can you gain size while on a low carb diet?

[The Terminator]

as posted by The Terminator


damn, thats alot of carbs, so during your bulking cycle, how much bf do you put on when consuming that many carbs?

Thanks

ZERO. My everyday diet while off is ~5000-5200 calories a day, 500 g. of carbs, 300g. protein, 200g. of fat...
While on I try and up the carbs to around 600 a day, and protein goes up to ~350 g/day.
I usually stay at ~180-185 8% bf (year round)...It is expensive to eat like this...

 

[Mini Viper]

The Terminator -

Bro, that is impressive, nice one! yeah abit expensive, lol

Thanks for the info

 

[garcia7]

I'm a type II diabetic who is not on meds. I have to limit my carbs to < 20 grams per meal. In addition I only eat three meals a day. I definitely gain on a low carb diet but not nearly as much as some of the post I'v3 read. I'd say over the past year I've put on 15 quality pounds of mass through two cycles. Gains come slow, but they are quality gains.

 

[The Terminator]

The Terminator -

Bro, that is impressive, nice one! yeah abit expensive, lol

Thanks for the info

The only issue that bothers me is that my blood sugar levels seem to be all over the place (eating this many carbs, its no surprise). So sometimes I am highly energetic, other times I barely want to get out of my chair...

 

[swampmoose]

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Listen dude,

you need to eat lots of protein, if you dont your stupid.
Thats what deca's for.

 

[Mini Viper]

as posted by The Terminator

The only issue that bothers me is that my blood sugar levels seem to be all over the place (eating this many carbs, its no surprise). So sometimes I am highly energetic, other times I barely want to get out of my chair...

too true, your insulin will spike all over the place.

I'm trying out the low carb diet, I eat carbs based on what body part I train, eg. if I do big body parts like legs, back, chest then I'll eat more carbs, smaller body parts I'll eat less carbs.
The reason being that I had my bf measured using calipers and measured at 20% bf, lol, fuck I nearly feinted from shock. So now I'm eating cleaner, smarter and cutting down carbs, I think its working cos I feel tighter, my love handles are to blame for the high bf, sucks!!
I got some T-rex sitting around and am thinking to use it to shift more fat. What do you think bro??

Thanks

 

[theoak01]

I dont think you should watse gear by doing a ckd,just eat clean like tuna,steak,turkey,potatos,chicken and do some cardio 3 times a week and you will be just fine in gaining leaner mass, if you still want to cut do a ckd about a month or two after your cycle

 

[Mini Viper]

IrishMobBoss -

I've included cardio now 15mins cross trainer after lifting weights for 5 days a week.
I'm eating alot of protein and have cut down fat and carb intake.
I guess it take time to shift such an amount of bf, so I'll keep at it and save the t-rex for later date.

Thanks

 

[Laser0001]

If you do a search by name on bodybyfinnaplix he recently has been posting his gains on a ckd bulking cycle.

 

[Krazykat]

psychedout

I think your nearly right. It does depend on how often you train but basically do low carb on non weight training days and high carb AFTER your workout on training days. Now if you train six days a week this isn`t going to work but if you do less than three it should work wonders.