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The Anabolic Diet and Steroids

Cal_21

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After reading 8and20's comment about ketosis. It made me think about this diet and wonder if anybody has tried it while on cycle?

(The one advocated by Dr. Mauro Di Pasquel)

* Monday to Friday: 40% Protein / 60% Fat / No Carbs
* Saturday & Sunday: 15% Protein / 25% Fat / 60% Carbs

I was thinking this might be a good way to get in the protein I need to build muscle without worrying about putting on huge amounts of fat while on cycle.

What do you guys think?
 
p.s. I was thinking about starting this diet natty. Maybe lose a little weight in the process. Plus I read it takes a few weeks for the body to get adjusted, and I'd rather go through that process natty so it's a smoother transition on cycle.
 
it's shit.


the weekend according to diet is "eat what you wan't"

Personally id go with carb-cycling

or a ketosis approach

I'd agree with the keto diet to a certain extent but you can easily bring your BF down without going to such extremes and still gain LBM much easier..
My problem with Keto diets is for one the lack of energy you will have from day 3-5 generally causing fatigue and less intensity during your workout, you're almost following something similar to a contest diet which is for losing BF while maintaining LBM yet your calories are above maintenance.. I'm not understanding why the diet cuts out all carbs for 5days other than to deplete your glycogen stores forcing your body to burn fat for energy, this can also be accomplished using a lower carb approach with great results and is a healthier way of dieting, others will disagree..
 
Cal have you considered priming? its essentially like depleting yourself for a few weeks before you hit the sauce....like a hardcore cut diet then transition to bulker.. and you grow like a weed because u came from a state of depeltion
 
You need to work off a basic diet one which your maintaining on, this is the diet what you prime from, its all about confusing the body, Ive found that carb cycling is the best way to prime, it also keeps hold of valuable muscle tissue if its done correctly,

The best way Ive found is 3-5 days low carb 40% less than your maintenance diet then followed by 1 day high carb 15% higher than the maintenance diet, you will have to adjust the low carb days to suit your body but don't go near 7 days low carbs, a common problem with reducing carbs is that over time the metabolic rate can and will begin to adapt, when carbs stays low for an extended period of time usually at the 7 day mark and up, fat cells attempt to hold on by resisting the release of fatty acids, levels of lipoprotien lipase tend to rise and thyroid levels drop, these both effect overall basal metabolism and are part of the starvation response which off sets reductions in energy intake and is very common to muscle wastage, so adjust to your body's response but in my opinion don't go 7 days or more,

The one high carb day should be introduced around 3-5 day mark of low carbs, the high carb day at around day 3-5 this interrupts the starvation response which restores thyroid levels back to normal while also suppressing the fat storing enzyme lipoprotein ( which rises after day 7 of a lower carb intake) which results in no muscle tissue wastage,

Also if you catch this right at when the glycogen levels drop which is around 3-5 day mark and you follow this by the high carb day with an increase of calories even higher than what the body had been use to previous to the reduction, the body responds by increasing thermogenesis which in turn helps the whole process,

Everybody is different but ive got alot of personally logs/reports which show muscle wastage on carb cycling at the 7 day mark and up, the body re-adjusts itself at this stage and holds onto the fat cells while using the precious muscle tissue as energy, which in turn the individual will lose more muscle tissue than stopping short this process at 3-5 day mark of the low carb,

The key is tricking the metabolism into losing fat instead of muscle tissue by rotating carbs but not letting the body trigger the starvation response, also Ive found that before any type of carb cycling you must of establish a basic diet which you have ran for a number of weeks in where the body isn't gaining or losing any size just maintaining what its got, this is very important because this established diet is what you work off so we get the body to respond the best by dropping bf and holding onto muscle tissue,

As you priming your body goes into a environment were muscle tissue can be built very fast, just look how much you put on after a contest, this whole process you take advantage of and put it together with a cycle and hit all comounds hard and fast, an increase in calories is needed everyday of the cycle, you must support the amount of AAS and growth the body wants to grow, as soon as you start the cycle your body is very anabolic so take advantage of this and hit it hard, growth comes on fast,


Dont set a target weight for the prime, the prime isnt really about weight loss its about priming the body for the intense cycle/training, do the prime as slow as possible the body reacts better if its done this way, make sure you carb cycle of the maintance diet what you have now, confuse the body dont do anything drastic slowly build the enviroment for growth, trust me do this part spot on and the gains are untrue, the body only grows in short bursts this is a natural thing from babys to teenagers, so go with the flow of the body just create the body ready for the growth and very intense training,

Make sure your on a low dose gh throughout the prime,

slowly confuse the body into burning fat as fuel then restore the gyl store with the 1 day high carb, but this 1 day wont full them up only restore abit so next time you low carb for 3-5 day even more fat will be burnt and the process of creating an anabolic enviroment is getting acheived.

when you start to reduce carbs by 40% for 3-5 days the glycogen stores start to deplete and when muscle glycogen stores are lower a metabolic shift occurs where additional fat is used for fuel which in turn promotes fat loss so after you return back to 1 day high carb intake the extra carbs simply re-store muscles with glycogen, so as long as there is room for more glucose from carbs the carbs must be stored as glycogen, but with only one day higher carbs the store are not fully full so the next time you do 3-5 day lower carbs the stores get even more depleted which even triggers more fat loss but the high day carb is enough to stop the starvation response of the body so no metabolic shift to slow it down,

This overall procedure puts your body into a very anabolic environment for muscle tissue to grow couple this with a cycle and growth is amazing, but i must stress the prime as to be done correctly to take full advantage
 
Would I stick with carb cycling throughout the cycle too?

So every 4th day or so I should switch to +15% carbs day?

Do I do anything differently as far as diet goes once I start my test cycle?

If I can't get my hands on gh should i do something differently to compensate?
 
I have my own variety that works for me. I make adjustments based on how my body is feeling. There will be times when u feel like shit and not want to work out. U will definitely have a lack of energy if u r doing it right. I basically limit my carbs to about 100grams or less. I get these all in in 3 meals prior to working out (I usually go in my lunch break) and 1 the PWO. After that I am carb free for the rest of the day. I may do this for 6 or 7 days straight. Then I will have a couple of "cheat meals" not a couple of cheat days. These cheat meals are not ice cream, cake, chips, pizza, etc. I call them cheat meals more for the fact that I have deprived myself of carbs so I will still get my protein in those meals as usual but I will add a big bowl of whole wheat pasta, sweet potatoe, long grain rice, etc. I look forward to these meals and it keeps me focused. It will be a struggle in the gym. U will find yourself not able to do as much work or last as long and u will slowly lose reps and some weight off of your lifts. But if u try 2 keep the intensity as high as possible and keep your protein up the loss of LBM will be minimal.
 
* Monday to Friday: 40% Protein / 60% Fat / No Carbs
* Saturday & Sunday: 15% Protein / 25% Fat / 60% Carbs

Holy shit! 60% Fat intake Mon-Fri.????? Then pigging out carbs on the weekend? Man...Granted I've never heard of this diet, so I can't honestly say...but then again I'm seeing reasons why I've never heard of this diet.
 
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