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    Carb cycling, are my carbs too low?

    On workout days (M,W,F) my carb intake is around 300g a day. On non-workout days I try to cut all my carbs out in the evening and I am less the post workout meal, so I am only cosuming around 100-150g. My fat intake goes up to compensate for the lack of calories on those days. Is that too much of a carb drop from day-to-day, going between 100g and 300g of carbs? Or is it good to cycle your carbs in this manner?

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    I am doing something similar accept that i stay low about 100-120g of carbs a day. Then on the weekends I will get close to 300. I am not sure if this is the best way to do it, but for me its easy to adhere to my diet with a couple of built in cheat days.

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    Best way imo (and for me), is to stick with maintenance calories for 6 days straight, then high carb for one. Hitting the weights hard during that time for maintenance should put you in to a very slight deficit. As long as calories are 100% clean - Brown rice, chicken, tuna etc - you will shift the fat whilst keeping the muscle.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Polska View Post
    On workout days (M,W,F) my carb intake is around 300g a day. On non-workout days I try to cut all my carbs out in the evening and I am less the post workout meal, so I am only cosuming around 100-150g. My fat intake goes up to compensate for the lack of calories on those days. Is that too much of a carb drop from day-to-day, going between 100g and 300g of carbs? Or is it good to cycle your carbs in this manner?
    I'm doing pretty the same and I think it is the best manner to cycle carbs even in a bulking/lean mass diet.

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    From personal experience this:

    Day Protein Carbs Fat Calories

    Sunday 370 450 82 4025
    Monday 370 150 102 3000
    Tuesday 320 75 102 2500
    Wednesday 370 150 102 3000
    Thursday 370 150 102 3000
    Friday 370 150 102 3000
    Sat 320 75 102 2500

    Has been the best diet I have ever been on..... Tuesdays and Saturdays being my days off...

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