Hey everyone,
The last couple of years @Matt Cashell and I have tackled the MTNTOUGH programs, both post-season and pre-season models. In the last few months they have released a few other programs including their 30-30 Program built for workouts with no gym needed and Spring/Fall training camps to fill in the spring and fall hunt season gaps. With those additions it makes their program 365. The obvious addition they saw to the grinding workouts was a nutrition plan to match so they created Eat MTNTOUGH.
As a disclaimer, the Eat program was comped to me but only because we're reviewing the workout programs and the Eat is included in their All Access package. Absolutely no strings attached for the Eat program, I'm starting this thread because I really believe if someone is struggling with where to start for nutrition this source will be tough to beat.
So, curious of what they had going on I opened up the module for the Eat program and watched through the videos. They BY FAR take the most practical and simplistic approach on nutrition over some other programs that I've seen. I don't want to rant, but a lot of videos and podcasts you hear on nutrition these days are all about some crazy "diet" where you only eat meat, or you completely cut the carbs out. While I agree that those diets can and do work for some people... for the average person they are pretty extreme and in my opinion not very sustainable. Then when you fall off of those diets and don't have a good nutrition base to fall back on, you fall all the way off.
Now, I'm not really a health nut (I'm a fan of the oreo, sour patch kids and the occasional zebra cake) and I'm certainly not licensed but I've done this dance a couple of times with nutrition programs trying to figuring out the best way for me to do it and sustain it. The best thing I've found is to keep it simple, balanced and eat normal things. That's why I loved the layout of this program so much. It's extremely simple and you aren't eating a bunch of crazy named vegetables that you need a Whole Foods to find.
Starting the 17th of February (when trade show season wraps) I'm going to start the program for 30 days with no cheat days/meals and see how I feel while also doing the post season program. I'd like to shed a little excess fluff, probably from said oreo, off as well but I'm mainly focused on how I feel with the numbers/ratios that I figured out on the videos. When I looked at the proposed menu for a week, it was all things that we already eat but I think I just eat too much of it. So I think portion control will be the biggest thing for me to dial in. Anyways, this will be the update thread and I'll leave some links below to check it out further. The nutrition portion is $100 for lifetime access and if you bundle with the 30-30 program you can save $40, so that gives you a pretty awesome combo to get started.
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The last couple of years @Matt Cashell and I have tackled the MTNTOUGH programs, both post-season and pre-season models. In the last few months they have released a few other programs including their 30-30 Program built for workouts with no gym needed and Spring/Fall training camps to fill in the spring and fall hunt season gaps. With those additions it makes their program 365. The obvious addition they saw to the grinding workouts was a nutrition plan to match so they created Eat MTNTOUGH.
As a disclaimer, the Eat program was comped to me but only because we're reviewing the workout programs and the Eat is included in their All Access package. Absolutely no strings attached for the Eat program, I'm starting this thread because I really believe if someone is struggling with where to start for nutrition this source will be tough to beat.
So, curious of what they had going on I opened up the module for the Eat program and watched through the videos. They BY FAR take the most practical and simplistic approach on nutrition over some other programs that I've seen. I don't want to rant, but a lot of videos and podcasts you hear on nutrition these days are all about some crazy "diet" where you only eat meat, or you completely cut the carbs out. While I agree that those diets can and do work for some people... for the average person they are pretty extreme and in my opinion not very sustainable. Then when you fall off of those diets and don't have a good nutrition base to fall back on, you fall all the way off.
Now, I'm not really a health nut (I'm a fan of the oreo, sour patch kids and the occasional zebra cake) and I'm certainly not licensed but I've done this dance a couple of times with nutrition programs trying to figuring out the best way for me to do it and sustain it. The best thing I've found is to keep it simple, balanced and eat normal things. That's why I loved the layout of this program so much. It's extremely simple and you aren't eating a bunch of crazy named vegetables that you need a Whole Foods to find.
Starting the 17th of February (when trade show season wraps) I'm going to start the program for 30 days with no cheat days/meals and see how I feel while also doing the post season program. I'd like to shed a little excess fluff, probably from said oreo, off as well but I'm mainly focused on how I feel with the numbers/ratios that I figured out on the videos. When I looked at the proposed menu for a week, it was all things that we already eat but I think I just eat too much of it. So I think portion control will be the biggest thing for me to dial in. Anyways, this will be the update thread and I'll leave some links below to check it out further. The nutrition portion is $100 for lifetime access and if you bundle with the 30-30 program you can save $40, so that gives you a pretty awesome combo to get started.
MTNTOUGH Backcountry Nutrition Program
60 minutes of video content designed to teach you how to build & follow a custom nutrition plan for your specific body type, and your individual goals.
