Carb Up Once A Week On Cuttin Routine?

[Makavelli]

Satch, absolutely carb up once a week. I'm not sure about how much lbm you have, but I have a high carb day once every six days for the first 8 weeks of a precontest diet. I have low carb days, which are training days, very low carb, which are non training days. Just cardio. Then on my high carb days I'll use slin twice a day and consume about 800-900 g of carbs. Obviously all very clean carbs. Once you go along in your diet you'll have to spread out the carb load to once every 12-14 days. This works great for all the BB's that I've helped.

 

[gimp]

interesting....why the insulin and so much carbs (900grams)?

 

[TheAssholeFomerlyKnownAsDBBT]

6 days into cutting cycle and energy levels are suffering.
workouts arent intense and the weight is hurtin!
pumps are weak, and muscles are flat.

carbs at around 100g a day.
workout once a day followed by a 15-20 min cardio routine.
another cardio routine at night.

whats your thought on a carb up day on the 7th day?
i'm thinkin about 300-400g carbs to restore glycogen levels./.

100g a day is pretty low for week 1 of a cutter, youre not going to have much energy to even drive to the gym especially if youre doing cardio twice a day already. Gradual everything is what I do. Drop the cals a little not by 75 % week 1. Cardio, start with one a day. I hope youre not doing this natty as that will also just lead to your body being in a severe catabolic state all day long Cardio first thing in am is the only way to go for me. I'd never do it post w/o for the reason that you're already in a catabolic state post w/o, why add to it? Carb up one day or one meal a week is what I do. But I dont drop my carbs as fast as youre doing though so that prolly doesnt help you.

 

[flex2win]

Satch-
Sounds kind of like what happened to me last year for my show. I went from eating whatever, to cutting carbs the next day. Took me two weeks to adjust to it. I agree with DBBer, work yourself down by a percentage week by week until you find that point you're most comfortable at. In the mornings I stuck to oatmeal, and then 90 minutes prior to workout, I ate a can of yams, then nothing else except greens, from 2pm on. Fibrous carbs will pass thru quite nicely. Let us know how else we can help..

 

[Makavelli]

interesting....why the insulin and so much carbs (900grams)?

The insulin helps to fill out. You only have about 16-18 hours to fill out and I've found that using slin helps immensely. Why 900 g's? That's what I need to fill out. I have a fast metabolism and started my precontest diet at 243 lbs. I'm 2 weeks out now and haven't carbed up in 2 weeks. I won't carb up until the wed before the show.

 

[Smokescreen]

I'm currently eating only 200grams of low glycemic carbs per day. I stop with the carbs 5 hours before going to bed. Monday - Friday of course!

But on the weekends...I eat what I want, when I want, how I want. So far so good! I went from 13%BF to 12%BF in a little under 2 weeks. Haven't started the damn fat burners yet. Or the dreaded cardio...which I fucking hate!!! And probably do not have time for.

 

[Makavelli]

I'm currently eating only 200grams of low glycemic carbs per day. I stop with the carbs 5 hours before going to bed. Monday - Friday of course!

But on the weekends...I eat what I want, when I want, how I want. So far so good! I went from 13%BF to 12%BF in a little under 2 weeks. Haven't started the damn fat burners yet. Or the dreaded cardio...which I fucking hate!!! And probably do not have time for.

That will work until you get to about 10%. After that you'll have to tighten up to continue dropping BF.

 

[Smokescreen]

That will work until you get to about 10%. After that you'll have to tighten up to continue dropping BF.

Hmmm. Don't know bro. I did this last year and I was able to go down to 7.5% BF. But I guess I'll do what you say to do. But maybe 4-5 weeks prior to July 17.

 

[Indy]

6 days into cutting cycle and energy levels are suffering.
workouts arent intense and the weight is hurtin!
pumps are weak, and muscles are flat.

carbs at around 100g a day.
workout once a day followed by a 15-20 min cardio routine.
another cardio routine at night.

whats your thought on a carb up day on the 7th day?
i'm thinkin about 300-400g carbs to restore glycogen levels./.

Hey bro, I had same issues, couldn't make it to 10 days to "carb up" did so on the 7th after I couldn't take it any longer.

 

[ass_face]

Satch... not sure when you are taking your carbs in during the low carb days, but they should be right after your work-out regardless if it is a night work out.

Also... a free for all day is a must every 7-10 days to get leptin levels back to normal. Otherwise your metabolic clock goes into starvation mode.