You May Be Training Hard, But Are You Eating Enough?

[Zander1983]

I think you are pretty lean. . .certainly not heavy fat storage.

True, but I'm not really comfortable carrying fat. I used to be a very chubby teenager...

I've gained A LOT of muscle in the past two months, so the see-food diet has not been a total loss. It does work for gaining muscle. That cannot be argued. Its helped me get a lot stronger too.

At 165lbs I think I just started eating like a 200lber too soon. Nothing happens overnight and maybe I was being too impatient.

 

[revexrevex]

or sume cyctahoh 250!!!!

 

[PolishHammer1977]

I think you just have to get used to having a little compensation

 

[louden_swain]

This deserves to be bumped!

 

[PolishHammer1977]

Swained

 

[Deleted member 33117]

Guld, are you following this thread bro? Just like we talked about the other day.

::shakes head::

Anyway, I'm all for pizza on cheat days/carb up days. I just don't make a daily thing of it when bulking.

 

[louden_swain]

Based off my experience, a low carb diet is not effective for gaining extra muscle tissue. . .you need the carbs for energy, which will be expelled during heavy training sessions.

I have watched people follow low carbs diets and their gains have been minimal. . . why waste time and potential?

Thats my input.

 

[Deleted member 33117]

Its because they didn't eat enough bro. We've got a thread going on this topic on the diet discussion board. Take a look.

http://boards.elitefitness.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=251283

Anyway some of the biggest freaks in the world have used low carb diets to build up their mass. Everyone asks me how I've done what I have in 3 1/2 years. Well for the last two I've been low carbing it almost year round. I haven't come off of low carbs for more than 4 days in a row in 2 years.

 

[Debaser]

The DC diet is pretty moderate in carbs (along with no to trace carbs in the evening). I've never had more success with a diet before, and neither has DC and all the monsters he's training.

 

[Mike_Rojas]

I think many people don't realize the importance of essential fatty acids in building muscle.