how do bodybuilders have cheat days where they eat 10k calories of junk food and sugar and still remain in top condition?

Question

I occasionally see this on social media where bodybuilders will gorge on giant meals of desserts and junk food and somehow dont end up with diabetes, become ill in general, or just wreck their physique. I understand they probably eat healthy on other days that we dont see, but still it seems odd to not have any negative effects from these wild cheat day binges.

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Answer 1

They probably just lift weight a ton. I know a competitive bodybuilder that eats like trash and shreds a pint of ice cream every night, but has like 5% bodyfat or less at a time. He basically lives in the gym. Also I’m not sure how much one cheat day meal can really affect phisique. Pretty sure your body can only absorb so much – so even on a 10k Cal meal you probably just shit most of that out?