Episode #513 Keto Savage Founder Natural Bodybuilder Robert Sikes

<p><span class="yt-core-attributed-string--link-inherit-color">I WANT TO HELP EDUCATE AND MOTIVATE EVERY ATHLETE WHO ASPIRES TO BECOME THEIR GREATEST SELF. -ROBERT ORION SIKES</span></p> <p><span class="yt-core-attributed-string--link-inherit-color">Do you know about KETO SAVAGE founder Robert??</span></p> <p><span class="yt-core-attributed-string--link-inherit-color">What is his story? "Prior to finding keto, I had followed a traditional, "bro-dieting" approach to my nutrition. I would eat every 2 or 3 hours on the clock and I would count my calories and my macros to the gram. I followed this protocol for the first 5 years of my bodybuilding career. I experienced "success" in the sport in the sense of building muscle and being able to get incredibly lean for a competition but that success was short-lived and it was far from sustainable. I developed serious eating disorders and had a terrible relationship with food. Hormones would take a drastic nose dive with every prep I went through and mental clarity was all but lost. I was the poster boy example of a stereotypical bodybuilder…. Chicken and rice at every meal. Disordered eating. Zombie mode towards the latter half of my prep. Massive drops in strength and stamina. Zero sex drive. Unhealthy surges in body fat post-show followed by the negative cycle all over again. I was definitely not the ideal picture of health and I had no idea where to turn.</span></p> <p><span class="yt-core-attributed-string--link-inherit-color">How did Robert get into Keto?</span></p> <p><span class="yt-core-attributed-string--link-inherit-color">"In 2014 I started dabbling with "Carb-Backloading". A dieting approach in which you remove all carbs during the day and only consume meats and veggies. At night, you are supposed to consume a large bolus of high glycemic carbohydrates to intentionally spike insulin and provide fuel for the following day's workout. This was all fine and dandy but I noticed that I would experience some GI distress on the days following the massive carb ups. I de