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Carb cycling???
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Black03SVTCobra
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Here is a article on it, its a lot of reasoning but you will get a lot of information out of it and it should answer most of your questions. Hope it helps.
http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/par30.htm
http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/par30.htm
Lifterforlife
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Simple way I like to do it is as follows...
Day 1&2....low carb
Day 3....high carb
Day 4....medium carb
repeat
Simple and easy. Theory being that after 2 days of low carb, before any "damage" can be done, you re introduce carbs at a high rate, help replenish an lost glycogen, then drop back down with medium carbs the next day....then go for 2 days low carb again, etc. Keep your protein up each day.
Day 1&2....low carb
Day 3....high carb
Day 4....medium carb
repeat
Simple and easy. Theory being that after 2 days of low carb, before any "damage" can be done, you re introduce carbs at a high rate, help replenish an lost glycogen, then drop back down with medium carbs the next day....then go for 2 days low carb again, etc. Keep your protein up each day.
Sassy69
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How sensitive you are to carbs, i.e. how much you need to function and not feel like absolute crap is something you need to experiment with, but probably a good place to start would be:
hi carb day: 200 g complex carbs
med carb day: 100 g "
low carb day: 0-50 g " (this doesn't mean no green fibrous carbs tho--- veggies really don't count but keep them to the green leafy ones, not high sugar ones like carrots, peas, etc.)
Consider the "hi carb day" to be a refeed of sorts and run your low carb days either one day or two days - depends again on how intense your physical demand is and how you feel. IMO unless you are deep in contest prep, you dont' need to run the low days at crazy aggressive levels because you may want to run the carb rotation for awhile and its hard to function in daily life if your neuron firings are getting fuzzy and you bite off people's heads for stupid little things.
hi carb day: 200 g complex carbs
med carb day: 100 g "
low carb day: 0-50 g " (this doesn't mean no green fibrous carbs tho--- veggies really don't count but keep them to the green leafy ones, not high sugar ones like carrots, peas, etc.)
Consider the "hi carb day" to be a refeed of sorts and run your low carb days either one day or two days - depends again on how intense your physical demand is and how you feel. IMO unless you are deep in contest prep, you dont' need to run the low days at crazy aggressive levels because you may want to run the carb rotation for awhile and its hard to function in daily life if your neuron firings are getting fuzzy and you bite off people's heads for stupid little things.
Lifterforlife
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Sassy is right....much depends on your carb tolerance. The number chosen for the layout I mentioned is 2 gr. per lb. on high carb days, 1.25-1.5 on med. days, and .5 on low days. I have done this many times.....but I adjusted it to my needs. For instance, I never do the 2 gr. per lb., my high carb day is normally 1.5, med. 1, and low .5. This works well for me.
