Excellent Cuttin Diet

[Golfer18--old]

SOLID and others: when you guys say "post workout carbs" and recommend stuff like dextrose - can you expound on that?? In other words, I finish my training and immediately eat some sugar (i.e. candy)?? that seems counterproductve IMO...explain please.

You need to have fast carbs like dextrose to get the protein into your muscle. Some eat sweet tarts post workout.

 

[brotheriron]

Eating carbs on a diet??????????????
Woah, thats not a clever thing to do. Why dextrose?
IMO carbs in a diet should be very slow release, eg yams.
The reason for low carbs is to force the body to use fat as energy.
Then why take in fast acting sugars??
Add 10 good amino acid tablets with each meal, keep carbs between 50-200g and protein well over 300, you wont lose hardly any muscle and the fat will fall off
bro

 

[Golfer18--old]

Eating carbs on a diet??????????????
Woah, thats not a clever thing to do. Why dextrose?
IMO carbs in a diet should be very slow release, eg yams.
The reason for low carbs is to force the body to use fat as energy.
Then why take in fast acting sugars??
Add 10 good amino acid tablets with each meal, keep carbs between 50-200g and protein well over 300, you wont lose hardly any muscle and the fat will fall off
bro

No bro. Re-read the post. You NEED simple carbs post workout.

 

[Transporter]

dude what you do is TKD diet.
right? only carbs before work out.
good luck. i am on this diet right now and works !

 

[brotheriron]

Well i dont know anyone who uses dextrose in their diet, at this moment in time 5 people i kinow are dieting for shows, none are using dextrose or any other bullshit excuse for carbs.

And when my training partner wins Nabba World in june you can eat your words
Bro

 

[JP@Ironology]

Well i dont know anyone who uses dextrose in their diet, at this moment in time 5 people i kinow are dieting for shows, none are using dextrose or any other bullshit excuse for carbs.

And when my training partner wins Nabba World in june you can eat your words
Bro

Brotheriron,

I agree with you. All the bodybuilders I have seen train for contests got rid of simple sugars at least 8 weeks out. In fact, I have never seen someone 8 weeks out use dextrose to get ready for a show.

Although, I understand there are many ways to get from point A to point B and there are probably those who do use simple sugars but I have never met anyone personally who uses dextrose, etc while cutting down.

 

[brotheriron]

To be fair if not dieting for a show you may get away with using dextrose postworkout, to make yourself feel better. However, there is no point loading the muscles up with glycogen, as the reason why low carb diets work is that muscles are completely depleted and forced to break down fats for energy.
Bro

 

[SOLID]

Do what you want, and listen to those that say don't take in any carbs and miss out on the most important opportunity to take advantage of shuttling nutrients into the muscle cells, kickstarting anabolism, recovery, growth, and refueling muscle glycogen. Listen to those who are missinformed and keep wodering why your workout's suck, why your not seeing any results, why your not getting any stronger, why you seem to be loosing muscle and why those around you look so much better.

 

[brotheriron]

Well the day i worry about getting bigger on a pre contest diet will be the day i listen to the carb boys. However if competing is the goal and dieting is only for competitions i'll do what all the top UK amateurs I know do, considering how far they have got. And there aint many around me that look any better.

Bro

 

[leancuisine]

pre-planning your daily intake on foods/calories shows determination and will to improve, but i think you should follow what your body calls for. if before your workout your stomach is empty, and you're also feeling tired it would make sense to fill up with something small like maybe an apple or a slice of bread.
are you NOT gonna feed your body just because you pre planned a certain dietary guideline that you believe you absolutely positively gotta follow to a tee?
the answer is no.

i don't plan my meals but i make sure that each one is well-combined and doesn't exceed what i should be eating.

some of these dudes are way too extreme about this shit.