Tue, Jan-02-07, 16:29
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Plan: Modified CKD
Stats: 170/170/170
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I'm not "carb cycling" per se, because usually people that do what they refer to as carb cycling never go two days in a row without carbs, but I have been playing around with a variation on the CKD that bodybuilders use. It's a similar, albeit more drastic, concept. You go 'X' number of days with almost no carbs at all, then you do a really strenuous workout and for 24 - 36 hours immediately after that you carb load, eating about twice as many calories as you usually would to maintain weight and having about 70% of those calories come from carbs (low GI carbs at first, ending with higher GI carbs). Then you go back to no carbs. Except for the carb loading phase, you always try to get around 1 g of protein per pound of lean body mass too.
I lift weights and work out MUCH more than the average person, but not as much as professional bodybuilders, so I'm staying in ketosis longer than they do. They usually stay in keto for 5 days, then load for the next day to day and a half on the weekend. I just stay in ketosis until I eventually notice that I can't do as many reps with heavy weights or can't lift quite as much weight if I get up near my max.
I haven't been doing this long, but I've been very encouraged so far and have been able to shed fat while maintaining (or maybe even gaining) muscle. I'm sure I must be burning some muscle when in ketosis, but keeping my protein high keeps it to a minimum and then the carb loading and workouts right after the carb load build that muscle back up and maybe more. I'm going to play around with TKD and traditional carb cycling too, but I want to let this CKD run its course for another 2 - 4 weeks before playing around with those.
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