For those of you who use the ANACONDA Protocol, do you guys stack the extra 100g (or whatever dose) of Carbs on top of your eating plan?
I am not sure whether I should do this or replace the carbohydrates. I’m only taking in about 270 grams of carbs on my lifting days, and about 100g on my off days.
Same thing goes for MAG-10. I want to pulse before my first meals according to the label, but not sure if I should stack the protein or replace.
Anyone have any ideas?
When I tried the ANACONDA Protocol, I went 600kcal above my calorie intake due to the FINiBARs (I only had 2 due to body weight) and didn’t bother reducing my meal size to compensate.
I lost weight.
From that experience, I believe that there are worlds difference between carbs taken peri-workout and not, and that counting peri-workout carbs would only skew up your numbers for the rest of the day.
So, don’t replace the carbs, and don’t replace the MAG-10 pulse counts. Just have them in addition and maybe reconsider if you are gaining too much fat, which I would believe doubtful.
I believe it really depends on your goals, As SH said, the pre-workout carbs act very differently then carbs throughought the day.
If your focusing mostly on muscle gain then do not count them in.
If your focus is fat-loss, carefully monitor and maybe reduce carbs outside the peri-window as you see necessary based on results. The MAG-10 i would not count as anything.
Hope that helps!
JF
Thanks guys.
So it is legit to start pulsing additional CH before each meal (as per MAG-10 instructions) on top of protocol?
I think that the pulses have credence if (1) your stomach is empty and (2) serum amino acid levels are low (As the recompensatory state of hyperaminoacidemia is the benefit of the pulse I believe).
So first thing in the morning, definitely. The 90 minutes PWO shake? Sure. 3 hours after a high fat and high protein (meat) meal? Maybe not, that could still be digesting.