{"id":44497,"date":"2025-09-29T08:58:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T08:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/44497\/"},"modified":"2025-09-29T08:58:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T08:58:14","slug":"the-steak-sugar-and-zero-veg-diet-fuelling-hyrox-champ-hunter-mcintyre-do-not-try-this-at-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/44497\/","title":{"rendered":"The Steak, Sugar and Zero-Veg Diet Fuelling Hyrox Champ Hunter McIntyre (Do Not Try This at Home)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Leave a teenager to their own devices and their diet<\/a> might resemble that of Hunter McIntyre<\/a>. Ice cream. Booze. And absolutely, positively no vegetables. But, for the three-time Hyrox<\/a> World Champion and six-time OCR World Champion, aka \u2018the Sheriff\u2019, it works.<\/p>\n

With McIntyre relaxing following a silver-medal finish at the Hyrox World Championships, MH called the 36-year-old at home in Malibu to find out what\u2019s on the menu, and how he fuels his way to success.<\/p>\n

Men’s Health: What did you have for dinner last night?<\/p>\n

Hunter McIntyre: It\u2019s embarrassing. My buddy and I were playing Magic: The Gathering [a strategy card game] and I only had time to eat a ton of nuts<\/a> and granola. I get so competitive; we were playing for three hours and I just forgot to eat.<\/p>\n

What to read nextMH: Do you usually follow a strict diet?<\/p>\n

HM: I have Tupperware containers full of chicken<\/a> and stuff, but because the Hyrox season just ended, I have a couple of weeks to chill before I ramp up my strength training again. My diet is periodised, so I just got off a week of drinking as much as I could and eating ice cream.<\/p>\n

MH: What\u2019s your go-to drink?<\/p>\n

HM: I love a double Maker\u2019s Mark [whisky] on the rocks. And I can down two to four bottles of wine and not even make a dent. [Editor\u2019s note: MH does not advise trying this at home.] I never get drunk because honestly, my metabolism is too fast. I could be sitting here, having a conversation with you for hours, just taking a sip and having a good time. And I love a pi\u00f1a colada if I\u2019m somewhere tropical.<\/p>\n

MH: You\u2019re not a fan of people sharing their carefully curated meals online. Why?<\/p>\n

HM: Because you\u2019ve got this guy with this perfect plate of all the colours of vegetables and a cute little piece of sushi, and in reality, you\u2019re spending 50% to 70% of your time chewing greens that give you zero calorific benefit. It\u2019s bullshit. You\u2019re gonna run into me in a competition or in the gym and I\u2019m gonna smash you because I\u2019ve been eating sugar, creatine<\/a> and steak.<\/p>\n

MH: You said that all pro athletes are surrounded by sugar. Is that true?<\/p>\n

HM: I\u2019m buff as shit, and I eat as much sugar as I like. Seventy per cent of high-performance athletes\u2019 diets are carbs, and 50% of those carbs are sugars. Half of the supplements that I take are sugar-based. Real ones don\u2019t need to post to get your attention. I don\u2019t care if you value me as a nutritionist \u2013 I\u2019d rather you see me as a world champ.<\/p>\n

MH: You\u2019re not a vegetables guy. Why\u2019s that?<\/p>\n

HM: Vegetables are girlfriend food [Hunter\u2019s view, not MH\u2019s]. You get a bunch of guys coming to my training camps and not one buys vegetables. I tried being vegan twice, but I\u2019ve never found any data that links eating tons of vegetables to tons of performance. If you read about the Kenyans, they\u2019re eating goat meat and drinking booze made from honey.<\/p>\n

MH: So you\u2019re more focused on calories?<\/p>\n

HM: It\u2019s just kind of an add\/ subtract game: calories<\/a> in, calories out. There are no calories in vegetables but there are in chicken, rice, steak. It\u2019s all about the building blocks. A piece of chicken has protein, a cup of rice has carbohydrates, and that\u2019s really it.<\/p>\n

MH: How do you adjust your diet for the Hyrox season?<\/p>\n

HM: As I get further into the season, I start cutting out the rib-eye steak. You go towards the leaner cut of meat, or you go to fish and chicken. It\u2019s as simple as that. If you come to my house and you think you\u2019re going to beat my ass after eating an acai bowl or having a smoothie, you\u2019re dead. You\u2019re dead.<\/p>\n

Hunter McIntyre’s Diet <\/p>\n

A hybrid athlete needs calories above all else, as McIntyre\u2019s daily essentials prove. <\/p>\n

Morning jolt<\/p>\n

\u2018I have Strong Coffee. It\u2019s got collagen in it and it tastes really good.\u2019 <\/p>\n

Supplements<\/p>\n

\u2018I have my own supplements company, Bldr, so I put my aminos in a cup every day with three tablespoons of honey.\u2019 <\/p>\n

Cereal <\/p>\n

\u2018Tons of Honey Nut Cheerios and milk and more sugar on top of that. Or Twinkies.\u2019 <\/p>\n

Steak<\/p>\n

\u2018I eat two or three big steaks per day. And I\u2019m still always under 10% body fat.\u2019<\/p>\n

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