I am totally new to the bodybuilding scene. I am really interested in gaining large amounts of mass. Can anyone give me some insight about how the best way to go about it? I am looking at this thread and am gettng very interested in the process. Thanks you guys
[quote]dnoriega wrote:
I am totally new to the bodybuilding scene. I am really interested in gaining large amounts of mass. Can anyone give me some insight about how the best way to go about it? I am looking at this thread and am gettng very interested in the process. Thanks you guys[/quote]
Go to the Beginners forum, read the sticky at the top of the page, go to the links in it. Read and understand.
–JB
[quote]dnoriega wrote:
I am totally new to the bodybuilding scene. I am really interested in gaining large amounts of mass. Can anyone give me some insight about how the best way to go about it? I am looking at this thread and am gettng very interested in the process. Thanks you guys[/quote]
work out hard and heavy…go to fitday see how many calories you need for maintnence then work up to that then eat a little more week to week untill you notice the range of cals you need to gain muscle and not too muchfat…it helps to eat clean
[quote]Brendan Ryan wrote:
What’s the gist of NHE?[/quote]
Its pretty much that everything happening in our body is being governed by hormones. And eating AD style (the author calls it NHE style) maximizes the hormones.
Only thing he says not to do in NHE is mix fats and carbs. He also debunks the idea that fats will slow insulin secretion when mixed with carbs. Its all really interesting… Ill tell more when I finish it.
Transition from V Diet to Anabolic Diet?
Having lowered carbs on the V Diet if I transition to the Anabolic Diet should I still wait 2 weeks for a carb up?
[quote]Bizmark wrote:
Brendan Ryan wrote:
What’s the gist of NHE?
Its pretty much that everything happening in our body is being governed by hormones. And eating AD style (the author calls it NHE style) maximizes the hormones.
Only thing he says not to do in NHE is mix fats and carbs. He also debunks the idea that fats will slow insulin secretion when mixed with carbs. Its all really interesting… Ill tell more when I finish it.[/quote]
Can you elaborate on how he debunks that?
[quote]Brendan Ryan wrote:
Bizmark wrote:
Brendan Ryan wrote:
What’s the gist of NHE?
Its pretty much that everything happening in our body is being governed by hormones. And eating AD style (the author calls it NHE style) maximizes the hormones.
Only thing he says not to do in NHE is mix fats and carbs. He also debunks the idea that fats will slow insulin secretion when mixed with carbs. Its all really interesting… Ill tell more when I finish it.
Can you elaborate on how he debunks that?[/quote]
He says that since fat doesn’t dampen insulin response (he says it does dampen blood sugar response tho) and insulin is a storing hormone, this will not alow the fat you ingested with the carbs to be used as energy or go to help refilling glycogen (since fat can’t refill glycogen).
He also says that eating too much protein will knock you outa fat burning because it causes an insulin response.
In the book though I don’t believe he gives an exact reason to why fat doesn’t dampen insulin response… I believe he says that it hasn’t been studied to find the reason for it. But he does cite about a million sources for everything he writes… so its not like hes just writing down his theory or something.
Its all pretty convincing tho, especially with the listing of the sources taking up several pages at the end of each chapter.
Biz,
in NHE is anything said about the prostate- BPH ? i want to start a diet, velocity is out, AD sounds interesting and most seem to like it, but have a prostate problem (libido not what it used to be either)and “supposedly” fats not good. (my last psa reading was 15 O:( prior was 12–mine always high)
thx
Mike
Hi. I just thought I’d say Hi and give people an update of where I’m at, not that anyone necessarily wants another post from me after a few of my rants…
Anyway, I have gotten very very ill. I think I am through the worst…I think I’m not going to die anymore. I though I was going to die for about a week. I started with a severe fever/nausea. Then the naseua got worse, diarrhea started. I passed out twice. I tried to stick with the AD the first 4 days of my illness with zero carbs…bad idea. I am right now consisting on crackers, trying to get my stomach and digestive system to calm down. The fever has finally broke. I have been in bed for almost 2 weeks now and am VERY weak. It is incredibly disheartening, but right now I’m thankful to be alive.
