Special Forces Commandos Eat Like This To Build Muscle & Drop Fat

Eat clean, train dirty.

Special Forces Commandos Eat Like This To Build Muscle & Drop Fat

Your nutrition has a massive effect on your athletic performance and your aesthetics. Coming from a background of competitive gymnastics, soccer, bodybuilding and a Former Special Forces Soldier, I am well aware of how inadequate calories and nutrients can impair even the most conditioned athlete both physically and mentally.

To be a Special Forces Soldier you have to have the highest level of fitness and a tough mindset.

To be a Special Forces Soldier you have to have the highest level of fitness and a tough mindset. You are constantly exposed to sleep deprivation, food deprivation, and many physical challenges throughout the selection process, in which you learn a lot about your body and the way it survives under stress and the changes that will incur without enough sleep, food and recovery.


For me nutrition has always been about performance, with aesthetics as an added by-product. It’s good to use this to set your mind on food as fuel rather than just for fat loss or muscle gain.

Every body type is different so it’s not a one size fits all for nutrition, you need to work out what best suits your body type and training styles, and the best way to do this is to get a professional coach, customised training and nutrition plan.

I live off a diet of high fats and minimal carbs – yes I said it, minimal carbs – and I maintain a low body fat percentage and a stack of muscle. And here’s exactly how it’s done.

The Commando Daily Nutrition & Exercise Plan

5am Wake Up

Start your day clean
  • Lemon water
  • L – Carnitine
  • Bulletproof Coffee
  • HIIT Workout

6am Breakfast

Clean protein
  • 4 Eggs
  • 2 Bacon Rashers
  • ½ Avocado
  • 1 Cup Kale
  • 1 Performix Protein Shake

9am Snack

How do you like these nuts
  • Large tin tuna in olive oil
  • ½ Cup Walnuts
  • Sprinkle Flaxseeds

12pm Lunch

Fish is a soldier’s friend
  • Bulletproof Coffee
  • 180g salmon steak
  • 1 Cup mixed vegetables
  • ½ Avocado

2pm Afternoon Snack

Go natural to power through the day
  • 1 Scoop Performix chocolate protein
  • 1 Tspb. Natural peanut butter
  • ¼ Avocado
  • 50ml Cream
  • 150ml Coconut water
  • Ice

5pm Dinner

The classic chicken breast can do no wrong
  • 200g chicken breast
  • 1 Cup rice
  • 1 Cup mixed vegetable

8pm Late Snack

Protein to end the night
  • 1 Scoop Performix Chocolate Protein
  • 6 Eggs whites

Scott Evennett is an ex-Australian Commando and a health, fitness and mindset expert. You can find his custom nutrition programs via his site, EVENNETT.