The crucial facets of bodybuilding include training and diet rituals, and fitness enthusiasts are often after the right principles to ace that ripped physique. However, as social media diet fads have increasingly become popular, it has mainly led to chaos about the right diet one should pursue. However, Dylan McKenna is here to help his followers with the wisdom he gained from his bodybuilding journey.

If eating six meals daily to maintain the abs is a difficult task for you, then McKenna proposes to give up such a lifestyle. He instead proposes meal sustainability for long-term results.

Dylan McKenna endorses four tasty meals instead of five boring ones

Bodybuilding gains are hard to achieve, and there is always a better physique to envy, in the arena. As many in the sport would agree, consuming as many as 5 to 6 protein-based meals daily is not appealing to the palate. So, McKenna’s clients often approach him to understand the importance of the number of meals. However, the IFBB Pro is not the one who would declare, “If you don’t eat six meals every single day, you are never gonna make any progress in the gym.”

Instead, he proposes meal sustainability to build better muscle and strength. McKenna suggested his followers quit a protocol that would be difficult to follow in the long run. “You don’t need to do that many meals every single day,” he stressed. Instead of six boring meals, he offers a substitute plan of eating four tasty meals for better results. After all, consistency is the key to muscle gain.

McKenna also revealed that six meals a day is generally for athletes competing in bodybuilding contests, and fitness enthusiasts who want to maintain decent muscle mass can refrain from such stringent regimens. The IFBB Pro is accurate in his suggestions, as many Mr. Olympia-winning champions have confessed to extreme diet regimes to build a champion physique.

From Jay Cutler to Chris Bumstead: The tale of stringent diets 

Jay Cutler is known for his high-calorie diet during his bodybuilding prime. If not for his nutrient intake, it would have been impossible for him to beat King Ronnie Coleman. The 4x Mr. Olympia survived on 140 eggs and four pounds of meat daily to meet his 350-400 grams of protein. His 3000-4000 calorie dense diet confined carbs at 1000 grams, with his number of meals as high as six or seven. 

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The recent Classic Physique phenomenon Chris Bumstead was put on a six meals-a-day regime before the 2023 Mr. Olympia by his coach, Hany Rambod. For each meal, CBum consumed 180 grams of protein.

The muscle gains vary for each individual despite a similar workout and diet plan. However, to maximize gains, sustainability is the key as McKenna just pointed out in his recent post. 

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