Mark Webster, New York City based, office dwelling family man, had enough of the gym and his boring old routine. Living day to day with the same old, boring gym workout schedule was getting to him.
It was time to shake things up. And having read about The Rock's megalomaniac dietary schedule, he made up his mind and set to work to train and eat just like The Rock for 30 days.
"Here is a guy who has a packed schedule and works intensely hard" Mark writes on his blog. Without losing steam or motivation, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson wakes up at 4 in the morning every morning and gets his ass to the gym. And that takes serious dedication and a seemingly unsurpassable amount of self-discipline. And that's exactly what Mark Webster was after. Not becoming massive, not bulking for the sake of growing into a 6 foot 5, 260 lb man, but to test out whether he had the "will and discipline to spend a month walking in the shoes" of the world famous wrestler and entertainment icon.
As of today, he's 22 long days in. And luckily, we'll be able to follow him along the entire journey thanks to his fascinating blog and even his Fitbit profile. Here are some more insights of his incredible challenge to give you an idea of what it takes to train and eat like The Rock for a mere 30 days (hint: it involves a whole lotta cod).
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Why would anyone do this?
Mark Webster's main goals are not to gain fifty pounds of lean muscle, but to test his own level of discipline. Rock'ing for 30 days is about will power, not lean muscle mass. Waking up early in the morning, working out over two hours and eating seven meals a day takes serious dedication.
The diet
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is not a small guy to say the least. His 6 foot 5, over 260lb frame needs a lot of calories to maintain mass. Over 5000 calories stretched out over 7 meals a day. That's almost twice the amount of an average male in his twenties. Mark Webster's adapted meal plan adds up to an astonishing, kidneys crushing 500 grams of protein alone.
One of the most difficult parts of Mark's challenge is meal prep. In short, keeping up with 7 meals a day, an office job and a family, plus an insane 6 day a week training schedule means you have to cook a lot of meals at once.
His grocery trips include picking up 6 pounds of cod from the market and spending two hours of meal prep for just two days of eating.
Food prep — "Cafeteria volume, prison variety"
Mark jokingly refers to himself as a "lunch lady" as he preps a massive 30 pounds of food resulting in 18 meals, but only three days worth of food. "I feel like I work at a zoo, just shoveling piles of food into the gorilla pen. [...] I’ll eventually just be running my own personal Chipotle."
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