Comments on: Red Meat + Bacon + Eggs + Cheese = Lean, Muscular, & Healthy

By: james

james — Tue, 22 Oct 2013 16:34:57 +0000

But i overeat on the carb calories with tons of fruit and still stay lean and ripped if not lose fat weight.

By: Muhammad

Muhammad — Tue, 22 Oct 2013 16:32:00 +0000

Hey Josh!
Firstly, great progress, keep up the good work. Very inspirational.

I’m curious what you do for HIIT cardio.

I’ve only tried sprinting using the tabata protocol (20 seconds max effort, 10 seconds rest, repeat). While it gets kinda hard to breathe after ten sets, as well as running speed goes down dramatically, I can still walk haha.

Curious to know how you train, I’d like to give it a go

Peace

By: Mark McManus

Mark McManus — Tue, 22 Oct 2013 12:00:22 +0000

@abhishek. It shouldn’t be a problem for you eating within the daily carb total, even for a vegetarian. There are some sources of protein in this article
https://musclehack.com/how-to-build-muscle-on-a-vegetarian-diet/

By: abhishek

abhishek — Tue, 22 Oct 2013 11:17:11 +0000

hey marl,
I bought tspa last November
I haven’t started the program yet 🙁
the problem is I am not able to find any protein in my vegetarian diet without including carbs
so what I am saying….what if my carb intake went twice or little less than twice ..then?
could I make my peace with it?

By: Mark McManus

Mark McManus — Tue, 22 Oct 2013 09:14:37 +0000

@James. No. Eating mostly fruit and vegetables (80%) can’t amount to a lot of calories, hence the weight loss. Plus 10% protein isn’t anywhere near enough for me or anyone trying to build muscle. In addition, 10% cals coming from fat comes to about 27g on a 2500cal diet for example; that would have a negative impact on testosterone levels. I like my fat and protein 😀

By: james

james — Tue, 22 Oct 2013 00:17:20 +0000

Hey Mark, have you ever looked into the 80/10/10 diet?
Its vegan whole fruit and vegetable based. I have upwards of
600+ carbs a day and continuously stay lean. I even got a little leaner
upon starting it.

By: Taj

Taj — Mon, 21 Oct 2013 19:20:12 +0000

You can obviously see this guys weight loss. In his before pic his shirt was untucked- and his belly was still out and leaking — in the after – his shirt is way tucked in – with a backpack on to pull the shirt back – and no gut hanging. This was for sure more than 55lbs of fat loss. I would estimate at least 70 – 85 lbs of fat lost.

By: Tony

Tony — Mon, 21 Oct 2013 18:07:15 +0000

Completely agree. When I went on TSPA at 240 lbs, people were like you are crazy having bacon n eggs every day for breakfast, big hunks of meat for dinner. I’m down to 205 and eating all the stuff I love

By: Josh Clymer

Josh Clymer — Mon, 21 Oct 2013 16:47:25 +0000

Hey All, I am the guy in the article.. Mark developed a great program that works, all you need to do is follow it. In my opinion, he makes it very simple to follow, it is just a matter of making a few easy calculations to determine how many carbs, protein and fat you eat daily. While I followed the program, I generally eat between 60-80 grams of carbs per day, as well as one “carb-up” day per week. As for cardio, one comment Mark made a long time ago that stuck with me, “if you do HIIT cardio correctly, you should barely be able to walk after the work-out.” I followed this theory, and if you push it hard enough, in 10-15 minutes you can barely walk. As stated in the article, for a portion of the current year, I need to have alot of endurance to walk up mountains and I am running miles upon miles each day. From my expereince, 10-15 minutes of HIIT cardio 3 times per weeks is MUCH, MUCH more effective for fat-loss, than running 3-5 miles per day at a steady pace. I am currently building my endurance for hunting, and I find running on a treadmill for 45 minutes to have little effect, other than endurance. The one story I find funny, I went to the doctor and got my physical after I had been eating tons of red meat and eggs. The doctor got my results and said “whatever you are doing, keep doing it.” I said “GREAT, all I eat is red meat, eggs, bacon, etc and I love my diet” The doctor immediatly told me I needed to change my diet, lol….

By: Mark McManus

Mark McManus — Mon, 21 Oct 2013 16:25:28 +0000

@Michael. Because TSPA operates within the context of a calorie deficit (most of the time). MANS doesn’t. So we can have more carbs. There’s no need to eat as low as 30g carbs a day when cutting.

By: Mark McManus

Mark McManus — Mon, 21 Oct 2013 16:24:06 +0000

@Angel. Have you ever tried low-carb, or have you only tried low fat?

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 21 Oct 2013 15:55:39 +0000

Hi mark I was just wondering the reason why you’re able to eat more grams of carbs on TSPA than on mans? I’ve been eating about 80 grams of carbs a day is all and that’s for bulking like on the MANS diet. I was just interested in what the advantages are to eating 30 grams a day for bulking rather than eating the amount I am now? I also carb cycle on Friday evening/Saturday by the way. Thanks I advance 🙂

By: Mark McManus

Mark McManus — Mon, 21 Oct 2013 15:05:49 +0000

In reply to Justin. @Justin. That wouldn't pose any problem at all, bud. Do that and forget the optional cardio in the book. All the best.

By: angel

angel — Mon, 21 Oct 2013 14:35:26 +0000

im 29, not 20

By: angel

angel — Mon, 21 Oct 2013 14:31:45 +0000

Hi! I was trying to send you an email but couldn’t find one in your website so I’ll just leave a comment. I am a very skinny woman (20 yrs, 5.6 1/2 ft and 115 lbs). I have a little baby belly that I’m trying to lose. Every time I lose weight in my belly, first I lose weight every where else. I look too skinny but still have a little belly. I know I can get rid of that little belly in a week if I eat less and keep lifting weights. However, I don’t want to lose fat everywhere else in my body. Since losing some weight I look older (less fat in the face) and waay too skinny. I am lifting weights to failure and eat lots of protein. I haven’t seen much muscle growth since I started lifting 5 months ago but have seen some definition. Do you have any suggestions as to how I can gain muscle and lose belly fat but not lose fat everywhere else?

From my research, the only option is doing a belly liposuction. That way, the fat cells located in my belly won’t be there anymore and consequently my fat will go to other places that I’d like them to go. Do you have any better suggestions?

Thanks,

Angel

By: Justin

Justin — Mon, 21 Oct 2013 14:09:20 +0000

Hey Mark. Another great post. I am super keen to give TSPA a go but I love to run. Nothing crazy. Maybe an interval treadmill run once a week as well as a 5-6 km road run another day too. Would this pose a problem for my success on your program. Thanks. Justin. NZ (home of the mighty All Blacks).

By: Tam

Tam — Mon, 21 Oct 2013 14:03:21 +0000

Brilliant Big guy… Tspa/mans/glad all excellent dependant on what your goals are… Eating food like full fat cheese/bacon etc as opposed to low fat high carb crap is gr8! Cheers again Mark…