Quote Originally Posted by HoldMyBeer View Post
Yeah... Can't really make much sense of what your workout structure is like.
But yes, higher carbs on legs, moderate on back (unless you deadlift on back days), the rest low carb. But it all has to equal out to be the same amount of carbs per week you would normally eat if you were not carb cycling since you are just trying to maintain. Like you said, protein and fat does not change.
To me, it doesn't make much sense to carb cycle on maintenance. Then there will be days you're in a caloric deficit for no reason. Like I said, it's mostly used to manipulate calories through the addition or subtract of carbs while still keeping the carbs high on days it's most needed. You're making your diet needlessly complicated to reap the same benefits
So are you saying that Carb-Cycling is only effective for the cutting phase? I was convinced that Carb-Cycling could benefit me by avoiding body fat. I will review my nutritional strategy. It makes sense what you said .. I will change my nutrition strategy, I will work with macronutrient time, eating only clean, I will add 500 kcal above my TDEE, which will put me at 2,900 kcal. I will avoid carbs at the end of my day, I will do what you said and cut my fat in half and split it into 4 meals. My carbs will be put in the 3 main meals of the day - breakfast, pre-workout and post-workout ((I'm not going to consume pre or post workout fat, so I'm only going to eat protein and fat until the end) Keeping Carb-Cycling process won't work, because on low carbohydrate days I would have a calorie deficit, there would be few calories that would hurt my results. I will deal with my carbs on my day off within my TDEE So, trying to keep my lean body mass avoiding body fat, i'll plan a carbohydrate cycle for definition later i think i will be able to put more clean muscles above my TDEE with the macronutrient time.My day off rest i will be eating my maintenance calories of body weight, which will make me consume less carbs.