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[quote]doubleh wrote:
I’ve read the forums on this site for a couple years now, seen several threads he’s posted extensively in (the Speakman thread comes to mind), and concluded that ZeusNathan is fast becoming the biggest douchebag to ever litter the internet with his idiocy.

150 lb. personal trainer? Check.
150 lb. personal trainer giving advice on how to get big? Check.
150 lb. personal trainer knowing nothing about nutrition? Check.
150 lb. personal trainer bragging about his lifts? Check.
150 lb. personal trainer claiming personal training is far more extensive and complicated than 3 professional occupations requiring degrees? Check.

I’d call him a troll, but for the life of me it appears he thinks he’s got it figured out. Unreal.
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I like to always give him the benefit of the doubt, but when you put it that way… damn, the evidence sure doesn’t swing in his favor.

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I bet you get tons of chicks.

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I also enjoy the part where the 150lb trainer(with no abs at 150)
who deadlifts (what did he say) 415lbs? Is on T-Nation looking for a “quick fix” because he doesn’t have time to educate himself with all of the fucking priceless information on this website.

Asking questions from a perspective of someone who is TRYING to educate himself, putting forth an honest effort is worth people’s time. This douche bag is a waste of time trying to help.

However, I shall waste some time.

Here is a quick fix: HARD WORK.

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[quote]Scott M wrote:
I prep all my meals for the next day(two if I’ll be really busy) in 30 minutes tops. Get a george foreman grill and char up some leanish animal flesh, steam some vegetables, cook some rice or potatoes and portion out some supplements.

Put 3-4 tupperware containers with your meat vegetables and complex carbs if you want them in a cooler. If it was up to me it would be protein+veggies+optional healthy fat source but do as you wish.

Put 2-3 shaker bottles with the dry ingredients for protein shakes in the cooler. Put some ice/freeze packs in there or store it in a fridge. Every 2.5-3 hours pull one of the items out and either eat it cold or microwave it(don’t microwave the protein shakes lol).

Do cardio for 30-40 minutes on off days from weights, do 20 minutes after sessions except for intensive leg days. Low intensity, watch some TV or listen to an mp3 player.

After a month of this evaluate your fat loss, if it’s good keep everything the same. If it’s not subtract a little food or up the cardio a bit. Repeat till you are lean. It’s not complicated so don’t make it. Pick a diet philosophy whether it’s Palumbo’s Keto diet, Berardi’s more balanced PN style diets, Carb cycling, whatever and let it run it’s course with tweaks to meet your needs along the way.

That is it. [/quote]

Kudos to this guy for ignoring the obvious douchebaggery and providing a well thought out and effective answer in spite of it all.

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[quote]Scott M wrote:
I prep all my meals for the next day(two if I’ll be really busy) in 30 minutes tops. Get a george foreman grill and char up some leanish animal flesh, steam some vegetables, cook some rice or potatoes and portion out some supplements.

Put 3-4 tupperware containers with your meat vegetables and complex carbs if you want them in a cooler. If it was up to me it would be protein+veggies+optional healthy fat source but do as you wish.

Put 2-3 shaker bottles with the dry ingredients for protein shakes in the cooler. Put some ice/freeze packs in there or store it in a fridge. Every 2.5-3 hours pull one of the items out and either eat it cold or microwave it(don’t microwave the protein shakes lol).

Do cardio for 30-40 minutes on off days from weights, do 20 minutes after sessions except for intensive leg days. Low intensity, watch some TV or listen to an mp3 player.

After a month of this evaluate your fat loss, if it’s good keep everything the same. If it’s not subtract a little food or up the cardio a bit. Repeat till you are lean. It’s not complicated so don’t make it.

Pick a diet philosophy whether it’s Palumbo’s Keto diet, Berardi’s more balanced PN style diets, Carb cycling, whatever and let it run it’s course with tweaks to meet your needs along the way.

That is it. [/quote]

thanks scott

I was thinking about purchasing some chicken breasts in bulk for the whole week and marinating it until its ready to be cooked. i realized the other day that i rarely eat for taste, but try to stuff my face with any kind of lean meats and greens.

It always goes down easier when you know its good for ya. however, i must also learn portion control, and i think eating often with keep my appetite in check.

and to the haters… doesn’t matter whether u believe the numbers i put up. whats sad is all u can do is bitch and moan rather then open up and learn, or even open up about your own flaws.

whats really sad is the ignorance some of you portray. do i really wanna be 210lbs @ 5’6? and did some of you guys really crack on me because of my height? as if i can control it lol.

I dont get satisfaction from boasting about mediocre numbers. i basically presented them to show that my strength is where i want it to be and now im ready for the aesthetic portion. get swole, i took three years of accounting and finance and now im pursuing a degree in biology.

I’ve trained countless accountants thanks to working at a club in the upper east side of manhattan. they told me, straight up, all that is done in the office they work at, can be done by regular people if they only do a little extra work. the work done in the class room is very similar to taking a tax course at H&R block.

And where do you folks get this stereotype that trainers have to be 6’0 220lbs and geared with an astute knowledge in every aspect of health and fitness? trainers aren’t doctors, physiologists, nor nutritionists.

I personally don’t know any trainers, in the 4 years that ive been doing this, that has this vast array of knowledge. the authors on this website are an example of the aforementioned forte, but they established themselves over the years. many, many years.

you dont walk into a business knowing everything. you watch, you learn, experiment and hone your skills, just like any trade. im still a baby in the game, and hell yea im still learning. why shove it in my face.
and really, what does my social life have anything to do with my diet? talk about toxic people… maybe some of you’s should read some Chris Shugart articles.

