[quote]carter12 wrote:
Like others have alluded to, some people just suck at carbs.
Others, like myself, tolerate them pretty well and couldn’t get much done without them.
Take my roommate from Kenya for example. He was brought over here on a full scholarship to run. His diet consists of about 400-500 grams of carbs per day and about 50-75 grams of protein per day. He eats very little fat. Most of the carbs are grains, or corn. When training, he runs about 2 hard hours per day, sleeps about 5 hours per night, and literally studies the entire rest of the time.
Put someone like that on the Anabolic Diet and he’d probably die.
I realize that this probably isn’t the best example considering most people aren’t Kenyan runners and have no where near the energy demands, but hopefully it shows that we can’t make blanket statements about nutrition that would fit every single person.
John Berardi talks a lot about testing things, finding out what went wrong and what worked, and then coming up with a new plan. That’s probably the best bet with carbs too.[/quote]
As you said, this is just one example and hard to draw conclusions of at that. This may be his native diet or just what he finds palatable here in the States. This is also the diet that nearly ALL endurance coaches push on their athletes.
Who knows, maybe reducing his carbs and increasing his fats a bit would produce an Olympic qualifier… but it also might not even get him to nationals. As many coaches have stated, exercise is the great corrector. So, if this Kenyan were to stop burning 3000 extra calories per day and keep eating these same macros from a ratio standpoint, you might see him not tolerate it as well.
There’s no need… 21k people reading this post in a timeframe of 18 years and no-one noticed CappedAndPlanlt was complaining about the suggestion of 50g carbs when Poliquin crealy said 250g in two doses… And anyone knows that spreading 50g in low glycemic foods is a lot of food throughout the day… This post is alive thanks to google and those 21k who can’t read properly…
Ok, I have an idea. Calculate your STR and CON levels, then roll a d20 for the day for your carbs. You get advantage once a week, and disadvantage twice a week. Nat 1’s and nat 20’s count.
Take your max lift and divide it by 30 to get your strength score.
Most people walk at 20 minutes per mile, so figure about how many miles you can run in an hour to add to a constitution baseline score of 10.
Total your amount by 5g carbs per stat point, and adjust it by die roll.
He said when that happens, is usually you’re making too much workouts without rest days… or training muscle group too frecuently (even thou many says it should be done twice a week, for some works better every 5 days)… Could be also you’re too big (or reached max growth) in wich case he said should be training at every possible hand, wrist, elbows and shoulder angle/position to tackel same muscles from different sides, at different weights, reps and rest tempos… The 6-12-25 was also considered. My two cents
