50# of muscle in 1 year!! The Importance of Testosterone!!

[FireGuy]

You also stated it takes 24 hours to restore glycogen levels but you dont think 2-3 days of carbing up has these guys on stage full of glycogen? Water depleted..yes. glycogen depleted...not if they know what they are doing. After prejudging...Hell Yes, glycogen depleted. If you ever go through a tough prejuding you will know what I am speaking about.

[Immortal Soldier]

I am not saying I agree that he put on 50lbs of muscle. In fact, I rather doubt it. My point was, if a guy puts on 50lbs in a year without gaining any fat then its counted as muscle. Remember, water weight is lean mass.

Ok I see what your saying, yeah well thats where the mix up occured. I wasn't counting water weight as lean mass.

You also stated it takes 24 hours to restore glycogen levels but you dont think 2-3 days of carbing up has these guys on stage full of glycogen? Water depleted..yes. glycogen depleted...not if they know what they are doing. After prejudging...Hell Yes, glycogen depleted. If you ever go through a tough prejuding you will know what I am speaking about.

The part where I said it takes 24 hours for glycogen levels to restore applies to the person who is working out and eating 6 meals a day. It does apply to the person who has been cutting and on a carb restriction for the past 4-5 months. Because for the average lifter going to sleep waking up and going through the day their glycogen levels get depleted just from everyday life and it takes 24 hours to restore that. Now if you are cutting and on a carb complete reduction along with fat the same time frame doesn't apply to you.Now I know you in this area know more about me since you compete and go through that process, but what I am saying is a day or two is not enough to make up for 4-5 months of strict dieting yes if you do do that you will gain some glycogen because the body is depleated but that doesnt make you "loaded".

Speaking from a IFBB standpoint and from what I saw in the videos and Jay and Dexter talking while they were driving to the competition neither of them sounded like they were loaded up on glycogen because they were talking about how tired they were and how cutting is always so hard to get to this point etc. etc.. Like I said I could be wrong, but from what I have seen this is what I am saying.