2024-08-26
32 分钟Gilbert Alaskadi grew up in the African country of Chad. His family was poor, and he spent much of his childhood hungry, with people frequently making fun of his small stature. Then, when he was a teenager, he encountered a bodybuilding pamphlet, promising quick muscle growth in a handful of weeks. He wanted the physique, but first he'd need money and calories. At the first oppurtunity he ran away from home, left the country, and jumped head-first into the world of bodybuilding. Presenter: Mobeen Azhar Producer: Harry Graham Editor: Munazza Khan Get in touch: liveslessordinary@bbc.co.uk or WhatsApp: 0044 330 678 2784
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First, I start with the protein powder.
So I make sure that every meal I got about 50 to 60 gram of protein.
And then I have one banana and tea or coffee, three boiled eggs and seven egg white, which makes 10 eggs in total daily.
10 eggs?
10 eggs?
No, that's.
That's a snack at 10 o'clock, and then I will have minced beef steak, chicken with either rice or potato, and then at six o'clock I will have fish.
That's my meal.
About six meals a day, every day.
It sounds like a lot of work.
It is, yeah.
That was the diet of Gilbert Alaskardi at the height of his physical training.
He wasn't training to be strong or to run fast or to swim the seas.
That kind of athletic performance wasn't really the point.