They say that abs are made in the kitchen but revealed in the gym, and Robert Pattinson has a pretty particular method of eating he's using tobuild a superhero physique.
By his own admission, the 33-year-old actor is "an extremist" when it comes to his eating choices in that he'll go on a months-long junk food bender before it comes time for him to drop weight. Pattinson's apparently taking this approach forThe Batman, and he's teased that his everyday menu has consisted mostly of pizza recently.
"I'll eat nothing but pizzas for months so by the time I have to diet, my body is like, 'Thank God. Please only healthy stuff from now,'" he said during an interview while promotingThe Lighthouse."I've been bulking."
For those unaware, bulking is a common dietary practice, and can be done by everyone from professional athletes to bodybuilders in their off-season to actors needing to gain body mass for a certain role to an everyday person wanting to literallybulk up their body either in preparation for a "cut" (a period of fat and weight loss intended to reveal the muscle built in the bulking phase) or simply to keep extra pounds on their frame because they want or need to.
There's no one "right away" to bulk, though two of the most popular and well-known methods are clean bulking and dirty bulking. Those who clean bulk gain mass by eating in a caloric surplus intaking more calories than their basal metabolicrate (BMR), the total amount of energy one expends simply by being alive and choosing healthier foods to chow down on. Think oatmeal and brown rice; almond butter and peanut butter; proteins like salmon, chicken, and lean beef; and healthy fats like avocados, olive oil, and whole-fat coconut milk. Those who dirty bulk, on the other hand, smash in calories from all kinds of sources the more calorically dense or "dirtier," the better.
It certainly sounds like Pattinson is dirty bulking forThe Batman, though we're betting he's balancing his self-admitted pizza-only diet with some healthier options. After all, Pattinson does have a penchant for exaggerating the truth and sometimes flat-out fibbing (see that now-infamous interview with Matt Lauer during which Pattinsonlied about having witnessed a clown die at the circus). So while his current best friends may be Papa John and Little Caesar, the actor likely gets down with some greens every once in a while as well.
When it comes time to diet, Pattinson will ditch the saucy, cheesy, doughy delights in favor of healthier options. And the way he tells it, when that moment comes, his body will thank him.
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