Please Scroll Down to See Forums Below Big Calvin, the reference you were making was from Vince Gironda, who called Arnold a Fat #$%. Carbs are beneficial but often play too big a role in most peoples diets. Most people seem to benefit from increasing EFA's while decreasing carbs, especially when eliminating high GI carbs. Also, Arnold's physique doesnt really make a good point b/c he took steroids starting at an early age, which turn the odds in his favor. You can make a lot more mistakes in eating and training and still look great on steroids.
The Anti-Carb Crusade
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Stryc-9
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Many valid points here!!
One of the trickiest parts of dieting is figuring out how many carbs one will need to fuel intense workouts...
But as far as I'm concerned, the average person (who doesn't hit the weights) grossly overconsumes carbohydrates. I realize that this is quite a generalization - but I can't help but feel that people have been more or less brainwashed into believing that FAT (as a macronutrient) is soley responsible for making people FAT. This is just absurd....
...of course I suppose we are now seeing a backlash in the form of a reverse trend these days - what with all of the carb-bashing that goes on....
One of the trickiest parts of dieting is figuring out how many carbs one will need to fuel intense workouts...
But as far as I'm concerned, the average person (who doesn't hit the weights) grossly overconsumes carbohydrates. I realize that this is quite a generalization - but I can't help but feel that people have been more or less brainwashed into believing that FAT (as a macronutrient) is soley responsible for making people FAT. This is just absurd....
...of course I suppose we are now seeing a backlash in the form of a reverse trend these days - what with all of the carb-bashing that goes on....
Grizzly said:
Because people are generally more more opinionated than knowledgeable.
Assuming adequate protein intake, carbs are the foundation of a proper mass phase, period. There are very sound physiological reasons for this, which will be addressed in the 4th installment of my leptin article.
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The same guys who bulk on 250 g of carbs a day are most likely the same guys who can barely bench press their bodyweight.....not to say that powerlfting is necessary for bodybuilding, but in order to gain mass, the muscles must be challenged and fatigued sufficiently.....that doesn't mean lifitng more than you should or lifting with bad form, but being able to push yourself, whether you're benching 300 lbs or 30 lbs......i doubt a person who lives on 250 g of carbs all the time has ever truly had an intense workout....
