There seems to be this concept in the bodybuilding community that the most important aspect to making muscular gains is diet. Yet my experience as a college student seems to show just the opposite. I see fellow students who are also athletes eat like shit (either not "enough" or total crap. i.e. McDonalds) and still make steady, progressive gains in the gym. Some of this seems to be validated even more in some of the threads dealing specifically with the 5x5 program (where JS mentions rarely using that workout for athletes at the top of their weight class b/c of potential weight gain).
So here is what I propose: so far, after one month working out with the originally posted 5x5 (with the addition of 3 sets of ancillary tricep work monday and friday and 3 sets of ancillary bicep work on wednesday) I have managed to go from 165 lbs to 180 lbs, without paying any attention to diet, except for one 50-gram protein shake per day (post-workout on the days I work out). Of course, many people will attribute these gains to the fact that I am starting at such a light weight to begin with, which may be the case. If that is the case, the road to 190 and 200 should be MUCH slower, even impossible, if the "diet is most important" crowd is correct. I am going to continue this plan (good workout, not giving a damn about nutrition) and see how far it will take me.
If anyone is interested in my progress, please respond to this thread. If there are only a few people interested in this "experiment," then I wont bother to update with my progress and I will continue lurking and absorbing information.
Nevr2Big
So here is what I propose: so far, after one month working out with the originally posted 5x5 (with the addition of 3 sets of ancillary tricep work monday and friday and 3 sets of ancillary bicep work on wednesday) I have managed to go from 165 lbs to 180 lbs, without paying any attention to diet, except for one 50-gram protein shake per day (post-workout on the days I work out). Of course, many people will attribute these gains to the fact that I am starting at such a light weight to begin with, which may be the case. If that is the case, the road to 190 and 200 should be MUCH slower, even impossible, if the "diet is most important" crowd is correct. I am going to continue this plan (good workout, not giving a damn about nutrition) and see how far it will take me.
If anyone is interested in my progress, please respond to this thread. If there are only a few people interested in this "experiment," then I wont bother to update with my progress and I will continue lurking and absorbing information.
Nevr2Big
