youtuber Will Tennyson has adopted the fitness routines of some of the world’s fittest people, from a grueling qualifier at the CrossFit Open yet altitude training session to a day in the life of Ironman triathlete Nick Bare. For his latest challenge, Tennyson spends the day following the training schedule and diet plan of “the most shredded man on Earth,” Helmut Strebl, known for maintaining 4 percent body fat year-round.
“This guy eats five to seven meals a day, and you’ll be surprised by the amount of food and especially the amount of carbohydrates,” he says at the beginning of the day, while preparing a breakfast of six egg whites and one whole egg, three bagels and a whole chicken. “I was quite surprised to see three bagels,” says Tennyson. “Just looking at the guy, I feel a bit gluten intolerant.”
This is followed by a meal replacement shake made with 50 grams of protein and 80 grams of carbohydrates. This is another choice that surprises Will. “When you’re that skinny, you literally feel hungry all the time, you feel like shit,” he says. “There’s no way I can drink this and feel satisfied.”
The pre-workout meal is a staple, turkey and rice, which Tennyson sees as epitomizing “food for fuel, not fun.” Once he’s fueled enough, he hits the gym and tries Strebl’s high-volume back, shoulder, calf, and abs workout, which consists of the following:
- Wide-Grip Lat Pulldowns
- close grip pull-ups
- dumbbell rows
- Seated Dumbbell Military Press
- Seated Dumbbell Lateral Raises
- standing upright rows
- seated calf raise
- standing calf raises
- seated machine crunches
- legs raised
“I’m literally doing half the weight I normally do,” says Tennyson. “[Strebl] he’s not really worried about the weight, it’s about form and contraction and really slowing it down to build that muscle… The fact that he can train at a high level while being skinny is pretty crazy.”
The fourth meal of the day is raw tuna and rice, meal number five is chicken shawarma and rice with hot sauce, while the sixth and final meal is even more egg whites with four slices of toast. “You probably need carbohydrates to get over your nightmares,” Tennyson says.
“While it’s great that this guy is so skinny, it doesn’t mean he’s healthy,” he concludes. “I won’t downplay what you’re doing, it’s amazing, but don’t make that your standard, just try to be healthy… Feel good, perform well in the gym and just be happy.”
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