Breakfast is usually Ezekiel bread and egg whites for lunch and dinner, he often eats white rice with vegetables and either chicken or fish. “I like everything, but I eat pretty plain,” he says.
Now, Diogenes eats six small meals each day, so he never feels hungry. Once he began gaining lean muscle mass, he bumped his calories up slightly while keeping the same macro breakdown, and he follows a similar formula today.ĬLICK TO TWEET THIS ARTICLE > Yuri went from overweight with high cholesterol to competing in bodybuilding competitions.
He set a calorie goal of 1,800 per day, aiming for 60% protein, 20% fat and 20% carbs, following a strict regimen for one year. When Diogenes began working from home in 2011, the shift helped him eat better, work out more and lead a more regular schedule. “Not much was open when I got off work besides fast-food places, so my dinner for many years was fast food, which really contributed to my weight gain,” he says. He worked a late shift at Microsoft, going into the office in the afternoon and leaving at 10 p.m. It took three more years to build that muscle, and my first competition was in 2014.”īefore dedicating himself to positive lifestyle changes, Diogenes struggled with work/life balance. My ultimate goal was to compete in bodybuilding. “I lost a lot of fat, but I needed to gain muscle. “I was not fit like I am today,” he says. That wasn’t the end of his journey, though. After one year of healthier eating and regular workouts, he was down 100 pounds. Armed with a nutrition plan from his trainer, he downloaded MyFitnessPal to help him track his calories and macros - the protein, carbs and fat in his diet. “I was working out, but you can’t outwork a bad diet,” he admits. That same year, a friend introduced him to a personal trainer. More than anything, though, he felt like he couldn’t be as active as he wanted, which included playing with his young daughter. “The doctor said we can keep doing the injections, but ultimately, I needed to lose weight to see long-term results,” says Diogenes. In 2010, he weighed 280 pounds, had high cholesterol and needed injections to tame a painful knee. The 46-year-old Keller, Texas, resident painstakingly sculpts his physique and competes in bodybuilding competitions, but it wasn’t always this way. The sport needs more men like Ron Harris.Yuri Diogenes is shredded. I alternated from stable life-casual BB, with hardcore BB-unstable overall life. I never was able able to find that successful a balance myself. He was open and honest and fully understands the BB drug issue from all sides.įor me, Ron Harris is proof positive that a guy can be a real hardcore bodybuilder and still have normal balanced life. Like me and many others he started as a natural BB, then, dabbled in steroids,but didn't push the limits.
He then flys home and is a stable dad and member of his community. Ron ( and his wife) can party like college kids in Vegas with his lovely wife during the OLympia weekend. He has a wildman side and loves going hard and heavy in the gym as well as hanging out with all the characters within the sport.
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The man is one of the rare few that has been able to combine a full time career is the BB world with a balanced family life.įrom his daily pump column and mag articles it is obvious that Ron is part of the hardcore BB scene.
Ron has a beautiful wife and is a good father to his kids. While Ron has put an excellent, regional level physique on stage, he is better known for his writting and media work in bodybuilding. He is however, one of the few who has made a living directly from bodybuilding. No, he never won a national title or turned pro. In my book, MD's Ron Harris is a very successful bodybuilding. Alas, Arnold is well, Arnold and the rest of us mere pumping iron mortals need a less lofty ideal. It is a worthwhile debate to talk about who was the greatest PHYSIQUE, but Arnold is in a class by himself when we consider overall lifetime success. I don't think it is much of stretch to say that ARNOLD is the most successful bodybuilder in history.
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