Good For Bryson DeChambeau Dropping 20 Pounds In A Month And Admitting That His Bulking Regimen Was Absolutely Insane
Richard Sellers - PA Images. Getty Images."I ate things that were not great for my system that I was very sensitive to…and ultimately it got to the point where it was a little too much. And that’s why I started to back off of that…I ate improperly for almost a year and a half and I was starting to feel weird. My gut was all messed up, and so I went completely healthy, went on a Whole 30 diet, got a nutritionist, did blood work, measured stuff in my gut biome. I was super-inflamed. And then just recently since I’ve been using this new chef, I lost 20 pounds in a month. […] The inflammation has just left my system, and I feel a lot more at ease. I mean, I’m a lot leaner now, I feel better, my face has thinned out finally… I look like I’m 20 again, not 35."
I can't tell if Bryson DeChambeau is self-aware and constantly self-parodying just to troll us all, or if he is in fact so monomaniacally driven to be a golfing legend at any cost that he can't learn any sort of life lesson until he crashes and burns in spectacular fashion. This guy's galaxy-brained approach to overcomplicate the already-most-complicated game on Earth is the epitome of — forgive the brief cross-sports pollination — the Robert Saleh-preached "all gas, no brake" mantra.
That sounds like a bad idea on pure principle, doesn't it? Like eventually if you're just putting pedal to metal and flooring that shit, something terrible is going to happen. Aaaaaand based on this quote from Bryson's appearance on Five Clubs that has begun to make the rounds, that is precisely what went down.
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Whatever your take is on Bryson, you can't deny he's one of the sport's most fascinating figures. No shock that he went heel mode to join the LIV Golf. Not surprised he tried to make a super weird video about his whole, you know, inability to duck under a gallery rope. Was almost as strange as his extremely triggered reaction to the whole initial situation. Then again, we are talking about a guy who once asked for relief from a fucking anthill.
These are only some of the notable happenings in the ongoing Bryson saga. Perhaps most notable, though, were his efforts to pack on as much muscle as humanly possible so that he could drive the damn cover off the ball and create a competitive advantage. His initiative to gain power and swing speed inspired other players to get longer, with varying results. Rory McIlroy jacked up his swing just to try to keep up with Bryson, while short knocker Matthew Fitzpatrick made crazy gains off the tee and won a U.S. Open because of that.
You can't argue that for a time, Bryson had some real results, highlighted by his own U.S. Open triumph in 2020 where he overpowered the uber-tough Winged Foot venue and won by six strokes. He led the PGA Tour in 2020-21 with a crazy 323.7 average driving distance.
But yeah…it's no surprise to learn that at a certain point, Bryson's body basically said to him, "STOPPPPP!! PLEASE!!!! WE'RE DYINGGGGG!" Because my lord, the diet he was on? Golf Dot Com has a breakdown from 2020, when Bryson was drinking, I shit you not, six to seven protein shakes per day.
Your organs gonna shut down at a certain point, bro. Beyond the inner workings of Bryson's intestines and the nasty dumps he had to be taking, he was dealing with various injuries in recent years, so his golf game went into the shitter as well.
I'm glad Bryson had the revelation that this whole quixotic effort to become the IRL Popeye was unsustainable. Seems he's healthier now. This just probably guarantees his career will last longer. Can't wait to keep rooting against him!
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