(tense music)
- A lot of people talked about Alex's eight-pack for Tarzan,
so today I'm gonna show you how he got it.
So this is a pretty extreme diet
that we did for a short time.
It's not for everyone.
So keep that in mind.
When building a superhero,
there's really three cycles.
It's the build up to bulking phase.
It's the cutting cycle,
when you want to get shredded,
and then it's the maintenance, while filming.
The diet was very strict.
So this diet was based around a lot of seafood.
Alex was allowed to have carbs twice a day.
We were going for slow carbs,
brown rice, quinoa, barley, farro, and cold potatoes mostly.
With his meals, he was also consuming good fats,
like avocado
and unsalted nuts.
So the reason for eating an unsalted nut
or less salt in general when cutting
is that salt binds water,
and you're trying to get rid of that water retention.
While cutting, we stayed away from sugar and fast carbs.
Bread,
pasta,
mashed potato,
sodas,
and juice, and most fruit in general.
We also tried to be dairy-free
and gluten free as much as possible.
And this is a loaded question.
You know, some people feel much better
when they're gluten and dairy free,
and some people can't tell the difference.
But let me tell you, I'm getting you in tip top shape,
and I got x amount of weeks,
I'm not gonna risk anything.
So Alex was around 200 pounds,
and he would consume about 135 grams of protein everyday,
70 grams
of fats,
and 200 grams of carbs
while cutting.
And I would adjust that depending on his activity.
Alex's day would start with getting out of bed
and doing a shot of ginger, cayenne, and lemon.
Then do cardio for 30 minutes,
either high intensity interval training
or something more restorative like swimming.
And then have breakfast.
So his breakfast would consist of four eggs,
with some spinach and some vegetables on the side.
Three hours after breakfast, Alex would have a snack.
Typical snack would be some shrimp
or
like this mahi-mahi.
Three hours after the snack, Alex would have his lunch.
A normal lunch would be a ton of vegetables,
a slow carb like the sweet potato here,
and some salmon.
For me and my clients, it's really important
that you can enjoy your food.
What's the point of eating broccoli and chicken breast
and white rice seven days a week?
You can actually have good food that tastes great.
Three hours after lunch, Alex would have another snack.
Could be anything from sashimi to lobster.
You know, I mean the guy can afford it, so.
After the second snack, Alex would do an evening workout.
45 to 60 minutes of lifting heavy weights in the gym,
and then straight after, dinner.
And the dinner looks the same as the lunch.
Same proportions, slow carbs,
and some seafood as a protein source and a ton of veggies.
I constantly monitored him
every week,
I was measuring his fats, watching the scale,
and his overall energy in the gym.
So it's really important when you do something like this,
that you're
eating enough energy
that you can actually keep putting in the work
and do what you're supposed to be doing.