Question for NOTDAVE!!!

Anyone else is free to add their input of course, but this is aimed mainly at NotDave.  Anyone who's seen NotDave's pics knows he's had great success and is built like a Powerhouse.... so when he speaks, I listen!   Dave, you've mentioned your eating habits many times and I always wondered about something. Water!  You say that you load up on water before you eat. What does this do? We were taught from the beginning to refrain from water 30 minutes before and 1 hour after eating. I hate this because I really want a drink more often than that because I eat about every 3 or 4 hours also... and if I follow the rules it doesn't leave much time for fluids. What do you say about this???

Well, I'm not Dave, but I may be able to shed some light on this subject. This you speak of is referred to as 'water-loading'. It aids in helping us to not eat quite as much, and keeps us feeling full; longer.  Hope this helps. Ron

And when do you water load?  A few minutes before you eat?  How much water?

Hehe...Ronnie's NotDave and I'm NotDave... Who is Dave?

Thanks for the compliments!

I think there's some flexibility as to when you drink the water pre-food (not after food, you have to wait then). Some people get it 15 minutes before, which is basically right before eating. You can really drink right before, no problem, from what I've heard. "Not much time for fluids" is exactly why so many people are drinking water right before they eat (plus it helps you feel fuller faster).

Best Wishes,

Dave

 errr  I just want to know who that is in NotDave's lower pic (the guy with the curly hair)  is he a singer or some celeb?   He looks familiar .. 

Hi Paul,

Haven't the faintest, but he's probably related to the other guy in the pic above with the Southern Baptist haircut.

The one in my signature is a teen's book that can be bought from Amazon. The kid looks like he could use a steroid or two and maybe a little overtraining lol

Dave

Hey Triple Beast,

If I do look like a "powerhouse", I have to confess that's it's mostly because I'm able to do a lot of exercise without injuring myself. I do a ton of anaerobic activity. Not only weights, but sprints and HIIT. There have been people who have gotten injured doing what I do, so in retrospect to my previous recommendations, I hope everyone will be careful when doing HIIT, fast moving court or field sports or whatever.

I exercised 1-2 times a week for 10 years at an average body weight of 270 lbs (5'9), and am natually a contortionist, so nowexercising 3-4 hours a day at 165 lbs doesn't even register as exercise sometimes.

True, most people could probably exercise a little more or a little more intensely, but hope everyone will choose an exercise program appropriate to their own individual body type and exercise background.

Best Wishes,

Dave

Thanks Notdave! I wish I were as unphased by overtraining as you are. Boy, do I really wish that... but I have always been one prone to overtraining and really paying the price for it.