I did it the hard way! What you see in this picture https://www.instagram.com/p/BHqC92eh2q7/ is fueled by panera bagels, enormous sandwiches with all kinds of condiments, chick fil a 2-3 times a week and a mountain of chocolate chip cookies. I’m totally serious. Not bad for 40+, right?

However, at this point I was doing three sessions a day and working out so much that I had to invent new stuff just to have anything to do. These days I’m pretty close to that pic, I exercise less (but still a lot) and I’ve cleaned up my diet. It’s much easier if you eat even mostly clean!

That said, diet and exercise have to match up. Crossfit (the MetCon anyway) is a sugar sport. It’s all carbs at MetCon intensity. If you want to kick ass at MetCons and strength, you probably need lots of carbs. Long slower stuff is fat-fueled. So the hard way to look good naked is to exercise until you can’t walk. The easy way is to eat clean and in accordance with your exercise regime.