60/30/10

[deco]

60% carbs, 30% protein, 10% good fat

apperently that;s what an NBA player need to be eating in order to stay healthy. What do you guys think? I have a offseason strength and conditioning manual from one of the teams and it preaches that as an athlete you don't need that much protein. More specifically it says that 8 ounces of protein is plenty. I'll be cutting here so I was looking for a healthy diet, might go with this one.

 

[jmt24]

are you in the nba or play a sport consistently year round like they do? if not, i dont think that diet will do you any good for cutting. the typical breakdown is 55%protein/15%carbs/30%fat

 

[mm107]

my cutting diet is 40/30/30

Worked wonders for ME but everyone is definatley different.

 

[A_N_91]

They probably do 60/30/10 but they don't look that good. There in shape but not from a bodybuilders point of view.

 

[jmt24]

idk, most of those players are pretty ripped

 

[A_N_91]

idk, most of those players are pretty ripped

I didn't mean to see they're not cut at all. But look at Tim Duncan,Ginobili,Mourning...There cut but not if you want to be a bodybuilder. There are exceptions like Lebron James, Shaq (sometimes), Dwyane Wade.

In summation, I don't think 60/30/10 is that good.

 

[alex2678]

I posted a my experience with a high calorie 60/30/10 diet vs. a high calorie/high protein/high fat/low carb diet in another thread. In summary, with with 60/30/10 ratio I gained an equal amount of fat and muscle and while on the anabolic diet my gain was almost all muscle with a little fat that came off very easily when I switched to lower calories. If you're genetically very lean and don't put on fat easily then you could probably get away with a 60/30/10 diet. Not a big fan myself. Reminds me too much of those Weider principles where that was their staple diet plan.

 

[Lifterforlife]

Man, just do what works for you. Believe it or not, most folks do well on a 50/20/30 p/c/f. Keep this below your maintnenance. At some point, depending on how lean you want to get, you may well have to up the protein.

But again, bodybuilders do this...throw protein at the body in an effort to save muscle. Actually, it comes down to hormonal changes. If you are fairly "gifted", meaning your genes are good, test levels are high, you can hold more muscle than the average guy. It really does come down to hormones.....you have falling testosterone, high cortisol, etc. at this point.

It is important to note that a bit over half of all ingested amino acids are broken down in the liver in the first place. A good portion of those can and are used to make glucose.

This is where carbs come in. Research shows that as little as 50 gr. of carbs will severely limit the need for the body to use amino acids for gluoconeogenesis.

If you stay under your maintnenance level on a continuous basis, keep enough carbs in your diet to lessen nitrogen loss, you will lose fat. Bottom line.

 

[deco]

are you in the nba or play a sport consistently year round like they do? if not, i dont think that diet will do you any good for cutting. the typical breakdown is 55%protein/15%carbs/30%fat

you see the thing is this was for the offseason, also this diet came with a specific training which I liked. Plus I used to play in college before I got injured. Kinda want to stay athletic and agile.,

 

[deco]

I didn't mean to see they're not cut at all. But look at Tim Duncan,Ginobili,Mourning...There cut but not if you want to be a bodybuilder. There are exceptions like Lebron James, Shaq (sometimes), Dwyane Wade.

In summation, I don't think 60/30/10 is that good.

you see the problem is half of those people don't even really diet, they eat healthy but they don't exactly keep the calorie count or anything that specific.

Also I want to mention lot of this is due to players comming back fat, they believe this is because they intake lots of calories from fat just like your average american. They put lot of emphasis on fat having more calories that way weight gain comes eeaie. Of course they suggest to consume most of those carbs in complex form.

One of these days I will make a copy of the booklet and post it.