I do not know how and if the AD played any role in it. I know my body was weak and shutting down, and it could have added to my susceptibility to this virus and my body’s inablility to fight it. I don’t know. I know the AD is a solid diet and many have had awesome success with it. I think I will be trying myself to simply recover now and just go back to my pretty healthy but more regular eating. For me that is not any huge amount of carbs…it just means allowing myself to have an apple with breakfast, the occasional oat bar after a workout, etc. And not to worry about onions in my scrambled eggs and so forth. Just a life of less worry, more variety. My mindset does not work well with the idea of restricting/controlling all week and letting go for the weekend. I do much better on just an even keel and I think the few carbs that I get from fruits and so forth that make me feel good cannot be hurting my body.
So thank you all for your support through the last few weeks and I’m sorry for the rant that I gave you. I think for a bit my brain was not quite functioning properly and that is why I just was commpletely out of it.
[quote]sarah1 wrote:
Hi. I just thought I’d say Hi and give people an update of where I’m at, not that anyone necessarily wants another post from me after a few of my rants…
Anyway, I have gotten very very ill. I think I am through the worst…I think I’m not going to die anymore. I though I was going to die for about a week. I started with a severe fever/nausea. Then the naseua got worse, diarrhea started. I passed out twice. I tried to stick with the AD the first 4 days of my illness with zero carbs…bad idea. I am right now consisting on crackers, trying to get my stomach and digestive system to calm down. The fever has finally broke. I have been in bed for almost 2 weeks now and am VERY weak. It is incredibly disheartening, but right now I’m thankful to be alive.
I do not know how and if the AD played any role in it. I know my body was weak and shutting down, and it could have added to my susceptibility to this virus and my body’s inablility to fight it. I don’t know. I know the AD is a solid diet and many have had awesome success with it. I think I will be trying myself to simply recover now and just go back to my pretty healthy but more regular eating. For me that is not any huge amount of carbs…it just means allowing myself to have an apple with breakfast, the occasional oat bar after a workout, etc. And not to worry about onions in my scrambled eggs and so forth. Just a life of less worry, more variety. My mindset does not work well with the idea of restricting/controlling all week and letting go for the weekend. I do much better on just an even keel and I think the few carbs that I get from fruits and so forth that make me feel good cannot be hurting my body.
So thank you all for your support through the last few weeks and I’m sorry for the rant that I gave you. I think for a bit my brain was not quite functioning properly and that is why I just was commpletely out of it.
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Wow just wow. Im going to go ahead and let loose everything im thinking about this one…
Sarah1, atfirst the AD does lower your immune system, but only for a short time. It happened to me too, TWICE. And that sucks you caught a virus. But you said:
[quote]sarah1 wrote:
It is incredibly disheartening, but right now I’m thankful to be alive.[/quote]
Are you fucking serious? What could you have possibly gotten to where you were going to die. And personally, I think you blacked out because you were working yourself up with worrying to the point that your body couldn’t take it anymore.
Also did you go to the doctor at all during this time? And if so what did he have to say about all this?
Forgive me for being such an ass, but sometimes I just cant help myself.
Anyway, on a nicer note. I DO hope that you have success in what your doing. And I am happy that you came to this forum topic, it was nice having you around, even though some of us may have seemed kinda short tempered… soooo good luck in everything your doing and BE HAPPY!!!
Hi everyone,
I’ve been following the AD since the beginning of October and all is going really well… apart from the stomach upset I get at the weekend with carbing up.
Also, I tend not to get this feeling of “energy” that some of you describe, though this never seems to affect my performance in the gym, and I’m getting PBs on a regular basis… in spite of sometimes feeling incredibly tired before I start my workouts. I suspect that probably all I need to do is get more sleep!
