:48So, every single day you know the amount
- 7:50of servings of meat that you ate. So,
- 7:52therefore, if you need to gain weight,
- 7:54you're obviously just going to add one
- 7:55serving at a time after weighing
- 7:57yourself every, you know, 3 to 5 days or
- 8:005 to 7 days. Then obviously, if you want
- 8:02to lose some fat and not gain weight,
- 8:05you're just going to down your servings
- 8:07a little bit. So, let's say I'm eating 3
- 8:09lb of ground beef every single day,
- 8:11which is what I'm doing right now. If I
- 8:14wasn't losing the amount of weight that
- 8:16I wanted to see, which should be around,
- 8:18you know, no more than 1 to 1.5 lb per
- 8:21week, otherwise you're just going to be
- 8:22losing muscle within that weight. You
- 8:24don't want to rush the process. If I'm
- 8:26not seeing that, I'm just going to down
- 8:27my serving. So, I'll probably have 2 and
- 8:291/2 lb of meat. Or if I'm still not
- 8:32seeing the results, maybe two. I can
- 8:34easily eat 3 and 1/2 lb of meat and
- 8:36still be cutting down every single day
- 8:38because my hormones are optimized. I
- 8:40have a lot of muscle on me, so my body
- 8:42burns a lot of calories. You should know
- 8:44at the end of the day how many servings
- 8:46of meat you had. Tracking in 1/2 lb
- 8:49increments is going to make it very
- 8:51easy. It's not like tracking your
- 8:53calories and putting them in
- 8:54MyFitnessPal, like a whole freaking side
- 8:57job that you don't want to be doing.
- 8:58It's pretty easy. And then for step
- 9:00number four, is just keep the amount of
- 9:03eggs within the same range. So, don't
- 9:05have 12 eggs one day and then just have
- 9:07three the next day because then your
- 9:09servings and your eggs are going to be
- 9:12completely off contradicting each other
- 9:14and you're not going to know what you
- 9:16need to adjust based when you don't like
- 9:18the number on the scale or the way your
- 9:20body is looking and the results that
- 9:22you're getting. For me right now, I eat
- 9:24about six to eight eggs per day. Pretty
- 9:27simple. I don't really change the range
- 9:29too much, and if I do, I'm obviously
- 9:31going to adjust the amount of servings
- 9:33of meat that I'm having to make sure I'm
- 9:35within the same amount of range to meet
- 9:37my goals. So, this system allows for no
- 9:39obsessive tracking like I already said,
- 9:41and you're still able to apply this very
- 9:44easily and reach your goals without
- 9:46doing a bunch of calculations and math.
- 9:49Pillar number two is going to be meal
- 9:51timing. So, one thing I like to do is
- 9:53either train fasted or eat a very light
- 9:56meal before I train. I never eat a big
- 9:59meal before I train because if you don't
- 10:00know fats digest in the body very
- 10:03slowly. So, obviously we're eating a
- 10:05high-fat diet and you're not going to be
- 10:07able to output the right energy into
- 10:10your lifts to be able to hit PRs and
- 10:12progressive overload. So, this is like
- 10:14the bare minimum, but don't eat within 1
- 10:16and 1/2 hours of training, but honestly,
- 10:19if you do eat, I would try to keep it 2
- 10:21and 1/2 to even 3 hours before training
- 10:24so you can really feel as high energy as
- 10:26possible and not be sluggish in the gym
- 10:29or having your body trying to digest
- 10:30food and then also build muscle and tear
- 10:33the muscle at the same time. It's just
- 10:34not ideal. Something I like to do is I
- 10:36bring a meal prep to the gym every day.
- 10:38So, right after my workout, I hit that
- 10:41anabolic window to maximize my gains.
