Cutting/Trying to get down to 5% bodyfat, how many carbs?

[bilat]

I'm around 170lbs now, don't really know my bodyfat but i'm fairly lean.
How many carbs should I aim for?
I was planning on doing DC, so I would have high protein--around 340g, and then good fats from olive oil in most protein shakes. I might lower the protein a little though, not sure yet.

 

[zero%bodyfat]

i think DC is more of a bulking routine. but i think DC says just eat what he reccomends but do cardio to cut and dont eat less. sounds good to me except i think hes against high intensity cardio and stairmaster type stuff.

 

[bilat]

Yea, he's pretty huge though so it makes sense that he's against high intensity cardio.

I might switch and doing something other than DC, probably not though. I'm definitely going to be doing HIIT in the early afternoon 3x/week.

Should I aim for under 100g carb, 200g?

 

[Latamier]

When I'm cutting for a show, I try to keep carbs as close to "0" as I can. You may feel like shit, but you will definately be ripped.

 

[bilat]

Don't you take carbs postworkout tho?

 

[bilat]

bump

 

[Magnússon]

Protein seems a bit high to me, I stay lean all year long consuming around 100-200 grams of carbs a day, just watch the fat

 

[bilat]

Watch the good fats, like from Olive oil too?

DC recommends 2x BW in protein, I think i'm going to do 1.5 so that puts me around 255g protein, I think.

Do you eat your carbs only at certain times like on a TKD or just whenever except night?

 

[Vageta]

If you want to follow DC's plan then do what he says. I can guarantee you it will get on his bad side if you say you're doing his plan, or a variation of it, but change a bunch of things. If you want to follow what he says then you must double your bodyweight in protein, break it up into 6 meals and eat the protein absolutely first thing in the meal. Then rely on good clean carbs and healthy fats until full, don't eat carbs past a designated time that YOU can set yourself, and cutoff fat intake at a specific time as well.

Since you're cutting you should cut off carbs in the afternoon and perhaps have fats cutoff by early evening. If you workout at night then get some carbs in your post workout meal and then treat the rest of the meals for the night according to plan. So if you cut carbs off at 3pm and workout at 7pm then still get the carbs after that meal, but your final meal should be mostly protein.

DC doesn't count calories, he counts protein and relies on cardio to take the fat off. I can honestly say that after a couple of weeks on his eating/training plan I was eating more than I ever have been able to before without gaining weight and actually lost weight the first week. I stopped counting calories after the first week but I was around 3000-3500 on most days which is supposed to be above my maintenance yet I lost weight? I usually diet at 2400 calorie range... Not to mention I did zero cardio and got slopplier in my 2nd week and ate more junk food and later in the evening and still haven't put on any noticeable fat, which is amazing considering the old metabolism isn't anywhere near what it used to be. I'm also getting stronger in the gym so if I am gaining any weight then most of it is muscle thus far. I think the anarchy stack combined with DC's method is a lethal combo for fat loss and/or muscle gain, depending on which goal you are striving for.

This coming week I am going to clean up my carb intake, put definite cutoff times on carbs(3pm) and add some cardio and see what happens. I have no doubt the fat will begin to come off and with his plan I never feel like I'm starving. 400+ grams of protein, if it comes mostly from food, goes a long way in satiating your appetite.

 

[Babyfaced Assassin]

i tried < 30g carbs for 4 months... i lost bf but i deffo felt crap. I now eat about 150g carbs all centered around training. training harder and more cut then ever