Sharing another topic I stand behind

[PUMPED]

Carb cycling is essentially varying the amount of your carb intake depending on your requirements and goals. Carb cycling is done with low, medium and high carb days. Usually you will have low carb day on rest days, moderate days on smaller muscle groups and then high days on big muscle groups such as leg and back day.
However, sometimes you may have a higher carb day on a rest day if you require it depending on how your body composition, weight and the way you look. It can spike your metabolism and help fill out your muscles if you are looking flat.
The bottom line is it's about using carbs in a specific way to optimise body composition and performance whilst maximising your tolerance to carbs (sustaining insulin sensitivity) to support maximum recovery and growth when it needs it.
One reason why carb cycling works so well is because you are not unnecessarily forcing carbs into the system when you don't need them which helps protect you against insulin resistance, which is essential to long lasting muscle growth and fat loss.
Do I believe in carb cycling, absolutely, but not in a traditional way. The traditional carb cycling is used by many renowned coaches and they use it incredibly well. However it is a complicated process for most to remember i.e. exactly which day is low carb day, which day is high carb day?
How I structure “carb cycling” is through utilising "********' . How this is done is pretty much having low enough carb during the week so that you are burning fat while still having energy to get through every workout and then having a high carb day on your rest day. When you **********, you are to consume as much high glycemic carb as you comfortably can, without feeling miserable. The more processed the carb the faster it will fill your glycogen store.
This is to rev up your metabolism again and filling your glycogen store so you feel energised to push through another week. When you have a structured diet plan in place, *********** not only allows you to progressively getting leaner but you will look incredibly hard and full the day following the refeed.
This should give you a better overall understanding of how using carb cycling can be a great way to eat for lean mass.

 

[TX TERROR]

Carb cycling is what I've always done. Works well.


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[Iron Game]

Great information I'm a big believer in carb cycling

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[3J]

90% of my client are given a modified version of carb cycling made by me...

it is the cutting edge in diet philosophy imo.... but MOST dont do it right..

though the statement touches up on some good key facts on carb cycling, it actually doesn't tell you why its so damn effective..

google leptin.. lol

 

[Dean Destructo]

Some people are genetically predisposed to certain types of diets. As for example I myself can't eat a whole lot of carbs, and instead I have to rely on higher fat content.

[FONT=&quot]In addition to diet and exercise, genetics plays a role in determining your body weight. People with two copies of the [/FONT][FONT=&quot]variant[/FONT][FONT=&quot] in this report tend to weigh more on a high saturated fat diet. This variant is near a [/FONT][FONT=&quot]gene[/FONT][FONT=&quot] called APOA2, which contains instructions for making a [/FONT][FONT=&quot]protein[/FONT][FONT=Avenir Next, Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif] called apolipoprotein A-II (apo A-II). People with two copies of the variant produce less apo A-II protein than people with zero or one variant. Scientists are working to understand how apo A-II affects our body’s response to saturated fat. [/FONT]

[FONT=Avenir Next, Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif]I have the AG pairing which means I have one variant of the gene and saturated fat will have little to no effect on my BMI even if it is high, as long as calories stay the same. [/FONT]

[FONT=Avenir Next, Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif]One thing I think everyone should do is genetic testing to determine their muscle fiber composition and dietary tolerances, as well as their tolerance to caffeine and inflammation.

Once you have your genome coded by a company like 23andme, you can use a free service [/FONT]https://www.athletigen.com/, to see which gene variants effect your athletic performance.

 

[3J]

i tell you what, in the DECADE that i have been a sports nutritionist i can count on my right hand how many people that have truly not responded to my carb cycle and ive had to switch to something else..

thats also keeping in mind that i have no control over whether or not the client is following my directions or making mistakes/lying to me out of guilt...

so its rare...


but i didn't know about this genetic testing... i'd like to do some research on it and see if its something worth while..

good post!

 

[Dean Destructo]

It is most definitely worth while. The amount of information available is staggering. There are many 3rd party tools independently developed by geneticist. I have been very interested for about a decade now and technology has come so far it is truly household.

The more in depth tools you use the more you can find out. I could really do like a 2 hour class just on the introduction of the implications lol. Like I said the information available is vast. There is even a gene profile wiki.

For example; one thing I learned about myself is that my X chromosome DNA is a very rare haplogroup, I4. That bares some implications. I found out I was sensitive to caffeine. I carry a gene from my Cherokee(Georgia) ancestors that makes me resistant to malaria.

Through Athletegen I found that I am genetically coded to be fast twitch dominant in muscle composition. I was also able to meet other athletes that had similar genetic profiles to mine. Interestingly enough most of them were wrestlers or weightlifters which are two things the men in my family excel at usually.

 

[PUMPED]

Some people are genetically predisposed to certain types of diets. As for example I myself can't eat a whole lot of carbs, and instead I have to rely on higher fat content.

In addition to diet and exercise, genetics plays a role in determining your body weight. People with two copies of the variant in this report tend to weigh more on a high saturated fat diet. This variant is near a gene called APOA2, which contains instructions for making a protein called apolipoprotein A-II (apo A-II). People with two copies of the variant produce less apo A-II protein than people with zero or one variant. Scientists are working to understand how apo A-II affects our body’s response to saturated fat.

I have the AG pairing which means I have one variant of the gene and saturated fat will have little to no effect on my BMI even if it is high, as long as calories stay the same.

One thing I think everyone should do is genetic testing to determine their muscle fiber composition and dietary tolerances, as well as their tolerance to caffeine and inflammation.

Once you have your genome coded by a company like 23andme, you can use a free service https://www.athletigen.com/, to see which gene variants effect your athletic performance.

Really? Genetic testing now? Not touching this one.

 

[PUMPED]

i tell you what, in the DECADE that i have been a sports nutritionist i can count on my right hand how many people that have truly not responded to my carb cycle and ive had to switch to something else..

thats also keeping in mind that i have no control over whether or not the client is following my directions or making mistakes/lying to me out of guilt...

so its rare...



but i didn't know about this genetic testing... i'd like to do some research on it and see if its something worth while..

good post!

Sucks bro. If only people would give 100% and trust there trainer vs blame them for fucking up.

 

[PUMPED]

It is most definitely worth while. The amount of information available is staggering. There are many 3rd party tools independently developed by geneticist. I have been very interested for about a decade now and technology has come so far it is truly household.

The more in depth tools you use the more you can find out. I could really do like a 2 hour class just on the introduction of the implications lol. Like I said the information available is vast. There is even a gene profile wiki.

For example; one thing I learned about myself is that my X chromosome DNA is a very rare haplogroup, I4. That bares some implications. I found out I was sensitive to caffeine. I carry a gene from my Cherokee(Georgia) ancestors that makes me resistant to malaria.

Through Athletegen I found that I am genetically coded to be fast twitch dominant in muscle composition. I was also able to meet other athletes that had similar genetic profiles to mine. Interestingly enough most of them were wrestlers or weightlifters which are two things the men in my family excel at usually.

I am 100% a fan of knowing and learning shit like this. More so with nutrition vs genetics. Still great info.