The Bill Pearl Classic - Part II | Craigproductions, Home of the Emerald Cup and Washington Ironman

The Bill Pearl Classic - Part II

05.12.2010 15:14:40

America, I promised you last night that I’d cover my conversation with Todd Scott down and back. Unfortunately I’m old! That means that my memory, which once was sharp as a tack is now as dull as Oprah is round. Sorry…couldn’t resist…N-E-Whoo…I jotted down and will continue to jot down what we talked about, and as I remember, I’ll relay it to you. So let’s get started with what we convoed on. In no particular order…

We covered the high-fat vs. low fat diets. Todd asked me if I was a fan of the high-fat diet.

“Nope,” I replied. “I don’t care what you say, fat makes you fat. If you take too much of it in either during the day or at one time it’ll store as bodyfat. It’s that simple.”

“So you’re not in agreement with Dave Palumbo’s plan?”

“No. Are you?”

“No. I know of many competitors who follow it though. Some swear by it but most don’t get the results they’re looking for. They usually go into shows smooth holding that layer of bodyfat saying its water.”

“Don’t you just hate that? Competitors who are fat one week out tellin’ everyone “I just gotta drop this water and I’ll dial in…what a bunch of [crap]. Do you know why they’re not making progress?”

“Why?”

“Easy. There’s three somatotypes in the body – Ectomorph, Mesomorph, and Endomorph. Ecto’s are naturally thin. That’s me. I’m a true ectomorph. Let me stop lifting weights and I drop weight and muscle like crazy. Meso’s are naturally muscular – they’re the athletic type and build muscle easily. You’re more of a natural mesoporph. Endomorphs are naturally round and gain fat easily. Endomorphs are carb-sensitive and can gain fat from eating carbs just by smelling ‘em. So it only makes sense that an endo would do well on a high-fat diet as long as the calories are sufficiently reduced. But that diet-down plan wouldn’t work for me as I need carbs to hold onto my muscle. With you as a meso, it might work for you but then again, it might not…everybody’s different.”

“Yea, I know. [so-and-so] is on it and he got decent results but didn’t look as sharp as he should have. Another gal looked really smooth. I think Palumbo puts everyone on pretty much the same plan and adjusts just a bit to make it seem like it’s a customized plan.”

“Lots of online trainers do that, dude. I find it hard to believe that people pay big dollars for some guy or girl who lives in Florida or So. California dial them in and they’ve never seen em outside of a picture. Sometimes they don’t even get that – just some numbers, your credit card, and BAMM…there’s your “customized” workout. What a joke and scam. To me, the way it works is that if you get enough gullible people buying your plan, you’ll hit a few who dial in perfectly. Those are the ones you market to everyone else to make it seem like you’re the world’s greatest trainer.”

“I know! I like to have that person standing in front of me so I can pinch him or her and see how they look in the mirror. A one-dimensional picture can’t show me that to where I can give them my best input. I think it’s just a cookie-cutter type of mealplan.”

“I agree. So with that said, are you a red meat person or not?” This was another topic, America.

“Red meat doesn’t work for me. Again, as an Ecto I respond best to chicken, turkey, egg whites, and white fish. I eat red meat and it has a tendency to sit on me and within two or three days I’m all bloated and feel sluggish. How does it work for you?”

“I’m pretty much like you but I can eat it without the ill effects. I know that Dre and Turk are big red meat people…”

“Yea…Turk pretty much puts all of his people on red meat. He’s big on that…”

“I usually put the naturally muscular or people who have a tendency to gain bodyfat easier on red meat. It seems to work better for them.”

“Yup. That’s the Meso’s and Endo’s. I think that Turk just naturally attracts those types of competitors so he has good success with his people on red meat.”

“I’ll play it by ear myself…might start someone off on chicken and if they don’t seem to be making progress, switch em to red meat and see what that does. Sometimes you just gotta play with this stuff. That’s why I’m not a big fan of the one-diet-for anyone-or-everyone mentality.”

“Dude, I knew there was a reason I liked you! We think alike. I’m so tired of competitors saying that this plan or that plan is the “best” plan. You’ve gotta be smart enough to recognize when something isn’t working and knowledgeable enough to know how to correct it. You know what I can’t stand? The student who learns from you and suddenly wants to become the teacher. He or she only has one or two contests under their belt. What makes them think they’re now the expert? I still screw up every now and then and I’ve got over 30 years in this game.”

“I know. And the sad thing is, they only know one way to dial someone down – what they did. So now we have the blind leading the blind…so what’s your favorite protein foods?” Another topic…

“Well, my “big five” are fish, chicken, tuna, turkey, and egg whites – all white meats/foods. Whey and Hi-Protein blends are right under that, with red meats following. I place those two under the white foods because one can’t live off of protein shakes and we already talked about red meats.”

“Yea…I hear you. I have so many people who ask why they just can’t get their protein from shakes all day. I tell em that even though shakes give you the caloric and nutritional value, you don’t get the energy burn during digestion because of the partial pre-digestion of the shakes.”

“Yup…if people really understood the science of nutrition they’d realize that there’s nothing magical out there. You just gotta find out what works best for you and then do it. Why do these guys make it more difficult than that?”

“I know. So I’m assuming that you don’t work well with vegans…?” Moving on to another topic although slightly related…

“They’re the hardest to meal plan because they don’t or won’t eat meat for whatever reason, whether it be religious, personal, or whatever. They think they can get their protein in from combining starchy carb.”

“That’s so stupid! Don’t they even have a clue about the number of carbs they’ll be taking in if they tried to get their protein from combining say, beans and rice or beans and corn?”

“I know. Yea you can get 40 gms of protein a meal by creating the complete profile combining beans and rice, but you’ll also be taking in 150-200 gms or more of carbs. How do you ever expect to diet down with that amount of carbs? So what’s your favorite carb foods?” Another topic…

“Well obviously I’m an oatmeal person, and I love one or two slices of Dave’s Killer Bread. I just created a great recipe for yams, but I’m usually a rice and potato person. What about you?”

“I’m a brown rice person after oatmeal each morning. I love that stuff. But I know so many people who don’t like it for whatever reason – it’s too tough or crunchy, has a weird taste…they just don’t know how to make it. I take a little chicken bullion cube and put in the water with the rice as it starts to cook. I use a rice cooker so the bullion blends right in and absorbs into the rice. Man, it tastes so good…”

“I hate brown rice…”

“Like I said, lots of people just don’t know how to make it…”

“It’s not that…I just don’t like the taste. Besides, the difference between brown rice and white rice on the glycemic index is only 10 points. And who eats just plain rice by itself. So as far as I’m concerned, you’re okay in eating white rice if you combine it with protein, veggies or a little dietary fat…slows down the rate of absorption and lowers the glycemic index. You just have to know how much to eat for your physique.”

“True, true...but most people don’t know that.”

America, that’s it for tonight…I’ll continue tomorrow. Now I gotta say this. There’s no way I could remember word for word who said what, but I can promise you that everything I’ve written was said at one time or another. Remember, we were on the road for over 8.5 hours going down and right at 6 hours coming back up. We talked about so much stuff I can’t even remember it all. To be perfectly honest with you, this is just a snippet of what we talked about. I’ll catch ya’ll on the pm tomorrow…I’m out – peace! Oh…and don’t forget to hit me up for a friend on Facebook. The link is below. Holla at’cha boi…