Herschel Walker Workout/Diet

[PickMe69]

So I've been watching "Storied" on ESPN about Herschel Walker and here's an article I found online about his workout program and diet:
The Herschel Walker Diet, Workout, Push-ups Routine. The Guide to Eat, Train and Think like Herschel Walker. - Herschel Walker - Zimbio
I'm sure genetics played a role, but his parents weren't particularly impressive looking and the guy was a fat, slow, and weak, an outcast in his class, and considered to be slow before he decided to turn things around. After a year he was one of the best running backs in Georgia, and by the end of his High School career he was the best in the nation. By the end of college he was still the best in the nation... on that diet and that routine?

What do you guys think?

Whether you agree with the workout and diet or not, his story is definitely inspirational.

 

[stevesmi]

The guy knows his stuff.. I played football with his nephew, the dude was humble and very smart when it came to this shit.

here is an excerpt and its so true:

//So we know what the Herschel Walker Diet is now, but what does he eat? He says he doesn’t ever eat red meat. He says most nights he has a little fresh poultry with a salad and little soup. That could be anywhere from 400 to 1,200 calories depending on dressing used, and whether or not the soup is cream or broth based. But if you are only eating one meal it doesn’t matter. You are going to be shredded eating this much (or should I say little) as long as you are doing some resistance training. And the Herschel Walker Workout regimen has resistance training so it makes sense why he looks the way he does. But before I get into the workout I wanted to mention the macro nutrients in his diet. You can tell he gets plenty of vegetables and a little protein. Plus the soup and salad add a lot of volume with very little calories making him feel full but without consuming a ton of calories.
The Herschel Walker Diet proves you don’t need hundreds of grams of protein to have a lot of muscle mass like body builders and meat heads will tell you. 40 to 80 grams per day is more than enough to support your muscles. I have said before and science has proven: If you lift weights/partake in regular resistance training you will grow/keep your muscle mass. The only thing that determines whether you grow or keep muscle is how hard you train. If you progressively lift more (weight or reps) and challenge your body you will grow more muscle and increase strength. If you just do the same thing for weight lifting every day all year you will only keep the muscle you have. It’s that simple. Really.//

 

[moya]

^ i like that...

 

[stevesmi]

what Hershel is saying is you can eat 1000 grams of protein in a day, it isn't gonna put on an ounce of muscle unless you don't resistance train your ass off.

the guy who eats 80g of protein, veggies and macro-nutrients and works his tail off in the gym will grow muscle no doubt about it. the guy who eats 500 grams of protein and workouts once a week isn't gonna grow anything except a belly.

now if you are a skinny carrot you should be bulking and working out together, but for most of us what hershell says is correct

 

[PickMe69]

I just find it to be a really interesting concept. It seems like it turns the "It's 70% diet, 30% workout" theory on its head. Also, the very volume of training he was doing and still seeing results makes it seem like overtraining is a pretty damn difficult thing to do.

And what about our love for squats and deads? I'm one of them, I believed fully that squats and deads lead to the most muscle mass, but his only leg workouts were different ways of running and the guy is pretty huge and athletic.

 

[stevesmi]

^^^ actually I don't think it does. his diet is very specific and rock solid. not like he is saying eat mcdonalds and fruity pebbles..

I would say someone who has a rock solid diet AND works his ass off will succeed more than someone who does 1 of those or does neither. thats what I got from that, very motivational stuff. Herschel is a beast.. not only does he eat well, workout well.. but he also has sensational genetics. its the triple whammy.

there is another former NFL athlete named Daryl Gardener who played DT.. he was a freak and he is now bodybuilding and is a monster. I love seeing gifted athletes take advantage of their genetics, nothing pisses me off more than someone who is gifted physically who wastes their talent.