Et lite innlegg til fra Dave Draper til alle unge kroppsbyggere: "Q: I’m a young guy — 21 — and trying real hard to gain weight. My thoughts were 6000 clean kcals, split 55% carbs, 25% protein, 20%fats. Is that about right? A:We’re a crazy bunch we are. I’d raise the protein considerably. I never counted anything when your age and training to get big… just pushed forward day by day. Only thing I counted was the weight on the end of the bar." Litt rask regning viser at Dave her mener at 375g protein pr dag er for lite. Vi vet jo lite om personen som vil øke i vekt her, så å si noe om mengden protein blir vanskelig. Uansett er jeg veldig enig med Dave her. Spis mye mat, spis ren mat og en stor del av det burde være proteinrik mat! En diett vil uansett hjelpe deg med overflødig fett senere. Det som er viktig når man spiser mye er selvfølgelig å trene og bevege seg tilstrekkelig.

Jeg abonnerer på forskjellige nyhetsbrev og leser sjeldent alle like nøye. Det blir for det meste til at jeg skummer gjennom dem for å se om det er noe interessant. Fra tid til annen er det noe som fanger blikket mitt. I går var det nyhetsbrevet fra den tidligere kroppsbyggeren Dave Draper som fikk min fulle oppmerksomhet. Han skriver om ting vi kroppsbyggere og fitnessutøvere ofte glemmer, nemlig den positive treningen vi kan få gjennom dagligdagse aktiviteter og nødvendige "onder". Les selv et lite utdrag her: "Draper here... The Essential Nothingness of Weight Training Good thing there are seven days during which I can write this crisp,savvy and to-the-point newsletter. Not every 24-hour period isinspirational to reflect upon the delights and satisfaction ofthrusting about heavy metal for no apparent purpose.I'm drawn to looking out a narrow window aside my desk that views asteep wooded hillside. Two men are hard at work chipping fallenbranches and reducing stout limbs to firewood, worthy tasks renderingvaluable fuel for the winter. They make me weary. Chain saw buzzing, chipper grinding, arms full,backs loaded, up and down, back and forth. I'm humbled. Muscles functioning, calories burning, hearts pumping, worksaccomplished. I'm envious. Laree gathered the pile of debris (the size of a turnip truck) duringthe early autumn from a 50-yard radius. Assiduously, painstakingly,she dragged -- lifted, hoisted, heaved, pushed, pulled and tossed --the woody detritus, not as labor, but as muscle- and balance-buildingexercise. "Weightlifting primarily works the body in a limited plane of motion.Balance and mobility suffer. We need to accommodate our bodies'complete structural strength and health by exercising in multipleplanes of motion," she says, "and smartly performed physical labor cando the trick." She also mixes Bomber Blend with Greek yogurt andorganic peanut butter for breakfast. I agreed totally, noting years ago I found furniture building withheavy wooden beams a most natural and beneficial addition tomusclebuilding with heavy iron weights. I continued to offer the deargirl encouragement and masterful advice. Alas, she rejected my advanced training scheme, which included two very productive shoulder and arm movements, scrubbing and polishing... my truck. " Hele nyhetsbrevet kan du laste ned her: http://davedraper.com/pdfs/irononline476.pdf Når jeg tenker på hvor "vondt" det gjør å bare skru fsat noe i taket for hånd, ser jeg raskt behovet for flere og mer regelmessige slike aktiviteter. Nå skal jeg i løpet av få dager sette i gang med oppbygging av et gutterom i kjelleren og dermed kommer de alternative aktivitetene på løpende bånd....