The protein drink of Golden Era bodybuilders
By John Bubb, former NABBA
Pro Bodybuilder
Introduction by Vic
Goyaram
The big and confusing world of modern-day powders
I am sure many of you have
been confused by the multitude of protein supplements available on the market
today, each claiming to be more scientifically advanced than the other.
Furthermore, by the use of excessive scientific jargon in labels in an attempt
to impress (or confuse), supplement companies nowadays assume that all consumers
have a Bachelor's degree in physiology. You hear about or read the terms
everyday, "ultra-filtered whey hydrolysates", "bio-engineered
peptides" and stuff like that. The result is that consumers often believe
that they are at a disadvantage if they don't ingest these
"cutting-edge" supplements. Many youngsters even before they begin
training are already thinking about the stuff he would like to drink. This is not to say that modern protein
supplements don't have any value as a lot of progress has been made in protein
technology but sometimes we must go back to the roots and realise that what the body needs is protein!
4. Raw egg whites
Gunge on the go!
Going back to the GUNGE. It's a good idea to whisk up a bulk lot in the mornings and put it in the fridge. Say two lots of my original recipe, which should give you between three and four pints. Whenever you are in the vicinity of the fridge, pour yourself a glass. Or, if you are out and about all day (I realise some people go to work!) take it with you in a thermos. Try not to eat only three meals a day with long periods of hunger in between. GRAZE all day, even if it's only sipping GUNGE. Try to never let your body get really hungry or it will start living off your muscles. Another good thing to remember is that if you eat a lot of protein you won't have room for (or the desire for) snacks and junk food.
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About the Author
John Bubb is a former NABBA professional bodybuilder with more than half a century of experience in the iron game. John has six top four finishes at the NABBA Pro Mr. Universe from 1967 to 1971, including a runner-up placing to Arnold Schwarzenegger in 1968.
John has trained several bodybuilders from many countries and has remained very active in the bodybuilding arena decades after hanging his posing trunks. He is one of our most prized contributors at Bodybuilding Mauritius and we feel very honoured to have someone of the calibre of John dispensing advice to all of us with such enthusiasm.
We at Bodybuilding Mauritius are very keen about old-school bodybuilding as we believe that in order for bodybuilding to have a future it must look back at its past. We couldn't ask for a better guru of Golden era bodybuilding than "Iron Grandpa Bubb". You are welcome to check other articles by John Bubb on this website.
How many of you ever
wondered how the old-school bodybuilders got their protein in an era when even
chalk-like protein powders, free-form amino acids, and other fancy supplements
were not available? Physiques were still impressive. To get an answer to this
question we picked the brain of our guru himself, Mr. John Bubb. John had a
recipe with a rather strange name: "gunge", as you will soon find out why.
"Gunge": Gunge
as it is known in the British Isles, or slime as it is known in America and
other parts of the world, is a thick, gooey, runny substance similar in
consistency to paint
INTRODUCING
"GUNGE": The
Bubb old-school Protein Recipe
Firstly, I think a
lot of the modern protein supplements are very overrated. I'm not saying that they
are not good and some of the scientific claims are probably correct, but the
difference in results between them and good old fashioned protein shakes is so
small that it's not worth the extra money. In other words, A LOT OF WHAT YOU
CAN AFFORD IS BETTER THAN A LITTLE OF WHAT YOU CANNOT AFFORD. If that makes
sense
The "Gunge"
Protein recipe
1. Pour a pint of milk
into a two pint container (1 pint: 473ml)
Ingredients for Gunge |
2. Add 4 or 5 heaped dessert spoons of skimmed milk
powder, 3 heaped desert-spoonfuls of Soya flour, 2 teaspoons of honey.
3. Whisk using a blender
or some sort of electric whisk until there are no lumps. If you try just
shaking or whisking with a fork you will end up with a very lumpy mixture which
is difficult to drink.
4. Raw egg whites
Personally I haven't been
able to eat eggs since I was a child. It's nothing to do with the taste. I once
cracked open a boiled egg that was fertile and was totally revolted. Ever since
then I feel revolted at the very thought of eating such a thing. Having said
that, I did occasionally ADD TWO OR THREE RAW EGGS TO MY GUNGE. But I was
always aware that they were in there and it did take away the enjoyment, even
though I couldn't taste them. I would recommend that you DO ADD RAW EGGS to
your shakes if you don't share my objection. In fact, for the bodybuilder, eggs
are one of the best sources of easily assimilable protein available. The Amino
structure of eggs is the nearest to human tissue make-up of any other food. SO
EAT LOTS. But beware. Don't eat too many WHOLE eggs. Up to six or eight is
probably O.K., but after that separate the yolks from the whites and only eat
the whites. And you can eat as many of those as you can "Get Down
You."
