DK Metcalf proves if you have great genetics diet and nutrition matter a lot less

[transplantbillsfan]

Ummmm... what???

 

Dude... he's only eating one meal a day.

[Richard Noggin]

14 minutes ago, transplantbillsfan said:

Ummmm... what???

 

Dude... he's only eating one meal a day.

 

That's a diet for a normal person trying to stay/get lean (minus the candy lunch). An elite speed athlete who burns SO many calories in a day wouldn't be able to maintain so much mass like Metcalf does without untold daily supplements and substances. I believe MANY young guys in the league have terrible diets, especially the guys with the hummingbird metabolisms, but they don't get or stay so ridiculously yoked while also being in NFL WR condition. At least, not without lots of unreported additions to the published diet (not all necessarily prohibited, but seriously, come on).

[BuffaloBill]

11 hours ago, JerseyBills said:

I can tell the booze has an effect already. Not major but I mainly drink wine but still notice it. It started a bit after covid. Like late 2020 .  Only drank on weekends prior now it's pretty regular honestly,  lot of calories . Sucks getting old, I miss my 20s

 

How old are you ? Man I need to stop drinking as much , I don't get wasted but it's just way too consistent 

 

I’m 58 - now hit the gym six days a week. Generally, I am lucky because I have always had a good metabolism. I just can’t do the “junk food” stuff anymore. It’s like anything, moderation, is the key.  The issue is that “moderation” now means a much lower level or much less frequently.  

[MarkyMannn]

Sub out the gummies and Lifesavers for Snickers and I could do this diet 😃

[colin]

12 hours ago, stuvian said:

Dude is a total baller. Terrell Owens 2.0

 

what an apt comparison.

 

perhaps a counterpoint (but perhaps not) i remember the hard knocks dallas cowboys a while back, TO was one of the few cowboy players in the one scene who didn't have to drop some weight to hit goal.  guys asked him how it was possible, and he said "because i don't need to eat everything i see".  he went to a fast food joint, and had a card that told him what he could eat within his calorie ranges and such, and he ordered off of it, and drove off.  it was less food that i would eat (way way less at the time) but that's why he never had to cut in camp to hit playing weight

 

I think DK eats garbage, but basically self regulates enough to not eat so much of it it makes him fat.  in terms of nutrients, he prolly gets enough vitamins and such and healthy food during the season at the team facilities that he's fine.

 

also, i think he over plays how easy going and not detail oriented he is.  pete caroll wouldn't sign him to a huge contract if he just didn't give an f or do what he's told.

 

pretty amazing guy tho, really happy we drafted cody ford instead of him.  :<

[Shortchaz]

The only genetic component is one’s ability to passively detect how many calories they have consumed, regardless of calorie source, and be satiated. The rest is predictable. 

[Beck Water]

23 hours ago, Big Turk said:

This is crazy...most athletes talk about how they take care of their body by putting high quality food into it daily...

 

DK Metcalf doesn't care about that.

 

His normal meal routine:

 

Workout in the AM,

Get a Starbucks coffee around noon,

Mix 2 big bags of candy like Lifesavers creations and Skittles gummies together and eat that around 4pm,

Eat his one meal around 9pm and then go to bed.

 

He has almost no body fat and is ripped and huge.

 

Basically shows that if you have great genetics nothing else really matters, you can do whatever you want.

 

For the rest of us humans, if we tried that we would likely be 300 lbs.

 

https://www.si.com/.amp/extra-mustard/2023/07/22/seahawks-dk-metcalf-eats-just-one-meal-a-day-in-bizarre-candy-centric-diet

 

It sounds as though he might be doing some sort of intermittent fasting eating plan (depending on what's in the Starbucks coffee - black vs sugary mess).  Something like 16:8 (16 hrs of no eating, 8 hrs of eating). 

 

Doesn't sound like a diet designed to produce muscle growth

[Beck Water]

18 hours ago, Goin Breakdown said:

Who goes to bed at nine? Loser

 

Be a big surprise to me if DK Metcalf actually did - unless there were a couple of ladies in that bed.  I have the impression NFL WR tend to be "players" in both senses of the word.

[\GoBillsInDallas/]

 

[TheBrownBear]

I basically eat like that and have a six pack at age 44 (obviously not yolked out like the roids athletes though). But I am very active. It's mostly calories in vs. calories out.  If you keep those equal, you'll stay in shape. And when you gain a pound or two, just put yourself on a deficit for a few days and it will come off.  And I say this as a guy who has been 35-40 pounds overweight at one point and has obese parents and morbidly obese siblings.

[TheyCallMeAndy]

If you’re curious to see what he would be like if he did eat/train correctly, see T.O.

 

Statistically he’s always been a high level #2.

[BringBackFlutie]

I wanna know what that last meal is. 

[Brand J]

On 7/23/2023 at 7:28 AM, Mr. WEO said:

 

 

Dr. Jimmy the Greek has entered the chat...

I didn’t get the reference so I looked him up after all the laughing emojis. What I said in no way equates to what he said about slavery. It is true that diabetes affects the Black population more than other races. The sugar caught up to me and other family members too.

