You are about to listen to a BBC podcast and I'd like to tell you a bit about what goes into making one.

I'm Sadata Sese, an assistant commissioner of podcasts for BBC Sounds.

I pull a lot of levers to support a diverse range of podcasts on all sorts of subjects,

relationships, identity, comedy, even one that mixes poetry, music and inner city life. So one day I'll be helping

host develop their ideas, the next fact-checking, a feature, and the next looking at how a

podcast connects with its audience, and maybe that's you. So if you like this podcast, check out some

others on BBC Sounds.

First I start with protein powder, so I make sure that every meal I've got about 50 to 60 gram of protein.

And then I have one banana and tea or coffee.

Three boiled eggs and seven egg white, which makes 10 egg in total.

Daily, 10 eggs?

10 eggs? No, that's a snack at 10 o'clock.

And then I will have minced beef, steak, chicken with either rice or potato.

And then 6 o'clock, I will have fish.

That's my meal, about 6 meals a day, every day.

It sounds like a lot of work.

It is, yeah.

That was the diet of Gilbert Alaskardi at the height of his physical training.

He wasn't a training to be strong or to run fast or to swim the seas.

That kind of athletic performance wasn't really the point. Gilbert had one singular purpose to get big.

This is the Life's Less Ordinary podcast from the BBC World Service.

I'm Mabin Azar.

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