"Then I’ll rest, go back to TUF and coach my team. Lunch can be anything from chicken breast, broccoli, to sweet potato, to pasta with ground turkey meat, organic tomato sauce, stuff like that. I have a protein shake with that as well. After training I eat a peanut butter and jelly sandwich with organic peanut butter, organic jelly and Ezekiel bread. I’m hypoglycemic, so it gets my blood sugar back in line before I go to train. So I have that meal at 7:30 a.m., then I go to the TUF set, coach and then I have a Vitargo shake. Man, this guy will tell you better than I can. I go back to bed and wake up again at 7:30 (a.m.) and have a five egg omelet with spinach, mushrooms, cherry tomatoes, egg whites and two pieces of … ummm…(yells to his strength and conditioning coach, who is seated nearby, and says, ‘Hey what kind of bread is it that you make me?”) "I’ll wake up at like three in the morning and have a whey protein shake, I’d say it’s about 600 calories. Give fans an idea of a typical day in the eating life of Dominick Cruz. So if it tastes like crap I will eat it anyway. Have you experienced any of those kinds of withdrawals or cravings?Ĭruz: No, I love eating and I love the taste of food, but I’m all about getting what I need in me to perform and have my body run right. And up until recently I didn’t."Ī lot of people have problems dramatically changing their diets, like going cold turkey and switching things up on their taste buds. I wish I had done it sooner but it was one of those things where you either have the time and the money for it, or you don’t. My workload is twice as much with TUF right now so it’s even more important that I stay healthy and eat clean and that my body burns fuel right. Hey Doug, what’s that nasty a-green lettuce that you make me eat?" “The nastiest thing I’ve eaten so far (yells to Doug, his nutritionist). Least favorite new food that you are eating? I am 100 percent all-in at whatever he throws in front of me and tells me to eat, as long as I’m full at the end of the night." There is a reason that I hired a professional to do this for me. I’m not going to sit here and pretend that I know a lot about this. Again, Doug, my nutritionist knows better than me. ![]() What are the don’ts in your diet right now? ![]() It’s a lifestyle change, and you’ve got to be willing to make the lifestyle change." At some point you have to start taking good care of your body when you’re beating the crap out of it physically. So food is important no doubt, but age has something to do with it and it’s about longevity in your career. Phil eats as s- as I did and he’s still shredded and a monster. I built a nine fight winning streak on breakfast jacks and Carne Asada burritos, honestly. I just trained all the time and burned it all off. "When I was commander in chief of the diet, I ate whatever I wanted whenever I wanted. Up until a month ago, what were you eating? I didn’t have a diet (chuckles)! But you can tell him this: even though Urijah had a knockout in the diet department, I beat the crap out of him on Carne Asada burritos and Jumbo jacks (sandwiches from the menu of the Jack in the Box restaurant). Back in the day, I’ll give him a knockout on the diet. There’s a lot of things that Urijah is not aware of about me, but he continues to make assumptions, which is fine. “Right now? Urijah’s not aware of my dietary shift. I asked Urijah and he said his diet wins by first round KO. A month into his dramatic dietary transformation, one of the sport’s hardest and craftiest workers let us inside an aspect of his training that he feels will prolong his championship reign and longevity in the sport.ĭominick Cruz diet versus Urijah Faber diet. A fast-food diner for much of his pro career, Cruz (19-1) said age and body changes forced him to reform his anything-goes refueling. Having to moonlight as a head coach for The Ultimate Fighter Live AND simultaneously train for a rubber match with arch rival Urijah Faber this summer, Cruz said calories are a huge deal with his ultra-busy schedule and quest to win his 10th straight fight. The crazy thing is, with all that munching, Cruz said he has never topped 160 pounds in his life. ![]() “He (Cruz) probably eats about 5,000 calories a day,” says Doug Balzarini, Strength and Nutrition coach for Cruz and the Alliance MMA Fight team. Pound-for-pound, in fact, Cruz’s daily wolf-downs can go toe-to-toe with Mandarich’s famed caloric consumption. Turns out, 135-pound world champ Dominick Cruz is quite the GI-normous grubber himself. Back in the late 1980s, the No.1 pick’s marathon eating blew a lot of minds. A bear of a man - 310-pounds – who once estimated he consumed roughly 10,000 calories a day. And … arguably the biggest bust in the NFL draft history. One of the greatest offensive linemen in college history. ![]() Dominick Cruz: Fights at 135 Pounds Eats 5,000 Calories a Day
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