To Mr.X and all CDK pro's

[iced earth]

Mr.X in your CDK manual you suggested this as the recommended exercises to follow:

1- 30 min cardio morning(empty stomach)/workout: Chest, Upper-Back, shoulders, arms, traps, abs
2- 30 min cardio morning/ workout: Legs, (includes, calfs, hams,quads), lower-back
3- 45 min cardio morning OR 1 hour cardio during the day
4- SAME AS DAY 3
5- 30-45 min cardio AM no workout
6- 30 min cardio AM/ full body workout = circuit training 3-5 times (very light 20-25reps)

What's the point of doing this diet? your definitely going to lose weight by doing all of this cardio without the CKD diet anyway. When I used to amateur box I didn't eat that great and did about the same amount of cardio and got toned.

 

[Onenameleft]

You may have a really good metablolism or maybe the diet you ate just worked very well for you. As to whether a CKD would work better for you than that diet, I'd just say if a healthier diet works for you, then do it. In answer to your question, the reason to do a CKD along with the cardio is to maximize the % of weight loss that comes from fat, and to minimize the % that comes from muscle. For most of us, just cutting calories and doing cardio causes muscle wasting along with fat loss, and a Ketogenic diet with periodic carb ups helps to limit the amount of muscle lost. Since the amount of actual weight lost is dependent on calories and exercise primarily, the weight loss would be the same on a balanced as a CKD at the same calorie deficit. But if I can make it so that I only lose 10% of that weight in muscle instead of 40%, then that's 3 more lbs of fat for every 10lbs lost. I hope that answered your question.

 

[iced earth]

Makes sense, thanks for answering my question Onenameleft.

 

[Mr.X]

Dear Iced Earth,

I think that onenameleft, has adequately answered the question. I will add the fact that with a "normal" diet (not CKD) these amounts of cardio will not equal to the same %fat-loss/%muscle-loss. During cardio, especially with low-fat/low-carb/high-protein diet, you will be burning 40% muscle, 20% daily ingested micro nutrients, 30-40% fat.

Mr.X

 

[iced earth]

Thanks Mr.X. it does make perfect sense.