By MACROS | Published on November 1, 2017
Adam Parr went from being an international rugby player to becoming a muscle model. Follow his elite nutrition plan to stay ahead of the game.
What are your vital stats?
Age: 30
Height: Six-foot-three
Weight: 250lb
Occupation: Personal trainer
What do you enjoy about food?
“Staying on top of my diet is everything, and training one hour per day is the fun bit for me. While I love lifting weights, staying on top of the nutrition is what takes discipline: you can’t out-train a bad diet. For me, it’s all about getting organized and making it part of my daily routine, setting 30 minutes aside each night to chill, put some music on and cook away.â€
How do you go about healthy eating?
“Whenever I start to diet I generally lower my carbs and increase my fats, so I eat a lot more healthy fat sources like avocado, nuts, salmon, olive oil, coconut oil and egg yolks. Many of my meals will be protein and fat-based, and then the carbs I do eat will be timed in and around my training. I’ve tried almost every nutrition approach across my years of competing and training and this is what works best for me.â€
What’s your top nutritional advice?
“Firstly, you need to sit down and actually plan what you’re going to eat and write it all down. Then, it’s all about finding little ways of making everything easier for yourself. For example, I always have breakfast as a smoothie because I am in a rush to start work for 6.30am; I don’t have the time to cook in the mornings, so that makes my life easier. Another tip I’d give is: if you know you need 150g of chicken in your meals, pre weigh the meat, bag it up and store it in the freezer so you can just get the bags out the day before to defrost.â€
What does your typical day look like?
I love lifting weights but I knows it take discipline to keep my nutrition on track. This is what my meals tend to look like in a day:
MEAL 1: 100g Quaker Oats, 1 scoop each of Grenade Hydra 6, Maca Powder and flax seed powder, mixed with water as a smoothie
MEAL 2: 200g chicken breast, 100g white Tilda rice, handful raisins
MEAL 3: 1 tin tuna, feta cheese, 1 avocado, spinach leaves
MEAL 4: 200g chicken breast, 100g white Tilda rice, handful raisins
MEAL 5: Steak or salmon with jacket potato, 150g green veggies
MEAL 6: 3 scoops Grenade Hydra 6 with rice cakes and peanut butter
What is your signature dish?
My go-to favorite meal is Muscle Pizza. Here’s the recipe:
You’ll Need
Wholemeal pitta bread halves
1 tbsp tomato puree
Mozzarella cheese, very thinly sliced
Toppings (to your preference):
1 chicken breast or 1 tin tuna
Peppers
Onions
Pineapple
Method
Step 1: Pre-cook toppings in the oven where required. For example, roast a chicken breast for 25 minutes, then remove it from the oven and shred it using two forks. Similarly, thinly slice and roast any peppers/onions for 20 minutes.
Step 2: Take a pitta bread and spread the tomato puree evenly over it and place the mozzarella slices evenly on the bread.
Step 3: Add the toppings and drizzle over a little olive oil/ rapeseed oil. Sprinkle with mixed herbs and black pepper.
Step 4: Place in the oven for 10-15 minutes to melt the cheese and make the pizza base crusty.
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