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Carb Cycling for Mass Phases

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Does it automatically tell you how many high, medium and low day to use?
 
Keep in mind that these sheets have to work for a very broad audience. In order to make sure the shredded sheet is going to get MOST people into a solid deficit, it's going to have to be fairly aggressive. Same thing with the massive sheet. It's going to give you a fairly aggressive surplus. Everyone has different metabolisms so he has to make sure he covers his bases when charging someone $100.
 
Oakley6575 said:
Keep in mind that these sheets have to work for a very broad audience. In order to make sure the shredded sheet is going to get MOST people into a solid deficit, it's going to have to be fairly aggressive. Same thing with the massive sheet. It's going to give you a fairly aggressive surplus. Everyone has different metabolisms so he has to make sure he covers his bases when charging someone $100.
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I can see that being true.. lots of online tools and calculators create large deficits that don’t seem sustainable or necessary..
 
SBG22 said:
I can see that being true.. lots of online tools and calculators create large deficits that don’t seem sustainable or necessary..
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It literally takes a week of eating a certain amount of calories and weighing yourself to see if you’re in a deficit or surplus, then another week to adjust to a higher or smaller either deficit or surplus.
 
Astro95 said:
It literally takes a week of eating a certain amount of calories and weighing yourself to see if you’re in a deficit or surplus, then another week to adjust to a higher or smaller either deficit or surplus.
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I agree I was just referring to using apps to determine macros and calories.
 
SBG22 said:
I agree I was just referring to using apps to determine macros and calories.
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Easy way to get into the ballpark is to have your medium days be the carbs you would normally eat with a static diet. The high and low days should be a ballpark balance of your medium day. It's calories in vs calorie out, but with carb cycling you take advantage of timing the cars, hence the high low days. On average it keeps my guys leaner when lean massing than static. Not for everyone but is it a great tool.
 
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U all make things way to complicated for me which leads to burn out long term for me personally.
 
I find if the amount of carbs used over a weeks time is the same whether cycled or not my results end up the same. The only real benefit i can find is that it may give a little psychological boost as one can look forward to a higher day for the satisfaction or idea they are getting away with something.
 
chadmack282 said:
U all make things way to complicated for me which leads to burn out long term for me personally.
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You keep your normal carbs on a medium day and up them and lower them on High/Low days so they avg out to your medium day. How the hell is that complicated?
 
ruffus said:
The only real benefit i can find is that it may give a little psychological boost as one can look forward to a higher day for the satisfaction or idea they are getting away with something.
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I assure you that's not the only real benefit. lol

Depletion, supercompensation, metabolism increase, extra energy for hardest workouts on high days and bringing up weak bodyparts to name a few.
 
Meetketchup said:
You keep your normal carbs on a medium day and up them and lower them on High/Low days so they avg out to your medium day. How the hell is that complicated?
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Average them all out & keep it stable.
Meetketchup said:
You keep your normal carbs on a medium day and up them and lower them on High/Low days so they avg out to your medium day. How the hell is that complicated?
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99% of people r gonna have the exact same results by taking a weekly average of the high low day & staying consistent.
 
Meetketchup said:
I assure you that's not the only real benefit. lol

Depletion, supercompensation, metabolism increase, extra energy for hardest workouts on high days and bringing up weak bodyparts to name a few.
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I can only speak from my experience when i have used it. At different times over the decades And really noticed no difference physical changes from the cycling or not. Growth occurred as expected.
 
chadmack282 said:
Average them all out & keep it stable.

99% of people r gonna have the exact same results by taking a weekly average of the high low day & staying consistent.
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It's not as simple as I made with the averages. Was trying to get him in the ballpark.

And your 99% is bullshit. If that was true I wouldn't have some of my clients and myself do it.
 
Vision said:
Let's do a bump
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drugs getting high GIF by Desus & Mero
 
If your prone to getting fat or always carrying love handles... Carb cycling works.
Most use GH+T-4 to offset any fat gain while bulking, and some get fat (Think Jay Cutler/Lee Priest fat).. I do not want to deplete glycogen and carb load to refeed, im not stepping on stage in a few weeks. I want my glycogen stores full and ready to lift heavy ass weight! Im bulking. Lol
Im not bulking really, but you get what I mean. So I dont understand carb cycling
while bulking. CUTTING... Ok I get carb cycling then. I even do it with my clients once they stop losing bodyfat and have to trick the body into getting even leaner.
My 3cc's
 
Meetketchup said:
Since thread was bumped, I'm about 10 weeks into my off-season and here is what I'm currently running carb cycling wise.

NTD: 250g
TD: 575g
High (2x/week): 950g

1 no training day. I do 6 on 1 off.
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What is your current weight and body fat? I’ve been doing it as well. Mine are
NTD. 180
TD 400
High 575.

I’m about 180 now and 13-14%bf
 

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