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Wurd. I dunno how many times I've boasted this either... sheesh.
Sport Carb Cycling Really Works!
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Wurd. I dunno how many times I've boasted this either... sheesh.
what do you mean? This works for you too?
can you tell me a bit about how you did this?
I am mainly interested in what you did on your off days? Today I have only had about 50g of carbs and it's a non training day.
What did you do?
ehhhh, could you be more specific?
I think mine is like that. I time the carbs around when I will use them up in a very short amount of time.
Glad you are seeing success with your program.
Just curious, what method was used to test your body fat?
Just curious, what method was used to test your body fat?
just a bodyfat scale... haha just kidding.
A professional trainer with top of the line calipers.
Whats so funny about that, body fat scles can be very accurate, and i wouldnt be worrying about the calipers but more about the pt :s
Carb Timing Update
A post from my journal:
I got my bodyfat tested again today. I was feeling pretty lean, abs are hardly covered with fat compared to what they were. I felt confident that I hadn't gained any fat and perhaps even lost a slight amount. I weighed in at 175, 2 pounds up from last bodyfat test which was 12 days ago.
I checked my measurements and my arms went up and my waist stayed the same.
The results came back like I expected them.. my fat level was pretty much unchanged from last time. a few of the measurments went up by a very small amount, and some went down by a very small amount (abs, chest and suprilliac, with abs being the biggest drop, .4 milimeters), the rest of them stayed the same from last week.
The results showed that I had gained 1.7 pounds of lean mass and .3 pounds of fat mass. Leaving my bodyfat percentage unchanged from last week at 11.2%.
This is still great news for me! With these small little fat gains I can almost bulk indefinitely.
As to why I didn't lose fat this week? There was a small bit of differences.
The main difference is that I was eating a lot of carbs pre workout. Sometimes getting over 100g. I was also eating a tad more carbs in my post post workout meal.
Another thing that I can think of is that I was leaner. I kind of believe in the natural bodyweight thing, and when I was in the 12% fat range my appetite was getting supressed, like my body didn't want to go any higher. I notice that the leaner I am, the hungrier I am. I think 11% or so is my natural bodyweight.
I didn't do a bit of cardio either... (just lifted five days a week and the rest of the time was just pure sitting basically) I would bet that if I would walk for an hour a day or something I would be able to lose fat and gain muscle.
That's what I will experiment with this summer. I will be doing a lot of walking because I will be playing golf about 4 days per week and another day I will be mowing lawns all day.
A post from my journal:
I got my bodyfat tested again today. I was feeling pretty lean, abs are hardly covered with fat compared to what they were. I felt confident that I hadn't gained any fat and perhaps even lost a slight amount. I weighed in at 175, 2 pounds up from last bodyfat test which was 12 days ago.
I checked my measurements and my arms went up and my waist stayed the same.
The results came back like I expected them.. my fat level was pretty much unchanged from last time. a few of the measurments went up by a very small amount, and some went down by a very small amount (abs, chest and suprilliac, with abs being the biggest drop, .4 milimeters), the rest of them stayed the same from last week.
The results showed that I had gained 1.7 pounds of lean mass and .3 pounds of fat mass. Leaving my bodyfat percentage unchanged from last week at 11.2%.
This is still great news for me! With these small little fat gains I can almost bulk indefinitely.
As to why I didn't lose fat this week? There was a small bit of differences.
The main difference is that I was eating a lot of carbs pre workout. Sometimes getting over 100g. I was also eating a tad more carbs in my post post workout meal.
Another thing that I can think of is that I was leaner. I kind of believe in the natural bodyweight thing, and when I was in the 12% fat range my appetite was getting supressed, like my body didn't want to go any higher. I notice that the leaner I am, the hungrier I am. I think 11% or so is my natural bodyweight.
I didn't do a bit of cardio either... (just lifted five days a week and the rest of the time was just pure sitting basically) I would bet that if I would walk for an hour a day or something I would be able to lose fat and gain muscle.
That's what I will experiment with this summer. I will be doing a lot of walking because I will be playing golf about 4 days per week and another day I will be mowing lawns all day.
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I was just curious if a carb cycling diet is beneficial when tryin to lose weight. Ive been on the zigzag 3 and 1 diet (20%deficit 3days mantenance 1 day), I do cardio 7 days a week, and lift 4. would it be beneficial to add in carb cycling or is it not a good idea because im on a deficit