Dauda constantly eats the identical meals as his job, not for style or enjoyment.
Final up to date on January sixteenth, 2024
Eight weeks out from the 2024 Arnold Basic, reigning Males’s Open champion Samson Dauda is consuming towards the objective of his first title protection. Which means measuring and timing his meals for months main as much as the competition.
With Dauda’s companion serving to prep meals, the 2023 Mr. Olympia bronze medalist gave his followers a glimpse of a full day of consuming in a video printed on his YouTube channel on Jan. 6, 2024. Test it out beneath:
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Meal One
Ninety-nine % of Dauda’s meals comprise high-quality complete meals prepped in his residence kitchen. He avoids pointless supplementation.
Dauda’s protein sources are prepped days prematurely — grilling hen and steak — and measured out for 2 weeks’ price of meals. His proteins are saved in luggage within the freezer and reheated when wanted.
On the time of the recording, Dauda was coping with a partially torn hamstring that required his cardio and coaching to accommodate the damage. He feels correct diet will assist him get better quicker.
Meal Two
Meal two’s excessive protein and advanced carb content material provides Dauda ample amino acids and slow-burning vitality for his coaching classes. He cooked the candy potatoes in an Instantaneous Pot, making them simpler to peel. Dauda’s meals haven’t modified in years; the one changes have been steak and candy potato measurements primarily based on whether or not he’s in or low season.
Although Dauda’s meals keep the identical, his hypertrophy positive factors stay as properly. “If it ain’t broke, don’t repair it,” Dauda expressed. “Folks say, ‘Oh, they get tired of…consuming the identical meals again and again and over daily. It doesn’t imply you’ll be able to’t have treats and nothing.’ The primary a part of that is you’re not consuming for style; you’re not consuming for enjoyment; consuming turns into your job.”
Meal Three
Dauda mixes up his protein sources all through the day, various between eggs, hen breast, beef steak, lean beef mince, fish, and whey isolate. Doing so helps his digestion. Likewise, he mixes low-calorie sauces into his meals for taste.
Meal 4 & 5
Dauda eats 1.5 cups of rice per meal moderately than his typical two cups to trim physique fats for the 2024 Arnold Basic. Rooster and rice paired with veggies are Dauda’s remaining two meals.
Dauda eats his remaining meal close to bedtime for enough energy inside his system all through the night time, aiding his muscle tissue and providing vitality shops for his morning cardio.
The 2024 Arnold Basic is about for March 1-3, 2024, on the Better Columbus Conference Middle in Columbus, OH. Dauda will try to beat 2023 Mr. Olympia Hadi Choopan.
Featured picture: @samson__dauda on Instagram