The Anabolic Diet????

Ketogenic M-f, Then High Carb On Weekends?

Need Experiences Please.

I tried this for a while, but didnt get on too well with it. As a bodybuilder i have found it better to get a decent amount of carbs in around each workout and in the morning. When i dropped my carbs during the week my workouts and how i felt started to suffer towards the end of the week. When carb up came around i just felt bloated and horrible still. I think its better to remain more consistent with a steady flow of carbs around your workouts.

thanks, im going to assume that you dont normally "do atkins" or any other keto plan then?

how did you handle the two weeks of nothing but fats and protein?

I have done keto plans in the past, but from my experiance i now stick to a more CKD type plan. My performance and general well being is much better when eating more carbs. Personally i dont think theres any need to cut out carbs completely when training hard.

coming off my first refuel weekend....check this out:

I just finished my lift, I am sweating profusely, I mean the intensity
I was able to generate was awesome.

First, I was able to add THIRTY POUNDS of weight to my bench press and
still got 8 reps!!!

I added THIRTY POUNDS to my incline presses too

I added TWENTY POUNDS to my t bar rows

i added TEN POUNDS to my shoulder press

YEAh, THE PUMP IS UNREAL.

My waist feels smaller but my muscles feel large and full. I had a
fantastic workout today.

what will be interesting to me is to see what I have left in the gas
tank for wednesdays workout.

this rocks.

Thanks to those of you who responded. I studied alot about the woe this past weekend and believe its for me.

second carb up weekend. actually had italian ice cream last night.

Today I added....ready for this?

THIRTY pounds to my squats
TEN pounds to my EZ bar curls
TEN pounds to my triceps pushdowns

I added a few reps to my db curls too but decided not to add weight.

Id say theres SOMETHING to this.

Sounds good, I've been meaning to give it a try. I've been going lowish carb lately eating far less grains and no junk food, but I notice I has less energy to lift weights. I may do it while including carbs on training days.

I struggled with energy when I started low carbing - Probably because I combined IF with very low carb (< 50 net a day) But after about 5-6 days of sticking with it with no refeeds I started to feel better. Now I can eat less than 50 grams of carbs a day and not even feel it. I have plenty of energy and have great workouts. I tried carbing up and I didn't really feel better or worse, so I don't use carbups for performance really, only when I have an occasional "cheat" on the weekends. So I guess you could call it the Anabolic Diet.

i am! i LOVE it! my lifts are insane now!