Francesco wrote:
> I have had some clients who
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> cut back each cycle to only a week; they've had some
> good results when
> coupled with the proper training and rest.
I had wondered about this. It seemed to me that
Akerfeldt was "pushing" his two-week window to the
limit. What if a particular individual's metabolism
actually start adjusting in only 10 days? Then the
whole scheme would resemble nothing more than a
"yo-yo" diet syndrome.
> It's been my experience that eating a
> lot of junk (doughnuts,
> cake, etc)
That shouldn't be a problem with anyone on this list
:)
> will cut the carb up time down to around
> 24 hours. If you focus
> instead on vegetables and fruits, you can usually go
> from 36 to 48 hours on
> the carb up before returning to the lower carbs.
Sounds like a scenario alternating the "all meat" (or
mostly meat) diet and Amadeus' mostly Vegan diet.
Would you try to keep the proteing level somewhat
constant?
> (One thing that is important is the depletion
> workout just before the carb
> up. This is really necessary if you want to make
> progress. It's purpose is
> to deplete muscle glycogen down to 25 to 40 mmol/kg
> before beginning the
> carb up.)
Is this a "high volume" weight workout? Or do you
increase aerobics for this workout?
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