Wed, Oct-28-09, 23:33
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Posts: 28
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Plan: paleo type
Stats: 356/246.6/185
BF:23%
Progress: 64%
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Coachjeff,
My current and short term experience is that when I am on a highly restricted calorie deficit as well as a carb restricted diet, intense exercise of any sort, but especially endurance exercise is not only fatiguing, it seems counter productive. I am probably in ketosis 5 days per week right now, with per day calorie intake at 1450.
Most of the time I walk around feeling like the energizer bunny on my diet. But my weight training typically drops to a much lower level too. Yet I'm very strong for my age and a moderate level training can mean dropping down to sets of 16-20 reps with 175 - 185 pounds in bench presses as an example. I do cycling at a level of say 420 calories per hour, instead of my usual 600 - 650 calories per hour. (The typical stationary cyclist goes at 280 calories per hour though and quits after 20 minutes). If I attempt my old intensity levels at cycling, my fatigue will last into the next day, but oddly I don't even notice the fatigue build up until I've done close to an hour, then it hits, and hits hard. Pun intended.
My experience with most people who do HIIT is that they do not have much of an endurance foundation. I talking about taking many monthes or years to build up real endurance.
It is my intent to eat a low carb life style around 70% of the time once I get my body fat levels down, and learn how I can cheat for some 6-8 week cycles to build strength . What's important to me, when I reach that point, is to keep BS spikes at a normal to near-level. Carbs IMHO make it much easier to pack on muscle, the problem is organ destroying blood sugar spikes. Endurance can be optimised on a low carb diet if it does not include large calorie deficits too.
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