Comments on: Interview: Former NFL Pro-Bowl Guard Mark Schlereth (Episode 120)

by: Jimmy Moore

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 21:49:33 +0000

I LOVED Mark’s work on ESPN, too, which was why I was excited to get to interview him. What a super nice guy, too. And he’s livin’ la vida low-carb.

by: jeff

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 19:19:43 +0000

Awesome interview! Really enjoyed it! Mark is great on ESPN and NFL Live and great to see another low carber!

by: Jimmy Moore

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 18:57:38 +0000

That would have been a great question about the zero carb thing, Dave. Mark was indeed a VERY smart guy.

by: Dave

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 18:56:34 +0000

Great interview Jimmy. If nothing else, it explodes the myth that football players aren’t smart. Indeed, offensive linemen are often the smartest guys on the field.

I expect you’re right that carbs aren’t necessary to fuel a high-intensity workout. That hasn’t been my experience, though I’m nowhere near an elite athlete I’d be curious of Mark ever tried going zero carb for breakfast for a few days, to see the effect on his workout performance.

by: Jimmy Moore

Thu, 13 Mar 2008 14:13:52 +0000

It’s certainly an interesting premise, Maya, and I’ve heard of others who eat their carbs in the morning and go virtually carb-free the remainder of the day. Although Mark eats 60g carbohydrate in a day, that also includes his high-fiber intake. If you subtract 30g of those carbs for fiber, then Mark’s net carb intake is only 30g. That’s pretty low-carb if you ask me! And the greatest part is he still works out on so few carbs. Where does he get his energy from if the body NEEDS carbs for exercise.

by: Maya

Thu, 13 Mar 2008 06:32:44 +0000

Thank you for this one Jimmy. I really liked his thoughts on exercise and general attitude of taking opportunities by the horns. It reminded me of reading the Celastine Prophecy when I was younger and suddenly seeing accidents as opportunities.

It’s funny he mentioned eating most of his carbs in the morning. I tend to eat about 2/3 of my carbs by 1pm. I eat fat for breakfast and then constantly snack all morning on carbs, then around 1pm I am suddenly supper full and have to remind myself to finish eating my carbs at dinner. Many schools of Buddhism also have rules for the monks to eat all there meals before noon. When I was into natural hygiene (food combining) years ago, I would eat nothing but fruit, and again, most of my carbs would be eaten by lunch and dinner would be small and mostly protein… In fact someone just posted three days about eating most of their carbs in the AM on another board. I wonder if this is just the natural way the body cycles when undisturbed by processed junk?