Anyway, a few questions…
- I shall soon be going to Sweden for a week, and staying with my boss during my time there. I don’t have a problem with taking a week off from training, but I’m very concerned about not being in a position to follow my regular AD diet.
So, my question is, if I eat what my boss and his family eat during the week that I’m away, will I be able to simply switch back to my regular 5-day low carb, 2-day carb-up way of eating when I return; or would it be advisable for me to do the 12-day induction again?
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Regarding fat intake, I take 2 or 3 tablespoons of “Udo’s Choice” every day, in addition to EVOO and the fat that I get from meat, cheese, cream etc. However, even though Udo’s is an “optimum” blend of Omega 3, 6 and 9, should I also consider taking some form of fish oils as well?
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My regular training days are Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, and I start my carb-up early Saturday afternoon, after my legs session. Does this matter, or would I be better to carb-up on Sundays and Mondays when I don’t train? It would be difficult for me to change my training days as I have a long-standing arrangement with my personal trainer who is otherwise fully booked.
Your help with any of the above, especially my first question, would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers!
Steve
[quote]Bizmark wrote:
Wow just wow. Im going to go ahead and let loose everything im thinking about this one…
Sarah1, atfirst the AD does lower your immune system, but only for a short time. It happened to me too, TWICE. And that sucks you caught a virus. But you said:
sarah1 wrote:
It is incredibly disheartening, but right now I’m thankful to be alive.
Are you fucking serious? What could you have possibly gotten to where you were going to die. And personally, I think you blacked out because you were working yourself up with worrying to the point that your body couldn’t take it anymore.
[/quote]
Um, no I did not pass out from worry thank you. My body was going through ripping pains and nausea, I had severe diarrhea, and was very dehydrated.
I still do not know what I had/have, but yes, I was very close to being dead that day. Doctors did come to my house and did something and gave me some shot that made me hurt a lot. It was supposed to help my stomach.
They also gave my mystery poweders to help the diarrhea, but mostly they just gave me lectures on how americans use too much medicine and I should just let my body fight it off.
I hate being told I’m not really sick though and that I’m making it up in my head. Sorry but it pisses me off. Do you think I enjoy sitting in bed feeling like crap for 2 weeks?
[quote]dkurk wrote:
Transition from V Diet to Anabolic Diet?
Having lowered carbs on the V Diet if I transition to the Anabolic Diet should I still wait 2 weeks for a carb up?[/quote]
I would
ok guys i had promised some latest pics of mine for the thread . but i was totally messed up because my hard disk crashed and all the data went i had to buy a new disk . the engineer told me tht he will try and recover the data … freinds who r asking for the ebook iam so sorry u guys need to wait till i get the data … and i pray i ge he ebooks aleast the momment i get i will send the ebook to people who have pm ed me . i think i have 2 people waiting for the ebook and i promise i send u tht.
ok now i am posting my latest pics which i clicked last week thts thursday . the gym management dint allow me to click body shots i will send some body shots maybe next week.
i would love if u could comment honestly tht will help me a lot . my goal is to have a very very lean body something like a fitness model rather then a body builder, i would love to have a body like a bodybuilder but being a artist it can really go negative for me . iam posting 4 pics …and iam just 14 months old in bodybuilding i was 122kgs …now iam 92kgs
the poses r dramatic …hope u gu7ys dont find them silly
one more
this the last 1 hope u guys pls tell me where i need to improve asthetically. any suggestions and comments r welcome
[quote]sarah1 wrote:
Bizmark wrote:
Wow just wow. Im going to go ahead and let loose everything im thinking about this one…
Sarah1, atfirst the AD does lower your immune system, but only for a short time. It happened to me too, TWICE. And that sucks you caught a virus. But you said:
sarah1 wrote:
It is incredibly disheartening, but right now I’m thankful to be alive.
Are you fucking serious? What could you have possibly gotten to where you were going to die. And personally, I think you blacked out because you were working yourself up with worrying to the point that your body couldn’t take it anymore.
