Is that because i will burn more bodyfat. I take it you mean doing weights.
Thing is im new to carb timing and have only done it for a week, so just getting my head round it. Also i already workout five days a week !! or do you mean not working out on carb days ????
Hey depending on what your carb cycle is like you can cycle like this 1 day high carbs next low carbs next no carbs then repeat it so i think what kez means is train on your high and low carb days but not on your no carb days how are you doin your cycle?
I did think about doing the carb cycling again as it worked really well before. (b4 there were too many people telling me what they thought i should be doing to reach my goal, just ended up well confused)
So now cause im doing it kinda on my own, i decided to do carb timing for a while to drop the bodyfat.
So You only have carbs on training days around your workouts (mainly post workout). The days you dont train you dont have any carbs at all (so i am trying to do that at the weekend as saturday and sundays are usually rest days). Then you can have two carb days (or one if preferred) (but they cant be on days that you dont train.
lol i know i am not one for big answers to questions!! basically if you have no carbs in your system your body will have to burn fat to fuel your workouts, so on your low carb days you are better off training, the idea behind the medium and re feed days are to keep your metabolism high, eg you have just done 2 low days say 40g then you refeed with say 600g, once that is in your metabolism will be sky high and remain so for a couple of days, in those couple of days you will be on very low carbs again until your met lowers again, then you higher your carbs and then gradually drop then again until you reach the re feed day, then repeat!!...... on a side note when i am on re feed day by the evening i can literaly feel my metabolism raising as i am cramming in all the carbs ie getting quite hot and sweating
lol i know i am not one for big answers to questions!! basically if you have no carbs in your system your body will have to burn fat to fuel your workouts, so on your low carb days you are better off training, the idea behind the medium and re feed days are to keep your metabolism high, eg you have just done 2 low days say 40g then you refeed with say 600g, once that is in your metabolism will be sky high and remain so for a couple of days, in those couple of days you will be on very low carbs again until your met lowers again, then you higher your carbs and then gradually drop then again until you reach the re feed day, then repeat!!...... on a side note when i am on re feed day by the evening i can literaly feel my metabolism raising as i am cramming in all the carbs ie getting quite hot and sweating
Thanx Kez, at the end of the day i appreciate all the help i can get. are you saying that on low days you have 40g per meal then 600g per meal on a re-feed day. ??? My re-feed day was quite moderate really as i didnt know how high to go, so probably need to include more carbs on refeed day.
no jo that was just an example, my days are sun 50g mon 50g tue 200g wed 75g thur 150g fri 50g and sat re feed normaly about 500g now, i have dropped my carbs down as from last week and weight has started to shift again
no jo that was just an example, my days are sun 50g mon 50g tue 200g wed 150g thur 75g fri 50g and sat re feed normaly about 500g now, i have dropped my carbs down as from last week and weight has started to shift again
See thats the thing i dont know what amount of carbs to start with on a re-feed day,and its optional as to whether i do one or two re-feed days per week.
Last week i did, mon, tues, wed,thurs, (just a banana for carbs post workout). Re-feed day friday but it was quite moderate really. just had carbs with each meal. The weekend has been no carbs as no training. was thinking of doing two re-feed days so that when i plateau i could change it down to one per week.
What you are doing is similar to what i did before christmas, it works wonders, just thought this would be something different.
sun 50g mon 50g tue 200g wed 75g thur 150g fri 50g and sat re feed normaly about 500g
the above is mine, just try halfing the carbs in that, keep your protein and fats up though, you say your on 150g protein so keep to that and fats to about 45g, i dont know if you do am or pm cardio but try for both, i am doing 30mins in the morn before break and 60mins after my6 workout at night, but 2 30 min sessions would be ok, make sure yoiu are having lots of water too
Kez, how many WOs do you have in one day? Jo, I've dropped my WOs to alternate days, and have minimum carbs on the rest days, and find that I can work harder.
sun 50g mon 50g tue 200g wed 75g thur 150g fri 50g and sat re feed normaly about 500g
the above is mine, just try halfing the carbs in that, keep your protein and fats up though, you say your on 150g protein so keep to that and fats to about 45g, i dont know if you do am or pm cardio but try for both, i am doing 30mins in the morn before break and 60mins after my6 workout at night, but 2 30 min sessions would be ok, make sure yoiu are having lots of water too
My cardio is normally done lunch time, usually x30 mins HIIT.(intervals) I try and get in x4/5 sessions a week. Water - whilst in the gym drink loads, its out of the gym i struggle, but making more of an effort to ensure drink plenty.
Kez, how many WOs do you have in one day? Jo, I've dropped my WOs to alternate days, and have minimum carbs on the rest days, and find that I can work harder.
whilst dieting i do 2x cardio and 1 weight session 5 days a week, i have a couple of walks with my dog at the weekend but try to do little as possible as to recover for monday
Thanx all that have helped feel so much better about things, now all i have to do is sort my weight training out because im sure thats slightly wrong aswell from what i have read over the weekend.
I know its a hard road but hey no one said it would be easy. !!!
Yeah it "Needs sculpting", its a work in progress.
Today was wicked. Need to measure my food i think especially macros as thats something i need to make sure im getting right. on no carb and carb up days.
Ate clean all day no carbs today (should have had today as a carb day i think, went really heavy on legs tonite. I feel knackered Did x30 mins cardio at lunchtime and abs. (couldnt of done anymore cardio after my workout if someone had payed me too.lol)
Training was intense , as intense as it could of got, did some killer squats and box lunges with weights.
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