anticatabolism pre-contest?

[nikkita]

Hi ladies,

What do you use or eat to prevent catabolism during contest preparation?

 

[The Shadow]

gear helps a LOT

 

[The Shadow]

AF has a new product that addresses this

 

[nikkita]

Thanks! do you know the name of the product you mention?

 

[Sassy69]

Its a big secret!

No... actually I was wondering the same --- AIFM??


Otherwise, adjusting your protein helps.

 

[The Shadow]

yep....carbs help too

 

[Miss24k]

Funny thing, I never lost any LBM when dieting down, it actually went up, even when I was doing cardio twice a day. Sorry I'm not much help hun.

How many weeks out are you now?

 

[Sassy69]

When you get down to the last weeks you'll lose a little - but if you keep adjusting your protein to sustain muscle and like Shadow said - make sure you are getting enough carbs to support your energy needs so you don't start to catabolize muscle you should be ok.

 

[nikkita]

Thank you very much for your replies

Miss24K, Given that I'm naturally ectomorphic I tend to lean out really fast I wish I could go up in LBM with twice cardio a day I'm still 8 weeks out, so I'm just making some research to take preventive measures if necessary.

Sassy, thanks a lot for your advice. So in the meantime it is just a matter of adjusting protein? that meaning going up?

 

[Sassy69]

yep - If you are gettign regular bodyfat measures you can determine if you are losing muscle. I've seen both upper carbs & upping fats depending on how you tend to respond w/ bodyfat increase / decrease - that gets a little hard to explain but I've seen girls who can fat load and increase muscle mass / drop bodyfat - I just bloat up.

But if you have say 3 day intervals on your bodyfat measures & also look at the individual pinch measures - you can get a feel for how you respond to changes in your diet. If you are losing muscle mass, up the protein some.