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I won't blame his death on steroids but for a person whose life was the very definition of exercise and healthful eating, his death from an ordinary heart attack at the unremarkable age of 78 takes all the air out exercise gurus, low fatters, low carbers, aerobics fanatics, H.I.I.T. proponents, and all the rest. ..
Why? He didn't subscribe to any special diet or exercise regime. I don't think he did much aerobic exercise at any time in his life, other than pumping iron, and he ate a lot of protein. Favorite was eggs, I've heard. Eggs have had a bad rap for cholesterol but I'm not really buying that.
Franco was stronger than Arnold and many of the other big guys though. Those bigger guys weighed more and were much taller, yet Franco was at/or near the top in terms of pure strength. A bigger, heavier body is not necessarily stronger than a smaller, lighter body. Talking just pure muscle strength here. And frame size varies greatly, independently of height. A short guy can have a large frame, and a tall guy can have a small frame. A larger frame affords more muscle-building potential.
Im sure there were others, but he's the only one I have heard of that could hang by the tops of his feet on a chin up bar, with no shoes on and then do setups.
Why? He didn't subscribe to any special diet or exercise regime. I don't think he did much aerobic exercise at any time in his life, other than pumping iron, and he ate a lot of protein. Favorite was eggs, I've heard. Eggs have had a bad rap for cholesterol but I'm not really buying that.
Actually I',m with you. I wasn't commenting (Or subliminally trying to "Sell" ) low-fat diets and aerobics. I am out on the whole cholesterol thing and the "unique" benefits of aerobics as they are usually sold to us.
But suffice it to say the guy was indeed "into" the concept of optimizing even maximizing good health. He was a medical practitioner himself. But in the end it didn't buy him anything ordinary people don't get. But at least he looked better along the way. No middle aged paunch there
Why? He didn't subscribe to any special diet or exercise regime. I don't think he did much aerobic exercise at any time in his life, other than pumping iron, and he ate a lot of protein. Favorite was eggs, I've heard. Eggs have had a bad rap for cholesterol but I'm not really buying that.
Yes, eggs do not raise cholesterol.
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