In fact, that’s usuallynot even enough caloriesfor a single meal.
And he has placed in the top tier of that competition many more times than that.
He also has to eat a lot of food every day that he is in training or competition.
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He eats 4-times the amount of most people.
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And that’s less fun than you’d think it would be.
One of the hardest parts about being the World’s Strongest Man is the eating, says Shaw.
He packs in pounds of meat, cups of rice, and lots of fruit.
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When Shaw is training for a strongman challenge the go-to choice is meat.
And a lot of the measurements that I take are after cooking, too.
I always looked at it like: ‘What’s the best bang for your buck?’
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If I was going to be eating something, what was I going to get out of it?
In my opinion, for a strength athlete, red meat always offers the best reward.
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The only time meat isn’t the star of his meal is breakfast.
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There’s always a ton of rice and sometimes he has a spinach salad on the side.
Where does he get all of this food?
Costco, of course!
Ride along on a shopping trip with Shaw to Costco to seehis expensive grocery haul.
He rounds things out with shakes.
I enjoyed walking into the gym each day, I enjoy the training.
But that’s only a short part of it.
Eating was from when I woke up in the morning until I went to bed at night.”
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His favorite cheat meal is cheesecake.
Shaw does allow himself the occasional “cheat” treats even when training.
Asked what his go-to cheat food was, he answered at once: “Cheesecake.
Unlike us, though, Shaw has been known to eat four pieces of cheesecake at a time!
He picks up the Mini Cheesecake Treats from Costco for those special moments.