The GSP Diet

Fighters are renowned for their ability to cut weight quickly.  GSP is no exception.  When you look at his flawless physique you must wonder how he does it.  St Pierre currently competes at 170lbs, but he trains at 185lbs.  Now for a normal person just trying to lose some weight, we would reduce the calories and attempt to lost a pound or two a week.  For fighters however this is not the optimal way.

GSP will typically drop 15lbs over the course of 4 days to make weight.  Then once he has weighed in he will put all that weight back on as quickly as possible.  The reason that fighters do this is simple, to preserve strength.  Staying in a caloric deficit for an extended amount of time can lead to a reduction of strength and power.  When you are a combat athlete like GSP that’s the last thing you want.  Losing strength before a fight can get you hurt in the octagon.

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About a week out GSP will increase his water intake to 2 gallons a day or more.  This stimulates the hormone aldactone, which is responsible for flushing excess fluids.  St Pierre will also drastically reduce carbohydrates while increasing protein consumption.  Lowering carbs causes you to drop water, and increased protein replaces some of the lost calories.

With all these things working together GSP is constantly flushing water, but since he is taking in 2 gallons a day his scale weight might not change that much.  The day before weigh in GSP will cut all fluid and food.  The flushing mechanism will still be in high gear, but since he isn’t taking any fluid in the weight will come off quickly.  Sometimes if neccessary fighters like GSP will use a sauna or hot bath to increase body temperature and speed up process.  This part of the his diet is extreme.

Once he weighs in at 170, his goal now is to put all that fluid back on quickly as possible.  Some fighters will use a mix of 50/50 water to gatorade to make sure they replace their electrolytes.  GSP is a big fan of bananas.  The beauty of bananas is that they contain sugar and potassium.  Dropping all that water can cause a loss of potassium.  Eating bananas replaces that potassium as well as the sugar helping to put water back on.

This is how St Pierre uses his diet to manipulate his weight to be at his best in the octagon.  His diet is simple, effective, but extremely restrictive.  The other issue is that this phase of the GSP Diet is a short term fix, since you are just manipulating water weight.  If you are looking for a more long term solution to achieve Georges St-Pierre’s low level of bodyfat, check out “MMA RIPPED” and guarantees to show you the secrets to getting into fight shape in as little as 8 weeks.

 

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