Time-Tested Power Foods For Building Muscle & Might

The old-time trainers knew why the right foods could make a man big and strong.

Everyone knows that you’ve got to eat plenty of food to gain muscle and strength (or as the old-timers called it, “might”).

But did you know there are certain foods that old-timers have relied on for DECADES to pack on slabs of muscle and build super-human strength?

It’s true.

In this article, I’ll reveal three often-ignored power foods that guys have been using for years to get big and strong. These foods were making guys big and strong 60 years ago and they’re just as effective today.

Best of all, each of these power foods can be found at your local grocery store. No fancy chemicals or laboratory concoctions. Just natural, cheap, muscle-building food.

Let me show you:

Power Food #1: Whole Milk

Meet Bruce Randall. Bruce is famous for three things. One, he’s a former Mr. Universe. Two, he once ate his way up to 400lbs. (And then dieted all the way down to 225lbs). Three, as you can see from the book cover photo, his arms are freaking huge.

Bruce Randall built his massive arms by drinking plenty of whole milk.

Randall ate his way up to 400lbs in order to break some of the established lifting records. (Since an increase in bodyweight usually translates into increased strength as well.) So how did this man manage to build up his body to a whopping 400lbs?

Simple, he drank lots and lots of whole milk.

For decades, guys have been drinking whole milk when they need to pack on size and strength. This practice fell out of favor a bit in the past few years because everyone got so terrified of fat, but it’s making a comeback now. A gallon of whole milk per day will put weight on even the scrawniest kid.

But Randall took it to a whole new level. Randall would drink 2-3 gallons of whole milk each day. That provides a whopping 7,000 calories, with 380 grams of fat and 380 grams of protein. Needless to say, this was an extreme eating/drinking feat from a man who set out to accomplish some extreme goals.

But this story clearly illustrates why whole milk has been used for years to pack on size and strength and why it’s still one of the best and most cost-effective sources of fat and protein.

Power Food #2: Peanuts

Lots of guys built massive muscles with a steady diet of whole milk and heavy iron.

But Bill West - a strong man from California, gained 116 pounds with peanuts!

Bill West built his super-human power with peanuts.

West was scrawny - weighing just 102 pound when he first got bit by the iron bug. But by lifting progressively heavier weights and by following an unusual peanut diet, his bodyweight climbed to a peak of 218 pounds.

Bill “Peanuts” West ate a pound of raw peanuts every day, plus peanut butter and peanut oil as well. In fact, he gained 30lbs in two months thanks to this routine.

Peanuts are a good source of fat and protein, and Bill West took full advantage. Thanks to “the power of peanuts”, Bill West was able to bench press a whopping 435lbs and squat over 525lbs.

Power Food #3: Eggs.

Of course, any discussion of muscle-building power foods would be incomplete without mention of the incredible, edible egg.

An egg has the perfect balance of fat and protein. And as we’ve already seen, many old-timers built incredible amounts of size and strength by chowing down on foods high in fat and protein.

Doug Hepburn ate his share of eggs.

Doug Hepburn is yet another example. Hepburn was a monster. Way back in the ’50s, before bench shirts and steroids, Hepburn benched 500lbs and squatted over 800lbs.

How did a man build so much size and strength way back in the 1950’s, before creatine, whey powders and steroids?

The answer is surprisingly simple:

Eggs.

Lots and lots of eggs.

After high school, Doug went to work on a chicken farm. Part of his meager salary was all of the eggs he could eat. And Hepburn took full-advantage of this “perk:” He ate 58 eggs A DAY.

In hindsight, it’s clear that eggs were a big part of Doug Hepburn’s success. And it’s no wonder why. Eggs are one of ultimate muscle-building foods.

Just one extra-large egg contains 7 grams of protein and 5 grams of fat. You probably already know how important protein is for muscle-growth, but fat is crucial too. Dietary fat provides energy and boost testosterone.

Plus, perhaps best of all, there are so many ways to eat eggs.
You can swallow them raw (quick), cook ‘em up (tasty) or hardboil them and take them on the road (portable).

So if you’re having trouble putting on weight and gaining strength, take a lesson from these massively big and strong old-timers and start eating more.

You don’t have to drink 3 gallons of whole milk like Bruce Randall, eat 1 pound of peanuts like Bill West or down 58 eggs a day like Doug Hepburn to gain weight.

But you can follow in their footsteps and increase your size and strength by increasing your consumption of whole milk, peanuts and whole eggs — three time-tested power foods for building muscle and might.