- 10:44Obviously, it's not going to make an
- 10:46insane difference, but every little tiny
- 10:49things matters when you're trying to
- 10:51build as much muscle as possible like me
- 10:53and really break through plateaus or
- 10:56whatever you're trying to do. Bring a
- 10:57meal prep to the gym and right after
- 10:59just start grubbing or rush home and
- 11:01make sure to try to eat as soon as
- 11:02possible. No matter if you're working
- 11:04out in the morning, afternoon, or even
- 11:06at night time, you should always save
- 11:08your biggest meal for the very end of
- 11:10the night after your training so you can
- 11:13go to bed feeling full and overall in
- 11:15the daytime just not feel sluggish
- 11:17because your body does have to digest
- 11:19it. For someone like me, I have to focus
- 11:21on my business all day. So, if I am
- 11:23eating super big meals in the morning or
- 11:26even afternoon, it's not going to be
- 11:28ideal to get the maximum amount of work
- 11:30done as I can. That is one of the main
- 11:32reason why I stopped eating carbs,
- 11:34plants, whatever in the first place
- 11:36because I want to be able to focus, have
- 11:38high energy, and not feel sluggish
- 11:40throughout the day. Lastly, no snacking
- 11:42like we already said. Don't be snacking
- 11:44around. Snacking is for children
- 11:47and women. If you're a grown man trying
- 11:49to build muscle, you do not need to be
- 11:50eating little snacks. The third pillar
- 11:52we're going to go over training. So,
- 11:54train four to five times per week on a
- 11:56specific workout split that is going to
- 11:59get you to your goals. One thing I
- 12:01recommend outside of your weight
- 12:02training is doing sprints one to two
- 12:04times per week so you can boost your
- 12:06testosterone and overall be super
- 12:09explosive and it's just optimal for the
- 12:11gym. You want to be able to do all
- 12:13different types of things, not just lift
- 12:14a bunch of weights and look jacked. Next
- 12:16up is doing the same compound movements
- 12:18for every single muscle group. Compound
- 12:20movements are essential for building as
- 12:22much muscle as possible. You don't just
- 12:24want to do a bunch of, you know,
- 12:26bodybuilding and cable machines and all
- 12:29those different types of Jeff Nippard
- 12:31exercises. No, you want to be able to be
- 12:33explosive, strong, move a lot of weight.
- 12:36And I'm not just talking about squat,
- 12:38bench, and deadlift, but even things
- 12:40like shoulder press, like incline Smith
- 12:42machine press. There's tons of different
- 12:45variations that are considered compound,
- 12:47which means basically you could just
- 12:48load up a lot of weight, which is going
- 12:50to help you build up a lot of strength
- 12:52and then obviously that correlates to
- 12:53building as much muscle as you can.
- 12:55Actually track these compound movements
- 12:57so either put it in your notes on your
- 12:59phone. You can obviously hop on a
- 13:01training program. I know MyFitnessPal
- 13:03has little options that you can pay for
- 13:06to track things. Obviously, don't be
- 13:07tracking your macros. We got to get rid
- 13:09of that stuff now that we're on the
- 13:11carnivore. But whether you write it down
- 13:13or put in your phone, make sure you are
- 13:14tracking your compound movements
- 13:16whenever you're hitting either one rep
- 13:18PRs, three rep PRs, five rep PRs,
- 13:20whatever it is. You want to make sure
- 13:22they're tracked so every session that
- 13:24you come into, you'll just look at the
- 13:26last weight that you did and either try
- 13:28to match that or progressive overload,
- 13:30but never go under that. So, with these
- 13:31compound movements, I recommend a 6 to
- 13:3410 rep range and then if you're doing
- 13:36squat, bench, and deadlift, obviously
- 13:37you can do your one rep, three rep, five
- 13:40rep PRs. I definitely recommend that
- 13:42too. But for the other things and most
- 13:44of the time, I'd say 6 to 10 reps is
- 13:47going to help you build strength and
- 13:49muscle at the same time and allow you to
- 13:51progressive overload every couple weeks.
- 13:53For all the bodybuilding and accessory
- 13:55movements that you're doing like tricep
- 13:57push down, cable curls, or, you know,
- 13:59dumbbell curls, anything like that,
- 14:01recommend the 10 to 15 rep range so you
- 14:04can tear as much muscle fibers as
- 14:06possible. Every 2 weeks you should be
- 14:08trying to progressive overload and up
- 14:10the weight at least 5 lb on these
- 14:12compound movements. And then with the
- 14:14accessories as well, you should try to
- 14:15be upping the weight all the time, but
- 14:17don't be ego lifting. Make sure you're
- 14:19still contracting the muscle. You mainly
- 14:21want to be focusing on PRing in your
- 14:24compound movements. You don't need to
- 14:25worry about getting to curl the 60 lb
- 14:29dumbbells. It's not really going to
- 14:30build you bigger biceps necessarily. One
- 14:32thing I like to do personally is drop
- 14:34set on every last set of that specific
- 14:37exercise that I'm doing. So, let's say I
- 14:39just did four sets of tricep push down.
- 14:41On that fourth set, I'm going to drop
- 14:43set and go absolutely ham until failure
- 14:46again. And sometimes I'll even drop set
- 14:48twice and go to failure. Another
- 14:50specific thing that I like to do and
- 14:52I've found that works super well on this
- 14:54carnivore diet is I no longer have to
- 14:57carb load obviously, but what you can do
- 15:00to get that same feeling and just feel
- 15:02absolutely just loaded up in the gym is
- 15:05put either a bunch of salt in your water
- 15:07bottle before the gym or you could just
- 15:09take a tablespoon a tablespoon of salt
- 15:11before your workout and I promise you
- 15:13right now your veins are going to start
- 15:15jumping through your arms in the gym.
