The Rock Just Shared His Epic Cheat Day Meals on Instagram

Philip Ellis

June 24, 2019 6:00 PM

When you're one of the henchest stars in Hollywood, your cheat day is going to be pretty epic. Dwayne Johnson chronicled his most recent cheat day on Sunday in a couple of Instagram posts, recording the truly mind-blowing amount of comfort food he consumes ahead of his Monday workout.

The Rock's Cheat Day Is a Mighty Thing to Behold

In the first pic, Johnson enjoyed a couple of fat bacon cheeseburgers (there was some lettuce barely visible under the mountain of beef) with a generous pouring of his new tequila. "I have a big shoot in the gym tomorrow for my next @projectrock @underarmour collection," he wrote in the caption. "In a crazy science, these cheat meals tonight should actually help my physique come in with a more fuller pump and vascularity for tomorrows shoot. Or maybe Im just looking for more excuses to drink my tequila and eat like shit ".

View this post on Instagram Midnight sugar train leaves the station. Brownies, blondies, peanut butter, chocolate chip and double chocolate cookies. With a fat slice of a cheesecake chaser. Now subvert all this sugar glory with a great Ken Burns documentary on PROHIBITION and we have ourselves a helluva party. Dont cheat yourself, treat yourself and enjoy your cheat meals my friends. A post shared by therock (@therock) on Jun 24, 2019 at 7:31am PDT

In the second photo, his array of sweet treats couldn't be contained to just one plate. "Now subvert all this sugar glory with a great Ken Burns documentary on PROHIBITION and we have ourselves a helluva party," he said. "Dont cheat yourself, treat yourself and enjoy your cheat meals my friends."

All aboard the Sunday cheat meal train, here's a non-exhaustive list of everything The Rock eats on his day off:

Two 8oz double cheeseburgers with bacon and fries
Double shot of tequila
Brownies
Blondies
Peanut butter, chocolate chip and double chocolate cookies.
Cheesecake

Johnson might refer to the "crazy science" of cheat days as reason to indulge, but the truth isn't quite so simple. In fact, the idea that a cheat day can actually help boost your metabolism is a misconception. "Eating more to burn more isnt quite how things work," nutritionist Chris Mohr previously told Men's Health . "Your metabolism does increase after you eat, but if you binge on 1,000 calories worth of pizza or brownies, your metabolism doesnt ramp up to burn 1,500 calories to handle what you just consumed."

So unless you're going to be spending as much time in the gym working off your cheat day as The Rock, you might not want to try to replicate his Sunday menu, and enjoy your favorite treats in moderation. "While the single-day binge can be helpful for some people, occasionally indulging in smaller portions of your favorite foods may be more sustainable for the long haul," Mohr says.

Philip Ellis