[Mr. WEO]

2 hours ago, JayBaller10 said:

I didn’t get the reference so I looked him up after all the laughing emojis. What I said in no way equates to what he said about slavery. It is true that diabetes affects the Black population more than other races. The sugar caught up to me and other family members too.

 

 

The Greek was talking about black athletes.

 

Eating candy isn't going to make Metcalf a diabetic.

[Brand J]

2 hours ago, Mr. WEO said:

 

 

The Greek was talking about black athletes.

 

Eating candy isn't going to make Metcalf a diabetic.

Got it, so anyone who talks about black athletes is then termed, by you, Dr Jimmy the Greek. Makes little sense. And a diet high in sugar can absolutely lead to type 2 diabetes later in life. 

[BananaB]

One meal a day, some candy and probably a pretty ***** intense workout. Doesn’t seem unreasonable for him to stay in shape that way. 

[BringBackFlutie]

36 minutes ago, BananaB said:

One meal a day, some candy and probably a pretty ***** intense workout. Doesn’t seem unreasonable for him to stay in shape that way. 

 

He's probably at like, maybe 2500 calories. His maintenance is well into the 3000s. And if he's working out fasted twice a day, he needs to restore all that glycogen with the sugar. Honestly the candy likely doesn't supply him all the carbs he really needs.

Edited July 25, 2023 by BringBackFlutie

[BullBuchanan]

I don't care if the dude's on gear. You still gotta bust your ass, which he clearly does. There's only a small handful of players I'd rather have than him.

[Richard Noggin]

14 hours ago, colin said:

 

what an apt comparison.

 

perhaps a counterpoint (but perhaps not) i remember the hard knocks dallas cowboys a while back, TO was one of the few cowboy players in the one scene who didn't have to drop some weight to hit goal.  guys asked him how it was possible, and he said "because i don't need to eat everything i see".  he went to a fast food joint, and had a card that told him what he could eat within his calorie ranges and such, and he ordered off of it, and drove off.  it was less food that i would eat (way way less at the time) but that's why he never had to cut in camp to hit playing weight

 

I think DK eats garbage, but basically self regulates enough to not eat so much of it it makes him fat.  in terms of nutrients, he prolly gets enough vitamins and such and healthy food during the season at the team facilities that he's fine.

 

also, i think he over plays how easy going and not detail oriented he is.  pete caroll wouldn't sign him to a huge contract if he just didn't give an f or do what he's told.

 

pretty amazing guy tho, really happy we drafted cody ford instead of him.  :<

 

Nothing in this post explains how Metcalf intakes enough calories overall and proteins more specifically to sustain his extraordinary mass. The diet DOES make SOME sense for keeping his body fat under effing 5% or whatever insanity it must be, given his cardio output and that he's not relying on pre-shoot/show dehydration to look shredded. But no way does this abbreviated, amateur diet allow for enough calories going IN without some other kinds of supplementation (going off the vague diet parameters and the very specific physical traits of this particular athlete).

 

He's too monstrous (while being so active) to be on a natural, restricted calorie diet/regimen, is my own amateur couch analysis.

[colin]

8 hours ago, Richard Noggin said:

 

Nothing in this post explains how Metcalf intakes enough calories overall and proteins more specifically to sustain his extraordinary mass. The diet DOES make SOME sense for keeping his body fat under effing 5% or whatever insanity it must be, given his cardio output and that he's not relying on pre-shoot/show dehydration to look shredded. But no way does this abbreviated, amateur diet allow for enough calories going IN without some other kinds of supplementation (going off the vague diet parameters and the very specific physical traits of this particular athlete).

 

He's too monstrous (while being so active) to be on a natural, restricted calorie diet/regimen, is my own amateur couch analysis.

 

 

well, i said he is over playing how effortless it all is for him.  he trains like a psycho and that's been known about him since he was in highschool ( think his dad or uncle or someone was an NFL pro).  

 

my bet is he's just a person w a small appetite, and as such he can get away w eating all the junk he wants because he just doesn't want that much junk.  with supplements and healthy food at the training center and so on, he'll get enough nutrients to keep him going.

 

i remember brock lasner was ufc champ having learned 3 submissions and how to close a fist, but he had literally no idea how to actually fight but his power and talent was enough to get him to the top.  then, he lost half his guts after getting diverticulitis (crazily, he defended his belt once after that, which is just insane).  talking to rogan or someone after the fact, he explained you have to eat your vegetables, it can't just be meat and potatoes -- i can see a similar end for Dk and other players who eat like trash.  over time they will accumulate health issues from a horrible diet and high physical output, but if it doesnt' impact their actual nfl performance that much no one really cares.

 

and of course with respect to your point about DK not being natural (brock wasn't either, he popped at least twice) -- my basic assumption is anyone who makes real money off of their body's performance or appearance is doing just about anything they can to maximize that.  IMO the people who are not using/never used any kind of PED or whatever else can enhance performance are few and far between.