- 15:17You're going to feel more pumped up,
- 15:18more energy. I definitely recommend salt
- 15:21loading before the gym. It's absolutely
- 15:23fire. If you can't tell, this training
- 15:24style is no science-based style lifting
- 15:28specifically. I mean, obviously, yeah,
- 15:29you don't want to be doing random lifts
- 15:31and all that stuff, but it just becomes
- 15:33too stressful and you don't want to be
- 15:34in the gym thinking about all these
- 15:36percentages and doing math and
- 15:39calculations in your head. That's
- 15:40ridiculous. So, just train hard, hit
- 15:43PRs, and you're going to get jacked. So,
- 15:45now that we've gone over training and
- 15:47nutrition, pillar number four is going
- 15:49to be recovery. So, sleep is obviously a
- 15:52priority. A lot of people think, "Oh,
- 15:54the carnivore diet, you get so much
- 15:56energy, you recover good. You know,
- 15:58maybe I can neglect my sleep." No, that
- 16:00is not what you should do. You should be
- 16:02aiming to get obviously 7 to 8 hours of
- 16:04sleep still and your energy is going to
- 16:06be through the roof. Your recovery is
- 16:08going to be insane. And when you recover
- 16:10well, obviously you're going to build
- 16:12more muscle. And also your testosterone
- 16:15levels are going to shoot through the
- 16:16roof the more sleep you're getting. Next
- 16:18up is daily movement is mandatory, but
- 16:21not doing cardio for calories or always
- 16:23on the Stairmaster or hitting 10 or 15,
- 16:2620,000 steps in a day. You don't need to
- 16:29be worrying about any of that stuff.
- 16:31Obviously, you want to get outside,
- 16:33relieve your stress, get moving
- 16:34throughout the day. Don't be a little
- 16:35robot that sits on the computer or sits
- 16:38inside all day. No, you want to get
- 16:39outside, get some vitamin D. To be able
- 16:41to recover well, you got to make sure
- 16:43your electrolytes are consistent so
- 16:45you're not just having a ton of salt one
- 16:47day and then the next day you literally
- 16:50don't have any salt or you just salt one
- 16:52of your meals. You want to make sure
- 16:53you're having a similar amount of salt
- 16:55every day. And then a lot of people do
- 16:57like to take iodine on this diet. Right
- 17:00now, I don't have any, but ideally, I
- 17:03mean, I would take it if I had it.
- 17:04Lastly, make sure to manage your stress.
- 17:07Don't be getting involved in a bunch of
- 17:08crap in your life. Remember, you can
- 17:10only control what's in your control. So,
- 17:13whatever is in your control, go take
- 17:15action on those things and whatever's
- 17:16not, stop overstressing about it because
- 17:19it's going to lead to worse results
- 17:21within your body. You're probably going
- 17:22to be living a miserable life if you're
- 17:24not managing your stress. When your
- 17:25nutrition, your training, and your
- 17:27recovery are structured like this, you
- 17:30start seeing results very fast. And this
- 17:33is where most guys either stick to the
- 17:35course and the system that they're
- 17:36following or they just sabotage
- 17:38themselves by not having a system,
- 17:41switching things up all the time,
- 17:43finding the next little tip or hack on
- 17:45YouTube or Instagram, all these crazy
- 17:49recipes for carnivore like pizza and all
- 17:51that stuff. Dog, you're trying to get
- 17:54jacked and results in the gym, not have
- 17:56little sweet treat pizzas on carnivore
- 17:59in your mouth. Like, come on, man. Trust
- 18:01me, that carnivore pizza and stuff, it
- 18:03does sound good to me, too, and chugging
- 18:05a bunch of raw milk, but I want results
- 18:08more than I want a little quick pleasure
- 18:10in my mouth because I know it lasts like
- 18:125 seconds just like when I used to eat a
- 18:14bunch of sugar and stuff. So, therefore,
- 18:16I'm going to eat the way that I'm
- 18:17supposed to to get the results that I
- 18:19want to see and you should be doing the
- 18:21exact same. Stop doing all these little
- 18:23tips, hacks, little recipes, and all
- 18:26that crap. It's not going to get you to
- 18:27where you want to be. So, the signals
- 18:29that this system is working for you is
- 18:31your strength is going to start to shoot
- 18:33through the roof. You're going to be
- 18:34hitting PRs all the time. Your recovery
- 18:36between sessions are going to improve.
- 18:39Your appetite is going to stabilize and
- 18:41you're not going to be craving a bunch
- 18:43of things when you're not having all
- 18:44these little recipes and all this crap.
