Get Jacked With These Wrestler Diets
Ever wondered what professional wrestlers eat daily to make them look like superheroes? The short answer is lots and lots of lean protein, good fats, vegetables, and a smaller portion of unrefined carbohydrates with little of anything else. In addition to eating the right foods, eating enough food is another important dietary goal for most wrestlers. Here is what your favorite professional wrestlers eat daily to become strong enough to throw other grown men around like rag dolls.
Randy Orton
If you want to look like Randy Orton, you will need to avoid junk food and take in around two hundred and fifty grams of high-quality protein each day. His go-to protein sources are egg whites, fish, chicken, cottage cheese, sushi, and protein powder. His choices of carbohydrates are brown rice, potatoes, pancakes and oatmeal, but he avoids eating these late at night. When he needs the occasional sweet treat, he goes for ice cream.
Cesaro
The Swiss Superman does not deprive himself, but instead he focuses his diet on foods he loves and considers a treat. He said, “By treating yourself, I mean a good meal, and that could mean steak and potatoes, which to me is a treat. I know people who have cheat days, and that works for them. But for me, I don’t really like sweets, and haven’t eaten them in so long that I don't even have the craving anymore."
Triple H
While in training, Triple H maintains his physique with a ketogenic diet, or a diet with very few carbohydrates. He told Muscle and Fitness Magazinehis diet is pretty clean and includes high protein meals such as steak, chicken, egg whites, turkey, and fish. For carbohydrates, he leans towards potatoes, rice, vegetables and a small amount of pasta. He eats every two to three hours and supplements with protein bars and shakes, creatine and fish oil.
Steve Austin
Stone Cold Steve Austin stays on track by measuring his food. He told Men’s Fitness Magazine his calories are dialed into approximately thirty-six hundred per day. Of that, three hundred and twenty-five come from protein, three hundred are from carbohydrates and one hundred and twenty-five are from fat. The professional wrestler is normally known for chugging beer but he admits to avoiding alcohol when in training or trying to bulk up.
Chris Jericho
Chris Jericho’s diet has changed quite a bit over the years. Although he never knew how important diet was in his twenties, Jericho has switched out his love for rice, Chinese food, beer and soda for more of a Paleo-based dietthat limits sugar and refined carbohydrates. His current diet includes lots of “caveman” type foods such as chicken, sweet potatoes, fish, protein shakes, and his favorite food, steak.
Vince McMahon
Chairman and CEO of WWE, Vince McMahon is no longer a professional wrestler but still proudly maintains five percent body fat. He is a firm believer in cheat days in the middle of his high protein diet. He said, “I look at eating as fuel. I’m not that conscious of the protein I eat, but I know it’s a lot. I think cheat meals are very important, so I do it about once a week. When you cheat, go for it. It’s important from a psychological standpoint.”
Bautista
Former bodybuilder and mixed martial artist, Dave Bautista knows a thing or two about eating right to show off a great wrestling body. He eats a low-fat diet with lots of protein and does not restrict carbohydrates like many other wrestlers, but makes sure his carbs are from good sources. His favorite foods include egg whites, oatmeal, fish, grilled chicken, brown rice, tuna, pork, peas, green salads, whey protein, baked potatoes, cottage cheese, green beans and lots of water.
John Cena
According to John Cena, “if it breathes or it is green, you eat it” to keep up the massive physique of a professional wrestler. A typical meal plan for Cena includes seven meals of the following foods: oatmeal with applesauce and raisins and eggs, protein bars, chicken breast, brown rice, vegetables, tuna on whole wheat pita bread, whey protein shakes with bananas, pasta with chicken or fish and vegetables, and low-fat cottage cheese with casein protein.
The Rock
Dwayne Johnson, otherwise known as The Rock, eats up to ten pounds of food per day to keep his Hercules-like stature. His daily calories come in around over five thousand and he typically eats seven meals per day; one every two to three hours. He fills up on cod, steak, whole eggs, oatmeal, sweet potatoes, chicken, white rice, greens, and vegetables such as mushrooms, onions, and peppers. His pre and post-workout snacks include lots of Gatorade, amino acids, and protein shakes with glutamine.
Ryback
According to Ryback’s trainer, Al Snow, Ryback puts as much effort into eating as he does in the ring. Of Ryback, Snow said, “The guy is incredible. He breaks a sweat eating.” Some of Ryback’s favorite dishes include whole wheat pasta with steak and pasta sauce and low fiber oatmeal with natural peanut butter. Every two or three hours, he fills up on grilled chicken, tuna, steak, eggs, brown rice, sweet potatoes or whey protein shakes.