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Hey Zeus,

Didnt notice your thread over here. Scott pretty much provided all the information that you’ll need regardless of your goals. The only thing I can suggest is to take your meal prep to the extreme and invest in a food vaccum sealer.

Check out my $100 a month for food thread over in the T-Cell Alpha and read Prof X’s advice on it. As soon as I get one, I plan on buying massive amounts of meat, cooking enough to last me for a week or two, and sealing it up in my freezer so I can take a large chunck of the meal prep plan out of the equation.

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[quote]ZeusNathan wrote:
Scott M wrote:
I prep all my meals for the next day(two if I’ll be really busy) in 30 minutes tops. Get a george foreman grill and char up some leanish animal flesh, steam some vegetables, cook some rice or potatoes and portion out some supplements.

Put 3-4 tupperware containers with your meat vegetables and complex carbs if you want them in a cooler. If it was up to me it would be protein+veggies+optional healthy fat source but do as you wish.

Put 2-3 shaker bottles with the dry ingredients for protein shakes in the cooler. Put some ice/freeze packs in there or store it in a fridge. Every 2.5-3 hours pull one of the items out and either eat it cold or microwave it(don’t microwave the protein shakes lol).

Do cardio for 30-40 minutes on off days from weights, do 20 minutes after sessions except for intensive leg days. Low intensity, watch some TV or listen to an mp3 player.

After a month of this evaluate your fat loss, if it’s good keep everything the same. If it’s not subtract a little food or up the cardio a bit. Repeat till you are lean. It’s not complicated so don’t make it.

Pick a diet philosophy whether it’s Palumbo’s Keto diet, Berardi’s more balanced PN style diets, Carb cycling, whatever and let it run it’s course with tweaks to meet your needs along the way.

That is it.

thanks scott

I was thinking about purchasing some chicken breasts in bulk for the whole week and marinating it until its ready to be cooked. i realized the other day that i rarely eat for taste, but try to stuff my face with any kind of lean meats and greens.

It always goes down easier when you know its good for ya. however, i must also learn portion control, and i think eating often with keep my appetite in check.

and to the haters… doesn’t matter whether u believe the numbers i put up. whats sad is all u can do is bitch and moan rather then open up and learn, or even open up about your own flaws.

whats really sad is the ignorance some of you portray. do i really wanna be 210lbs @ 5’6? and did some of you guys really crack on me because of my height? as if i can control it lol.

I dont get satisfaction from boasting about mediocre numbers. i basically presented them to show that my strength is where i want it to be and now im ready for the aesthetic portion. get swole, i took three years of accounting and finance and now im pursuing a degree in biology.

I’ve trained countless accountants thanks to working at a club in the upper east side of manhattan. they told me, straight up, all that is done in the office they work at, can be done by regular people if they only do a little extra work. the work done in the class room is very similar to taking a tax course at H&R block.

And where do you folks get this stereotype that trainers have to be 6’0 220lbs and geared with an astute knowledge in every aspect of health and fitness? trainers aren’t doctors, physiologists, nor nutritionists.

I personally don’t know any trainers, in the 4 years that ive been doing this, that has this vast array of knowledge. the authors on this website are an example of the aforementioned forte, but they established themselves over the years. many, many years.

you dont walk into a business knowing everything. you watch, you learn, experiment and hone your skills, just like any trade. im still a baby in the game, and hell yea im still learning.

Why shove it in my face.
and really, what does my social life have anything to do with my diet? talk about toxic people… maybe some of you’s should read some Chris Shugart articles.
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Which club do you work at?

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I’m amazed that you joined T-Nation almost 3 years ago yet still know so little about nutrition. Maybe post less and read more.

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[quote]ZeusNathan wrote:

I’ve trained countless accountants thanks to working at a club in the upper east side of manhattan. they told me, straight up, all that is done in the office they work at, can be done by regular people if they only do a little extra work. the work done in the class room is very similar to taking a tax course at H&R block.

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Hmm interesting, I’m an accountant and a financial adviser (degrees in accounting and corporate finance and a minor in economics) and I’d say that would be a helluva lot harder then personal training…how might I make this assumption? Oh snap I ran a personal training and nutritional consultation services firm for 3 years. Accounting is much harder then any moron that needs H&R Block would be able to do. Yes basic personal taxes are easy to do. Try doing taxes/books/acquisitions/mergers for multi-billion dollar companies and then go ahead and tell me how easy it is (all while staying legal). Yes personal training and doing it properly is definitely beyond most people but truly there is no comparison between the two fields as to which one is harder.

That being said, personal trainers should be in shape. Why would I want to go and get my information from someone that obviously doesn’t know enough to keep themselves looking good? Answer is, I wouldn’t. So you should have good enough nutritional knowledge as a personal trainer even though it’s not required just to help maintain yourself and increase your business.

Acting like a jack ass on here when people may have tried to help doesn’t do you much good.

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[quote]bushidobadboy wrote:
I told you frikken AGES ago that eating spam was a bad idea. You laughed it off.

You are not very good at taking advice.

However, credit where it’s due, you are a strong little guy. I saw your vid. You are stronger than me, but I look way better.

Perhaps you should have listened to my dietary advice before.

Never mind. Just follow what ScottM said and you should make some good progress.

Bushy[/quote]

Shouldn’t you be in jail?

That didn’t come out right.

So you’re out?