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Originally Posted by Riolis
And man, you're lucky to have a trainer who believe in LC :/
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Hi!
A bodybuilder buddy of mine, who is a certified personal trainer, is training me as a favor. There are a lot of bodybuilders in my family and social circles: my brothers, cousins, uncles, ex-boyfriends, childhood friends.
And although I've met, probably, hundreds of bodybuilders (as a result of supporting friends and family members when they compete)... I've NEVER met a bodybuilder whose "cutting" diet WASN'T low-carb. So I think there are actually a lot of low-carb-knowledgeable trainers out there. I'm not sure how many of these guys and gals eat very-low-carb as their primary diet but, in my experience, they stay current on the literature and research. Jeff Volek, one of the researchers/authors who wrote the book that I mentioned earlier (
The Art and Science of Low Carb Performance), is a bodybuilder.
I think, actually, you probably can't throw a sweaty towel in a gym without it dripping onto a bodybuilder who eats semi-primal. Today's baseline bodybuilding diet appears to be: grass-fed meat, Greek yogurt, berries, raw or steamed veggies. But they also regularly eat sweet potatoes and brown rice, which I don't think are allowed on a paleo or primal diet. I hate to generalize, because every bodybuilder is so different... But when you talk with a lot of people, you notice some trends.
The 15-20g of protein per meal comes from my trainer, Reg, and from my brothers. Different bodybuilders have different approaches to managing protein -- it's like a religious ritual, very personal and faith-based. The idea, I'm told, is to use protein to "build" not to "feed." Like I said, it feels gimmicky to me, too, and I think Reg might have me doing this as a way to learn portion control. But I've been satisfied with my steady progress. And I trust him. I've watched him manipulate his body composition very precisely using his methods. And I don't have his level of expertise in this area, so I'm just doing what he tells me to do unless/until I have a compelling reason to stop. Also per my trainer's instructions, I take a supplement "stack" (of arginine, ornithine hci, ornithine okg, & lysine) first thing in the AM, on an empty stomach, to encourage protein synthesis (building), as opposed to catabolism (feeding).