Back to the GUNGE. It's a
good idea to vary the proportion of the ingredients slightly until you find a
taste that you enjoy. Or, if you don't enjoy it as set out above, try adding
some sort of flavouring. One gym I used to work at offered a whole range of
flavours using COMMERCIAL MILK SHAKE FLAVOURINGS, which are easily obtainable
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING
IS THAT YOU MUST ENJOY YOUR SHAKES - WHETHER YOU ARE USING A HOME MADE RECIPE
OR ONE OF THE VERY EXPENSIVE ONES. IF YOU DON'T ENJOY THEM YOU WILL SOON GET
FED UP WITH DRINKING THEM AND THAT SHOULD NOT BE AN OPTION. IF YOU GET THE
FLAVOUR RIGHT, AND YOU START TO GROW, YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO WAIT FOR THE NEXT
ONE. This is how it should be and consistency is the bodybuilding recipe for
success. They say there is NO SECRET. I WOULD SAY THAT IF THERE IS JUST ONE
SECRET IT IS CONSISTENCY. Muscles are only as big and strong as they are called
upon to be. STOP CALLING AND THEY WILL STOP GROWING!!!!!
The contribution of
"gunge" to my overall protein intake
"Bacon for breakfast, lots of it, and on its own"
I'm not really sure about my protein intake proportions, but I would say that the gunge was probably more than half my daily intake. A lot of the things that I used to eat in those days I wouldn't eat now. In some ways I think I grew and stayed healthy IN SPITE of what I ate rather than BECAUSE of what I ate. For instance, most mornings I ate bacon for breakfast - and lots of it. And on it's own. If melon was in season I would start off with half a melon, then the bacon and then start sipping my first pint of GUNGE. I lived above the gym and used to take my gunge to work with me and sip it over the next hour or so. I should emphasise that this was when I was running the ladies and mens keep fit gym and not when I was training. I used to do my training before breakfast after a small plate of cornflakes.
"No bread in the diet"
I'm not really sure about my protein intake proportions, but I would say that the gunge was probably more than half my daily intake. A lot of the things that I used to eat in those days I wouldn't eat now. In some ways I think I grew and stayed healthy IN SPITE of what I ate rather than BECAUSE of what I ate. For instance, most mornings I ate bacon for breakfast - and lots of it. And on it's own. If melon was in season I would start off with half a melon, then the bacon and then start sipping my first pint of GUNGE. I lived above the gym and used to take my gunge to work with me and sip it over the next hour or so. I should emphasise that this was when I was running the ladies and mens keep fit gym and not when I was training. I used to do my training before breakfast after a small plate of cornflakes.
"No bread in the diet"
"Another point of
interest is that for most of the time throughout my bodybuilding years I never
ate bread of any sort. As you say, I used to eat quite a bit of liver and I was
also very partial to roast ox hearts. Otherwise my main meals were fairly
conventional. Roast beef, roast lamb, roast pork, lamb or pork chops and quite
a lot of chicken of course.
Gunge version 2.0 with Amino acids and other added ingredients
At one point I got involved with an amateur
bio-chemist who was really into what we should and should not eat. He added
extra amino acids to the gunge to improve the balance. Although already quite
good, he felt it could be perfected. He also got a yoghurt culture and started
mass producing huge containers of High Protein yoghurt which I consumed on a
daily basis . He also came up with PROTEIN CAKES. These were made with the same
ingredients as the gunge, but with added wheat germ. Actually they were quite
delicious. Gunge on the go!
Going back to the GUNGE. It's a good idea to whisk up a bulk lot in the mornings and put it in the fridge. Say two lots of my original recipe, which should give you between three and four pints. Whenever you are in the vicinity of the fridge, pour yourself a glass. Or, if you are out and about all day (I realise some people go to work!) take it with you in a thermos. Try not to eat only three meals a day with long periods of hunger in between. GRAZE all day, even if it's only sipping GUNGE. Try to never let your body get really hungry or it will start living off your muscles. Another good thing to remember is that if you eat a lot of protein you won't have room for (or the desire for) snacks and junk food.
________________________________________________________________
About the Author
John Bubb is a former NABBA professional bodybuilder with more than half a century of experience in the iron game. John has six top four finishes at the NABBA Pro Mr. Universe from 1967 to 1971, including a runner-up placing to Arnold Schwarzenegger in 1968.
John has trained several bodybuilders from many countries and has remained very active in the bodybuilding arena decades after hanging his posing trunks. He is one of our most prized contributors at Bodybuilding Mauritius and we feel very honoured to have someone of the calibre of John dispensing advice to all of us with such enthusiasm.
We at Bodybuilding Mauritius are very keen about old-school bodybuilding as we believe that in order for bodybuilding to have a future it must look back at its past. We couldn't ask for a better guru of Golden era bodybuilding than "Iron Grandpa Bubb". You are welcome to check other articles by John Bubb on this website.
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