Ben

Right, I'm 5'10 and 73kg.

I'm just beginning training MMA style, I don't want to become a fighter, I may participate in some fights, but I'm mainly looking for the diet and training to keep in great shape, I just want to know if there's any sort of online diets or anything that is an MMA fighters type diet? I want to stay around this weight I'm guessing, I go to the gym a lot, I just need to eat better.

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skinnypete05r

Chicken, any green veg, eggs, beans, some nuts, fruit theres loads mate.

Try searching some sites on google, sure something will come up.

wukkadb

Read this and keep it bookmarked. Focus on eating 5-6 meals a day with a nice balance of protein, healthy fats, veggies, and healthy carbs.

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Ben

Thanks, that's really helpful.

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Couchwarrior

Do you have any personal experience of that diet? It seems pretty extreme.

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wukkadb

Well it's not really a "diet," it's just a list of a bunch of healthy proteins, healthy fats, healthy carbs, etc. that you should be eating in your diet. It's more of a reference point than anything.

Which part seemed extreme to you?

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Couchwarrior

The lack of carbs. Actually I clicked at a link at the bottom of the page to the "Anabolic Diet 101" article where it said you should go 5 days a week without carbs (actually 12 days in a row when you start the diet). I know about Atkins and all, but I've just imagined that's for people who don't exercise but still want to be slim... It just seems I would be too exhausted to train effectively without my carbs.

The other thing that surprised me was that they recommended lots of saturated fat. I know you need fat to burn fat, but I've always imagined that you should focus on unsaturated fats as much as possible.

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"I don't think you can underestimate the amount of motivation that Quinton Jackson will have coming back here and fighting in Japan." - Joe Rogan