Cutting and flatness

[ArmaniMark]

When I cut up, is having my muscles flat just a part of the game or is there anything I can do to keep myself losing fat but not have the flat look on my muscles??????

(cutting naturally btw)

 

[slugfast6868]

seems to hit me the same on the low carb diets, due to glycogen stores and all that... hit up a Carb up sometime and you'll blow back up to size.

Just think that its temporary and you will be back to normal in 4-6 weeks, or whenever diet is over

 

[ohashi]

Oatmeal with rALA.

 

[Musmar]

Flat muscles are usually a result of low carb diets.

 

[dr0832]

would creatine help while cutting to stop that?

 

[KILLER2001]

Oatmeal with rALA.

Took the words right ou of my mouth. Up the carbs a little and ure r-ala.

 

[Mr.X]

When I cut up, is having my muscles flat just a part of the game or is there anything I can do to keep myself losing fat but not have the flat look on my muscles??????

(cutting naturally btw)

Lack of muscle glycogen and water would be the culprit. I would suggest adding creatine, glycerol and some carbs after the workout w/ Glucorell-R.

Dosages:
1-2 Tbsp. Glycerol a day
15g creatine per day
100mg G-R w/ 40g dextrose and 50g protein post workout

Mr.X

 

[juve]

If he's using glycerol, I would drop creatine alltogether - cell volumization and saturation, as well as recovery, achieved by glycerol are unparalleled by creatine, not to mention glycerol doesn't bloat you for 24/7 which is good if you wish to yield cosmetic appeal from your diet.

 

[Mr.X]

If he's using glycerol, I would drop creatine alltogether - cell volumization and saturation,

Don't see the reason for that; a combination of both would be optimal. Glycerol positives are over-hyped and marginal at best.

Mr.X

 

[donescobar2000]

Don't you just hate the flatness. Oh well. Yup ALA should do the trick along with some Carbs.

 

[nikolai_bolkov]

I noticed something else..

I've been low carbing all week...and had a pretty hard workout yesterday. A little sore, but mostly just flat and 0 pump as a result.

Today for dinner I had a huge chicken burrito for dinner with rice and beans...

Not only did my pump come back a bit from that meal but the soreness also set in when carbs came back in my system...

 

[Mr.X]

I noticed something else..

I've been low carbing all week...and had a pretty hard workout yesterday. A little sore, but mostly just flat and 0 pump as a result.

Today for dinner I had a huge chicken burrito for dinner with rice and beans...

Not only did my pump come back a bit from that meal but the soreness also set in when carbs came back in my system...

Your pump is most likely contributed by surges in insulin/igf-1/GH levels along w/ test levels. Sometimes this phenomenon happens to people that have trained while on a low-carb diet for a period and then had a carb-up.

Mr.X

 

[donescobar2000]

Alpha Lipoic Acid may help with the Flatness.

 

[ArmaniMark]

Ok thanks for the responds, but what If I'm doing a keto diet, should I still have some carbs IMMEDIATELY after working out or would that be a no-no?????

 

[Mr.X]

Ok thanks for the responds, but what If I'm doing a keto diet, should I still have some carbs IMMEDIATELY after working out or would that be a no-no?????

If you're on a CKD, no carbs post-workout are allowed. If you're doing a TKD you can do PW carbs.

Mr.X

 

[dr0832]

so how does the potein absorb if you have no carbs post workout?

 

[juve]

carbs are unnecessary for protein absorption, they're assimilated in a completely different manner..

 

[Mr.X]

so how does the potein absorb if you have no carbs post workout?

yes it absorbs....

Mr.X