Hello Coach,
I am writing to you from France,
I already wanted to thank you for everything you do, since I learned from your articles and your working methods my vision of this sport has completely changed, you are really the person who inspired me the most , I have found answers to most of my questions since the time that I scrutinize each of your articles here on T-Nation or on Thib Army.
I tried to participate in my own way by buying the Neurotype test then the muscle and food programs corresponding to the result (neurotype 3, no doubt about it since I have all the typical characteristics and the result of the questionnaire was final) .
This is the first time I’ve written to you so it’s a bit special for me.
I’ve been a natural all my life, neurotype 3 so a short guy with a body not suited for the sport, genetically not gifted although I’ll never hide behind that as an excuse, I think I train hard, train as intelligently as possible, I am disciplined in the kitchen, never stray, I practice questioning almost perpetually with its good and bad sides, this sport is what makes me get up in the morning, many things turn around that, it’s a personal quest where I want to be the best version of myself every day.
Sorry for the long intro, but I thought it was necessary.
I’m coming out of a 15-week mass gain where I went from 71.5kg to 79kg, I tried to eat properly during this period, with Sorry huge amounts of carbohydrates for me, the result is that I I gained weight while still staying fairly clean, after a few weeks of maintenance, here I am, starting a diet to be “cleaner” for sunny days.
During my mass gain, I followed your advice on training and nutrition, now that I have to cut I just wonder about the distribution of carbohydrates between training and rest days, until now my carbs were higher on rest days (building days actually), I train full body 3x per week (Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday) + 1 GAP session (Sunday).
On your articles around EOD training you said that we could be higher in carbohydrates on rest days, but I know of another article (this one: [Tip: No Training, No Carbs?](https:/ /www.t-nation.com/lean-built-eating/tip-no-training-no-carbs/)) where you say "no training = no carbs)
Is your approach to higher carbs on OFF days about mass gain and total carb removal on OFF days about cutting?
Should I in this case rework my food plan by removing or at least taking into account the carbohydrates during the 3 days of rest that I have in the week?
Knowing that I’ve only been on the diet for 3 weeks, I’ve just reduced the carbs a bit on equal parts ON & OFF days at the moment, so I always have more carbs on the rest days compared to the days of training, so I plan to gradually reverse this trend?
For the moment it’s a very classic diet plan, I’m going to try to get the best out of it before going on a cyclic diet (which I had already done in the past and which had worked well at the end of the cut).
To give you a little more info I have been training simplified for 5/6 years, I was followed by a known coach in France for 4 years but I stopped after discovering your work, I wanted to fly on my own wings following your recommendations (which went against those of my former coach who had a very different vision), I am 1m65.
I am also a cortisol production factory, a lot of stress and upset in my life, carbohydrates play a very important role in my balance, during a previous cut spell, I had gone down very low in weight and carbohydrates, it was one of the worst moments of my life (depressive state, suicidal limit, dizziness, extreme annoyance etc…)
I thank you in advance,
And once again I want to express my gratitude to you, the discovery of your articles has somehow changed my life.
Sorry for my English, i use google trad…
Good day Coach,
L.