Vicky Kaushal: By the end of six months, I was tired of eating

Its easy to dislike Vicky Kaushal Seated before us as he chronicles the process of gaining weight for the Friday release Uri the actor instantly passes off as that friend in every group who draws envy given the food privileges that he affordsI dont gain weight so I can eat anything he says digging into a plate of rice as we interrupt his lunch Before prepping for the film I could have any amount of any junk food that I desired including burgers and pizzas His fitness sessions too he confesses were never compulsive routines around which his days were chalked out I didnt have to hit it with vengeance Id go to the gym to destress and love to do so in the evenings Sweating it out after the day is over going home to shower and then dine with the family thats the kind of end to a day I enjoyEvidently then ascertaining that the 15 kilos he gained for the film was attributed to muscle mass and not pizza employed a fair amount of toil I couldnt eat junk food to gain weight It had to be structured and nutritious meals By the end of six months I was tired of eating says Kaushal breaking down his sixmeal diet and sixhour training routine for Aditya Dhars directorial offeringWaking up to eatThere were three different meal plans put into place to sculpt my body In the first one I had to eat six meals a day which means I had to wake up at 5 am to consume six meals by 12 at night If I didnt wake up I missed a meal and that would reflect on the body Eating a large portion of carbohydrates and proteins every three hours took a toll on my body I had to consume a lot of protein which implies I ate 200 grams each of chicken fish and mutton apart from eight eggs everyday Such a diet needed to be compensated with a large amount of vegetables smoothies and juices to keep the body cool For carbohydrates Id have oats and brown riceThe dreaded Keto dietI was put on this in the second month of training Being a trueblue Punjabi it was very hard for me to think of food without carbs Mujhe roti chahiye But the diet was important to cut down my fat percentage I didnt enjoy this phase too much I remember direly waiting for it to endA sixhour fitness routineIf you want to transform your body you need to know that it wont happen overnight You have to put your body into a routine and only then will it react to your plan The transformation demanded a lot of discipline Eating resting and training was a full time job that I did for four months Id wake up at 630 am to go to the gym Wed do a twohour weight lifting routine so that I could bulk up At noon there was an hourlong Mixed Martial Arts session since the film has handtohand combat sequences too Finally wed have three hours of military training from 7 pm to 10 pm every day The Sikh Regiment at Cuffe ParadeRakesh UdiyarRakesh Udiyar on putting Kaushal on three different dietsPhase ONECarb Protein Initially my teammates Mangesh Bare and Amol Kyatam and I wanted to understand how Vickys body reacts to the diet I was formulating It was a sixmeal plan where carbs were included in the first three meals only I realised that despite eating a lot he wouldnt gain weight easily He gained only about four kilos and then got stagnantCalories 2500Phase TWOKeto DietVicky wanted to gain muscle mass not fat We put him on Keto to get rid of the water retention that could arise owing to the first phase He needed a lot of energy Hed consume an 800calorie smoothie comprising bananas yogurt and berries twice a day before any activity During this phase he gained significant weightCalories 3400Phase threeCarbs ProteinOnce we had achieved what we had to with the Keto diet we introduced carbs again This kind of play with carbs what we call carbscycle is an aspect of bodybuilding Its because of this that he looked strong So even though he was big you could see the definition in his abs Thats the kind of look that was required for the part her was set to playCalories 2000The trainingHe trained with me daily We followed bodybuilder Dennis Jamess format Menace Time Under Tension In order to make muscles look bigger a phenomenon we call hypertrophy we made him lift enough weights to execute eight to 12 repetitions in each set It was intenseAlso readVicky Rakul Yami Sanya Kunal vouch by these fitness trends in 2018Catch up on all the latest entertainment news and gossip here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates