I was just reading some of my old Inside Kung Fu magazines and came across an article about Ken Lo in the Sept. 1996 issue. Ken Lo was a kickboxing champ of Hong Kong seven times in a row, later became Jackie Chan's personal body guard. Jackie Chan then invited him to play in a few movies, but I think he didn't really become famous.
Anyway, the article is an interview with Ken Lo and here is something funny he says: he eats two meals a day that way he gets all the nutrition but his stomach doesn't become 'expanded' - as he put it.
Now let me get something straight here. Let's say an active martial artist needs 4,000 calories per day. If I eat twice a day, I have to jam 2,000 calories worth of food into my stomach per meal, if I eat five times a day (three big meals and two snacks) I only need to put in maybe a 1,000 calories per meal (three times a day), and 500 calories twice for snacks. In my opinion, that is a lot less 'expanding' stress on my stomach. I think some people just don't really think about what they are saying, I have no clue how he came up with this conclusion.
Anyone, any comments?
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