If diet is as important as we think, then how do prisoners get so big?

[snintel]

You know those big prison inmates who spend all their time lifting weights... well, I was wondering, those guys don't have supplements/drugs/advanced diets.... they get 3 crappy meals which may include major food groups but come on... its basic stuff and not quality. So how do these guys get so big and buff?

 

[LordBrian]

they have plenty of time to get in excersize

 

[Kwirk]

They don't burn as many calories as we do, since they sit in cells all day instead of going out and doing stuff? I don't know...

 

[Nocturnal]

Because three meals is a day if you eat enough at each meal, although spreading it out will give you better results, which is why the 5 meal per day idea is advocated.

I'm not sure on this but I heard that at one point Arnold was so busy training, traveling, and meeting with people that he only ate one or two massive meals a day, one of them right after his workout. It's not as easy for your body, but it can work.

 

[MindOverMatter]

actually, they get protein powders the same way they get titty mags etc. there's always a guy that can get you sh!t on the inside.

also man, most inmates are pretty big when they go into prison to begin with.

 

[Francisco d'Anconia]

Plus there's an incentive to get big and strong. If a guy doesn't pump iron somebody is going to pump him!

 

[MindOverMatter]

Originally posted by Francisco d'Anconia
Plus there's an incentive to get big and strong. If a guy doesn't pump iron somebody is going to pump him!

LOL

 

[Fatality]

Originally posted by snintel
You know those big prison inmates who spend all their time lifting weights... well, I was wondering, those guys don't have supplements/drugs/advanced diets.... they get 3 crappy meals which may include major food groups but come on... its basic stuff and not quality. So how do these guys get so big and buff?

they don't

you've seen too many movies

 

[MrFitness880]

I think fatality makes a good point. to be honest i was wondering IF inmates really do get that big. I cant say with any confidence either way. If they do then its becuase they are working outside the system to get food, but more than likely to get drugs

 

[Nightwing]

You also gotta consider the fact that a lot of those institutional meals are also high in fat, starch, and calories. I worked at a mental hospital for a number of years and it's the same thing, you'll see guys come in weighing 150lbs and 6 months later they'll be 180 or 190.

 

[Climax]

i was told...

Originally posted by Nightwing
You also gotta consider the fact that a lot of those institutional meals are also high in fat, starch, and calories. I worked at a mental hospital for a number of years and it's the same thing, you'll see guys come in weighing 150lbs and 6 months later they'll be 180 or 190.

yeah... the food that they get has all the vitamins etc that they need for their body... most prisons isn’t like they show in the movies where they get a small piece of bread to eat as a meal, they get meals that have stuff put in them in order to give the prisoners all the nutrients that their body needs to keep healthy and strong.

 

[bullmoose]

Sleep is just as important as diet in bulking. They have a mandatory 8 hours per night.

A buddy of mine who looks like a German experiment says, "Eat big, sleep big, lift big."

Of course, he also says, "Die young, die strong, DiAnabol."

 

[NewMan]

Diet is NOT that important - contrary to popular belief.

Supplements, protein powder etc. etc. etc..... who sells these things? hmmm companies. Advertised in magazines, promoted by bodybuilders.

Sounds like a great money making billion dollar industry to me.

 

[MindOverMatter]

Diet is NOT that important - contrary to popular belief.

LOL. I'd like to see what kind of gains you've made with this philosophy.

 

[note.the.smoke]

hahaha

Think of your work out as a ferrari

and you as the driver...

put cheap leaded fuel into it n it wont work

5 star on the other hand will make it run sweet...

eat lots of quality high protein n high carb food.

 

[Francisco d'Anconia]

Re: i was told...

Originally posted by ~ªêQµïTª$~
yeah... the food that they get has all the vitamins etc that they need for their body... most prisons isn’t like they show in the movies where they get a small piece of bread to eat as a meal, they get meals that have stuff put in them in order to give the prisoners all the nutrients that their body needs to keep healthy and strong.

This in part is why it costs tens of thousands of dollars per year to house inmates. It's hard to believe that they are actually given better care than the homeless.

Just something to think about.

 

[al77]

Originally posted by snintel
You know those big prison inmates who spend all their time lifting weights... well, I was wondering, those guys don't have supplements/drugs/advanced diets.... they get 3 crappy meals which may include major food groups but come on... its basic stuff and not quality. So how do these guys get so big and buff?

It is a matter of perception that they want us to believe: in movies inmates should be big, a clerk should wear glasses, a secretary should be a sexy blonde...
I fyou watch some olde movies fro 20s-60s, you won't find any big inmates... just tall maybe and probably strong. Now, in the era of Arni, inmates should be not only strong, but also big.
This is what mass media feed us.

Anyway, certainly if they are big it is not due to their "advanced" diet if we are talking about most of them.