Re the diets followed by IFBB pros, they can get away with more dietary transgressions because of the gear and ancillary drugs.
Have you seen those magazine ads with Lee Priest? The guy looked as big around as he is tall. 16 weeks later he's ripped with 3% bodyfat? I know the copy says that he was fat for his standards, but i've seen pictures of him in prior years and he looked that fat then too. He must've had a lot of pharmaceutical help to get from A to B. I'd love to see what his intake of clen, T3and GH was running up to that show.
In short, I'm not sure we should point to the IFBB pros as dietary models for anyone...
I had to grin when I read that. :^)