Comments on: Carbohydrate Cycling, Anabolic Diet & Personal Training Clients http://www.nickmitchellblog.com/carbohydrate-cycling-anabolic-diet-personal-training-clients/ Fat loss, bodybuilding, health, nutrition & fitness advice Sun, 04 Dec 2011 09:39:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Foreign Personal trainer http://www.nickmitchellblog.com/carbohydrate-cycling-anabolic-diet-personal-training-clients/#comment-575 Foreign Personal trainer Mon, 15 Sep 2008 18:51:36 +0000 http://www.nickmitchellblog.com/?p=119#comment-575 Great piece Nick. As a personal trainer myself your words ring very true. Great stuff and keep up the good work. ben Great piece Nick.

As a personal trainer myself your words ring very true.

Great stuff and keep up the good work.

ben

]]> By: Nick Mitchell http://www.nickmitchellblog.com/carbohydrate-cycling-anabolic-diet-personal-training-clients/#comment-563 Nick Mitchell Tue, 09 Sep 2008 14:28:13 +0000 http://www.nickmitchellblog.com/?p=119#comment-563 King Jake, I was under the impression that carb loading just one meal every five days would only replenish the lost glycogen in just your left mandible muscle. Seriously, I of course know the Poliquin carbohydrate cycling theory of one carb up every 5 days, but remember that is for folks with average muscle mass and impaired insulin sensitivity. If you take a hard training, generally carb tolerant man who is over 200lbs (in the case of my client above we are actually talking about a 255lb guy at 15% BF), then one carb meal every 5 days will drive him into the ground in no time at all. If he was using anabolics and GH then maybe he could survive, but not for a (as in this case) natural athlete. In these circumstances I am for a far more gentle form of carbohydrate cycling than just one carb meal every five days. Don't forget how psychologically tough that can be too. We want athletes / personal training clients who are able to follow our protocols. Nick King Jake,

I was under the impression that carb loading just one meal every five days would only replenish the lost glycogen in just your left mandible muscle.

Seriously, I of course know the Poliquin carbohydrate cycling theory of one carb up every 5 days, but remember that is for folks with average muscle mass and impaired insulin sensitivity. If you take a hard training, generally carb tolerant man who is over 200lbs (in the case of my client above we are actually talking about a 255lb guy at 15% BF), then one carb meal every 5 days will drive him into the ground in no time at all. If he was using anabolics and GH then maybe he could survive, but not for a (as in this case) natural athlete. In these circumstances I am for a far more gentle form of carbohydrate cycling than just one carb meal every five days. Don’t forget how psychologically tough that can be too. We want athletes / personal training clients who are able to follow our protocols.
Nick

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