I work out in a chain gym like mot gym goers do. It seem every couple days I get approached by some 18-20 year old kid asking me how much I bench or what supplements do I use. When I tell them, Diet is number one and supplements fall in where you lack in diet, I get looked at like I am crazy.

It’s hard to explain to these kids that diet is everything. When it comes to working out and using supplements (or Steroids), without diet you’re leaving a lot on the table. I just want to take this time to vent. A diet isn’t going to Chipotle after a workout 3 days a week, it isn’t eating subway, it isn’t I can eat a whole pizza and I am still lean. A diet, it what you consume regularly. What you feed your body on the norm. One day of surplus calories won’t get you bigger just like one day restricting calories don’t make you lean . It takes a pattern.

I can tell you my meals, my calories, my schedule last week and next week. I have a pattern I know what I eat at what times. I know what I consume pre workout, post workout, for meal 1 -6. I know the reason I consume what I consume. Not that I don’t eat good food. I enjoy my foods. I like jasmine rice and turkey with onions and peppers. I like Steak/ Beef with red potatoes. I enjoy chicken, pineapple and sweet potatoes. I use seasoning, my sodium is measured for every meal.

Seriously, sorry for the venting. It’s frustrating to tell someone get your diet in check before you worry about supplements. Get your training in check before you waist money. Then they want to justify why they do eat enough to break 125lbs at 5’-10” and it’s because last Tuesday they ate 3 whoppers.

Guys, I promise you….. If you nail your diet you will grow, maintain leanness, and feel a ton better about your physique. Gear will only enhance what you feed yourself. If you feed yourself like a slob you will still be a slob. If you don’t eat enough you will stay little. It’s about balance. Learning what cycles with what type of diet you need is icing on the cake. Your gear can enhance what your diet is doing for you. When you want to gain your ability to grow and recover will increase as long as food is where it needs to be. With cutting, gear can help you keep those gains while in a deficit. It can help you get harder muscles. Gear without diet isn’t the answer.