Carb loading, is it worth it?

[CoreyTampa09]

I forgot where I read this but I read that every 3 weeks one day you have an enormous amt of carbs. So today I dont know if I did this right, but I had an a huge craving for cereal. So I had an enormous cheat meal dont worry im running in T minus 2 hours for an hour. But my meal was this, 5 bowls of low fat granola cereal with a little bit of skim in each bowl probally totaling 1 cup of skim milk all together. I also had an eggwhite omelette.

Im sure this meal was a killer, but im gunna do cardio for an hour in about 1 1/2 hours.

[IBdmfkr]

When I carb cycle I do it with complex carbs. Try 3-low/1-high for fatloss and 3-high/1-low for LBM gains. Seems as if you are loading up on sugars mostly, which IMO isn't very productive.

[1buffsob]

I agree with IBdmfkr. I prefer complex carbs for best results. I stay away from sugar, and tear up the oats and yams.

[CoreyTampa09]

Yeah I kinda cheated this morning =[. I'll try to make up for it with extra cardio today and tommrow so my weekly weigh in on monday doesnt dissapoint.

[IBdmfkr]

Post up your diet, I'm curious to see it.

[CoreyTampa09]

its on this forum under the 7 week transformation, i have to update it.

[novastepp]

[QUOTE=IBdmfkr] Try 3-low/1-high for fatloss and 3-high/1-low for LBM gains. QUOTE]

i don't follow that there you Bdmfkr you... can you explain that to me please

[Myka]

i don't follow that there you Bdmfkr you... can you explain that to me please

Try 3-low I believe he means 3 low GI carbs (oats)

/1-high probably a fruit or even dextrose
for fatloss and

3-high/1-low for LBM gains. and the same here except turned around

I hope thats what he meant

[taiboxa]

i carbload ED before legs
by eating any and everything... and my leg/bak workout ROCKS

[novastepp]

I hope thats what he meant

thanks man, yeah i got that, but i just don't follow what he meant with the 3low/1high for fatloss and the 3high/1low for LBM gains, like is that daily or in PWO or what? i don't get it in terms of loading..i was just confused with the way he worded it...plus i'm an idiot...

[Myka]

thanks man, yeah i got that, but i just don't follow what he meant with the 3low/1high for fatloss and the 3high/1low for LBM gains, like is that daily or in PWO or what? i don't get it in terms of loading..i was just confused with the way he worded it...plus i'm an idiot...

I always thought it was kind of up to the person...but what Ive always heard is carb loading is to take place twice a week...guess thats what I assumed he meant haha...

[novastepp]

yeah i loaded on Tuesdays And Saturdays when i cut last time. but i don't mean to be all Kurz/flex2winny/L.Priest (all the same guy) about this but what did he mean by his ratios? were they when he loads his carbs are 3/1 in terms of low/high for fatloss loading amounts? that's what i'm thinkin...

[Myka]

where are you IBd!!!???

[IBdmfkr]

[QUOTE=novastepp]

Try 3-low/1-high for fatloss and 3-high/1-low for LBM gains. QUOTE]

i don't follow that there you Bdmfkr you... can you explain that to me please

lol, no your totally off Newkid

This is just one particular method used by a few bb'ers I know before shows or on off season.

Let's pretend our average carb intake is 300carbs/day to maintain.

3low1high:
We'd take in approx 40%less carbs on these days (Marcus hinted on this in his short-cycle thread in the "priming phase") Which would put us at around 175carbs for 3days straight. After this we would bump the carbs up 20% or so (each individual is different and you must play around with these numbers according to your body, I personally go 60% higher ) This would give us approx. 350 carbs on "high days".
The point of this particular method is to trick the body into burning more calories and boosting the metabolism on the high day. I've seen this work on a few competitors with great success, I'll be using this method when I am dieting down as well.

3high1low: Exact opposite, used for bulking. As tai said, I wouldn't do legs on the day after your lowcarb day

Right now I'm using neither of these but rather a fatass clean bulking diet. Approx 600-700carbs/day(probably 60-70% complex, if simple; taken in PWO or morning), Almost energy robbing because of all the food you must consume. Great gains though for an ecto, not suggested for most.

[Myka]

well thats embarrassing rofl...thanks IBd

do you take PWO into consideration and high/low GI carb? or is that up to the person...or did I misunderstand again?rofl

[IBdmfkr]

lol, u crack me up

Yes the only simple carbs I mean to take in are first thing in the morning depending on if I shoot slin, and deff. PWO (around 80-100). So out of 600 total daily carbs, around 125-150 are simple. When cutting I will slowly drop back the complex carbs(over a two week span) but leave the PWO carbs in place.
Say 250 total carbs for Ex. almost 50% of carbs will be PWO.

[Warrior]

I think it depends on your training goals and current diet... to reach gycogen supercompensation you may need 2 days or more if you are completely depeleting yourself through diet and exercise. There are several factors that can increase the effectiveness of a short carb load; like insulin, test susp, creatine, yada, yada. It helps if you are frequently hammering your energy stores - it will help keep normal hormone levels (keep your body from going into it's "Fuk I am starving" mode) and keep you from overtraining or generaly hitting the wall tooo much. My current CKD is in the Member's Cycle Results forum...

[IBdmfkr]

Good post warrior.

there are too many different diet techniques to mention. Keep trying various ones until you've found what works. Consistency is the key to see results from any diet though.