Vince Gironda, one of my biggest influences in the bodybuilding game, swore by guidelines similar to those laid out by the Anabolic Diet. In his book, Unleashing the Wild Physique, Vince stated that he believes great results in bodybuilding are 85% from nutrition and diet.
Vince, in describing a “muscle building” diet he called the “Hormone Precursor Diet,” wrote a recipe for a shake to be drank throughout the day. The shake is as follows, copied from Splendid Specimens: The History of Nutrition in Bodybuilding:
Vince’s special protein drink made of 12 oz half and half, 12 raw eggs, 1/3 cup milk-and-egg protein powder, 1 banana. (Make one to three mixtures of this formula and drink throughout the day, between meals, and before retiring)
My plan, right now, is to make one of these shakes and sip on it throughout the day rather than having many small shakes intermittently all day long. The milk-and-egg protein powder will be replaced with one scoop of Biotest’s Metabolic Drive protein powder, and I will be omitting the banana. I will also grind some frozen broccoli into themix for some greens.
This seems like a convenient way to get the nutrition I need and have
it all throughout the day. I’ll report back on how well it works, of
course.
