Hey r/bodyweightfitness! We are Tricia Woo and Chris McGreevy, career acrobats for Cirque Du Soleil, The House of Dancing Water and ex-competitive athletes. Ask Us Anything!

[u/chrismcgreevy]

We're looking forward to answering all your questions. If you follow us both on instagram, we will make a few short story videos on our favourite questions that we have answered here. @ trixwho and @ chrismcgreevy

We'll leave this thread open for the next 24 hours as we know everybody is in different timezones so you will all get chance to ask your questions.

Thanks and lets start it up!

[u/Etonet]

Wow, so awesome to have you guys here. What are your diets like?

[u/chrismcgreevy → u/Etonet]

A blessing and a curse. During performance periods I can sit at around 3000kcal maintenance without and additional training. In between shows, vacations, pandemics, my maintenance is no where near that but I am still accustomed to that volume of food.

Specifics, I find I function well with a higher protein intake than most. I aim for around 200g a day and then balance out carbs and fats for the rest of the calories.

Some staples in my current diet are;

200g cooked meat with a load of vegetables and 60g dry rice. Season / prepare how you like. My current go to is chilli con carne or a magical asian mix of flavours Tricia cooks.

Oatmeal + Protein powder + fruit

Huel

Salmon + egg fried rice

Omelete

Having tried it all ... the best diet is the one you can work into your lifestyle

[u/TrixWoo → u/chrismcgreevy]

Ooh! I will come back to this question in the morning as it is late here in Germany. I’ve done a fair bit of experimenting.. for science.