While training is important, Men’s Physique star Sadik Hadzovic has come to realize that bodies are largely built in the kitchen. In a recent offering on YouTube, Hadzovic walked his followers through three quick-to-craft simple meals he consumes to build muscle.
With striking aesthetics, a tight waist, and huge arms, Sadik Hadzovic emerged as a powerful threat in the Men’s Physique division. Hadzovic gave former four-time Men’s Physique Olympia Jeremy Buendia all he could handle during his successful reign, finishing runner-up at the prestigious competition in 2014 and 2015.
Hadzovic last tested himself against the best of his class at the 2022 Pittsburgh Pro where he claimed gold. He later finished third at Steve Weinberger’s New York Pro, and while he was qualified for Olympia that year, he chose to sit out of the competition.
Hadzovic has now set his sights on a comeback at the 2024 Tampa Pro. Aiming to showcase drastic improvements to his physique, he’s been working in silence. Weeks before taking the stage, Hadzovic offered fans a sneak peek into some of the meals he uses to build muscle.
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Bodybuilder Sadik Hadzovic Shares His 3 Staple Meals for Muscle Growth
Below you can find Hadzovic’s three muscle-building meals:
“We have chicken, beef, red potatoes. Chicken, rice, and we have beef, chicken, and rice again. So let’s get this prepared.”
Meal 1
- 3 oz of Chicken
- 5 oz of ground beef
- 9 oz of Potatoes
- Tobasco sauce
- Ketchup
Hadzovic prefers to buy meal-prepped chicken that doesn’t contain seasonings, oils, or preservatives.
“We’ll be weighing out all our food after being cooked using a food scale. And another great thing. If you have kids, get some pre-made meals guys. This is just off the Eat Clean Bro ala cart menu. Ala cart is just a bunch of ingredients prepared really pretty basic.
This is just basic grilled chicken, no seasonings, no oils, no preservatives, these potatoes are sauteed in a little bit of olive oil which is actually great. They are a little salted too which is good.”
Although his servings don’t need to be spot-on, he wants them ‘close to perfect.’
“My meals consist of red meat and chicken in the same meal,” says Hadzovic. If it [the measurements] goes a little over I’m not really going to be so OCD. It doesn’t need to be perfect it just needs to be close to perfect.”
Meal 2
- 7 oz of Chicken
- 7 oz of White Rice
- Green Veggies (broccoli)
- Salt
As it gets later in the day, Hadzovic likes to incorporate more vegetables into his meals. He adds that pre-training and post-training meals require the most carbohydrates.
“As the night tapers down, I want to taper down with my carbohydrates. I like to restore my glycogen or the majority of my glycogen around my training sessions. Pre-training meals and post-training meals are going to be the highest-carb meals. Later on at night, you replace the carbs with veggies and fats but we always keep protein a constant,” says Sadik Hadzovic.
For added flavor and nutrients, Hadzovic adds tomato, broccoli, and salt to his chicken and rice.
“I’m actually going to chop up a tomato and throw a little bit of tomato in here. This probably doesn’t even look too appetizing on camera, right? It’s fucking dry-ass chicken and rice.”
He regards vegetables as ‘free calories’ due to their fibrous carbs and high levels of fiber, along with zinc content.
“Vegetables are free calories. I call them free calories. The reason being is that vegetables do have carbs but they are very fibrous carbs so these are more so when I look at broccoli or spinach for instance, what I’m looking at is high fiber, high levels of zinc, and very low carbohydrates because most of them are fiber.”
Meal 3
- 5 oz Ground beef
- 7 oz of Chicken
- 6 oz of White Rice
- 2.5 oz of rainbow cookie (on the side)
“This ground beef is just ground beef. Nothing added to it which is great as well. And white rice, we’ll prepare it fresh because I just like white rice prepared fresh. It’s really easy.”
Hadzovic revealed that it only took him 12 minutes to prepare all three meals that he uses throughout the day to build muscle.
“That was like 10-12 minutes. I prepared three meals in 10-12 minutes. Now, it’s possible for me, because I’m so experienced in like cooking multiple meals at once. I’ve been eating six meals a day for about 15 years so I kind of developed a system.”
Known for his candid nature, Sadik Hadzovic doesn’t shy away from tackling controversial topics. He recently opened up on the ‘dark side’ of his steroid cycles, revealing that he has been using anabolics to enhance his physique since the 2013 Mr. Olympia competition.
With his preparations kicking into gear for the 2024 Tampa Pro, time will tell if Hadzovic’s stage presence is deserving of gold. If he clinches victory, he secures a qualification for this year’s Mr. Olympia contest in Las Vegas, Nevada, scheduled for October 10-13.
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