posted Sat, 09/10/2016 - 15:33
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Is it possible to gain lean mass while carb cycling?
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Right now I'm running tren ace/test prop 75mg/Ed.. In week 8.. I've come to a stand still on weight/strength/and gaining muscle. I've been doing carb cycling. Keeping 4-5 days under 100-150 carbs then 1-2 day around 300 carbs. My question is I'm about 198-205lbs right now and checking in about 10%. If I want to get under 10% body fat.. Is that going to be a lot harder without keeping my carbs under 100-150 a day? Or is it possible to get down to around 8% and keep my carbs relatively high 200-250?
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Ako994hm the carbs should not be a problem, but as @muscleitalia says, the kcal per day. reduce the amount of calories per day and keep eating enough protein to maintan muscle mass.
Fat loss is not so much related to the amount of total (complex) carbohydrates you eat daily but to kcal ingested daily.
Carbohydrates are surely connected with water retention, but for fat loss the most important thing is kcal ingested.
I competed at 5% of body fat without drop carbohydrates but always eating it, just like cycling.
Check total kcal you eat daily and remove from the total 200-300kcal lowering fat/protein.
Personally I adopt this scheme:
day 1 low carb (100-150), high fat high pro (remove from here 200-300kcal)
day 2 low carb (100-150), high fat high pro (remove from here 200-300kcal)
day 3 high carb (300), low fat mid pro (dont decrease kcal)
day 4 low carb (100-150), high fat high pro (remove from here 200-300kcal)
day 5 low carb (100-150), high fat high pro (remove from here 200-300kcal)
day 6 high carb (300), low fat mid pro (dont decrease kcal)
day 7 high carb (300), low fat mid pro (dont decrease kcal)
Hitting a plateau with fat loss, time to drop carbs.
Gnarkill@Makwa lol