- 18:48Cravings are going to decrease and then
- 18:50just mental clarity overall is going to
- 18:52improve. You're not going to be anxious,
- 18:54stressed out. You'll just be getting
- 18:56results that you want to see and not
- 18:59worried about the next little step,
- 19:01trick, or hack because you're locked
- 19:02into your system. And when you're
- 19:04following this system, you want to
- 19:05obviously optimize it for you, but make
- 19:08sure to not adjust the system if your
- 19:11energy fluctuates early or your weight
- 19:13goes up or down unpredictably. You want
- 19:15to look at the scale as an average
- 19:18throughout, you know, a week or even two
- 19:20or three weeks. Appetite changes week to
- 19:22week. Make sure you're sticking to your
- 19:24meals whether you're stuffing yourself
- 19:26or, you know, you're not eating as much
- 19:28as you want to until you're insanely
- 19:31full like these carnivore doctors tell
- 19:33you to. I'd be fat if I did that. Okay?
- 19:36And lastly, don't adjust anything if
- 19:38your performance feels off short-term.
- 19:40Obviously, long-term, yes, you do want
- 19:42to adjust things, but short-term, not at
- 19:44all. So, after covering all that, here
- 19:47is the truth. Carnivore is not hard, but
- 19:52having structure can be a little bit
- 19:54difficult. Most men don't fail because
- 19:57they pick the wrong diet, but they fail
- 19:59because they don't follow a real system
- 20:01to keep them in check. Obviously, you
- 20:04see tons of these bodybuilders building
- 20:06all their physiques off carbs and
- 20:07everything. There's tons of different
- 20:09ways to go about bodybuilding and
- 20:12building muscle, but the carnivore is
- 20:14definitely literally the most slept on
- 20:16way and I can't believe it took me this
- 20:18long to find it. And you can get the
- 20:20results that you want to see, I think
- 20:22even faster than eating things like rice
- 20:26and potatoes and all these different
- 20:27types of carbs that, you know, the
- 20:30bodybuilders do, but in reality,
- 20:32carnivore is where it's at. This is a
- 20:34diet that humans are literally designed
- 20:36to eat. So, you need to understand that
- 20:38plateaus and average results come from
- 20:41living off of impulsive feelings and
- 20:43changing your nutrition and training
- 20:45structure all the time just based off
- 20:48the new method you can find or how you
- 20:50feel that day or whether your friend
- 20:53wants you to come hit chest day even
- 20:55though you just hit chest yesterday.
- 20:56Stop doing that. You need to stick to a
- 20:58system to get your results. Arnold
- 21:01didn't become seven-time Mr. Olympia by
- 21:04changing his structure every other week.
- 21:07He went strictly off of what his coach
- 21:09told him to do and no matter how he
- 21:11felt, he showed up and executed just
- 21:14like every other bodybuilder. Obviously,
- 21:16if you're not preparing for a show, it's
- 21:18not going to be anywhere near this
- 21:20intense. It's going to be very enjoyable
- 21:22process just getting leaner, building
- 21:24more muscle, and overall just feeling
- 21:26the best you've ever have. Like I said,
- 21:28there's plenty of different ways to go
- 21:29about this, but I have literally tried
- 21:32every single type of split that you
- 21:34could find on social media or wherever.
- 21:37I've tried all the diets, animal-based,
- 21:40um processed food diet. Like I've I've
- 21:42tried all of it, man. Low carb, high
- 21:45carb, medium carb. None of it works
- 21:47better than this carnivore diet. To
- 21:49overall just feel your best while doing
- 21:51the things you love like hitting the gym
- 21:53and building your physique. So, if
- 21:55you're already on carnivore and you want
- 21:57a system to run, this is what I follow
- 21:59in all of my clients that see amazing
- 22:02results. So, I recommend that you took
- 22:05some notes on this video and you're able
- 22:07to kind of apply this structure to your
- 22:09life so you can see the results that you
- 22:11want to see instead of free balling it
- 22:13and listening to 20 different people at
- 22:15once. I'd say listen to one person, try
- 22:18it out for a couple months, and that's
- 22:20how you're really going to get the
- 22:21results that you want to see. So, that
- 22:23being said, this is my brand new
- 22:25carnivore channel that I'm going to be
- 22:27posting on very consistently and giving
- 22:30you guys all the tips and tricks that
- 22:32you need to get jacked, build muscle.
- 22:34So, if you found this video helpful,
- 22:35make sure to drop a like, a sub, and
- 22:38stay tuned for the next videos coming
- 22:39out. They're going to be bangers. Other
- 22:41than that, peace out, guys. Yes, sir.
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