Um, no I did not pass out from worry thank you. My body was going through ripping pains and nausea, I had severe diarrhea, and was very dehydrated.
I still do not know what I had/have, but yes, I was very close to being dead that day. Doctors did come to my house and did something and gave me some shot that made me hurt a lot. It was supposed to help my stomach.
They also gave my mystery poweders to help the diarrhea, but mostly they just gave me lectures on how americans use too much medicine and I should just let my body fight it off.
I hate being told I’m not really sick though and that I’m making it up in my head. Sorry but it pisses me off. Do you think I enjoy sitting in bed feeling like crap for 2 weeks?
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hello sarah i pray to god that u get fine and fit as soon as possible . and iam sure u must be feeling better and thanx god u recovered from the horrible episode.
by no means iam a doctor. but as u said u are already having a injury and recovering from that ur body already is not in a very optimum mode . my suggestion would be u must really reduce the training sessions to bare minimum and if possible u can just stop them for few days . remeber body as a limited source ready for recovery and incase of injury the body has to work a little more and as u know body is a integrated unit everything is related to eachother .
in ur case there was a double dose …ur body was recovering and at the same time it had a shock of metabolic change . and it dint really accpet it well . aftert a injury the immune system works over time and ur body had too much of everything .
i would suggest u that instead of going typical ad stlye means eaing fatty meats and nuts chesse. have a lot of vegetables and have a good handsome intake of fish oil specially and protien source from fish , eggs and chicken if u find them hard on ur system …have protien powders specially casien . calcium supplementation will also help . and above all lavish inake of h20(water)
pls be sure to supplement with fiber incase u have some elimination problem . if u still feel foggy and crappy have some carbs maybe 30gms in morning . pls dont worry about fat gain u will not gain fat and even if u gain some we can rip that off right ? what is super importnat is u recovering faster and perfectly so u can have harder and frequent training sessions sooner .
its not u who did the diet wrong nor did the diet is wrong it was just maybe used by u at a wrong time . hope it helps and …dont worry ok u will reach ur goals and iam sure u are a patient person and u will allow ur body to recover fully first. keep urself cool and viusalizie urself getting fitter faster . god bless u and u never ranted ur every post was like a revision for every 1 and hope u come on the thread very oftren with whatever questions come in ur mind -raviraj
[quote]stevenotts wrote:
Hi everyone,
I’ve been following the AD since the beginning of October and all is going really well… apart from the stomach upset I get at the weekend with carbing up.
Also, I tend not to get this feeling of “energy” that some of you describe, though this never seems to affect my performance in the gym, and I’m getting PBs on a regular basis… in spite of sometimes feeling incredibly tired before I start my workouts. I suspect that probably all I need to do is get more sleep!
Anyway, a few questions…
- I shall soon be going to Sweden for a week, and staying with my boss during my time there. I don’t have a problem with taking a week off from training, but I’m very concerned about not being in a position to follow my regular AD diet.
So, my question is, if I eat what my boss and his family eat during the week that I’m away, will I be able to simply switch back to my regular 5-day low carb, 2-day carb-up way of eating when I return; or would it be advisable for me to do the 12-day induction again?
-
Regarding fat intake, I take 2 or 3 tablespoons of “Udo’s Choice” every day, in addition to EVOO and the fat that I get from meat, cheese, cream etc. However, even though Udo’s is an “optimum” blend of Omega 3, 6 and 9, should I also consider taking some form of fish oils as well?
-
My regular training days are Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, and I start my carb-up early Saturday afternoon, after my legs session. Does this matter, or would I be better to carb-up on Sundays and Mondays when I don’t train? It would be difficult for me to change my training days as I have a long-standing arrangement with my personal trainer who is otherwise fully booked.
Your help with any of the above, especially my first question, would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers!
Steve
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hi dude . first of all iam sorry u send me a pm for the gironda book but my disk is crashed the momment i recover it i will send u the ebook its a promise.
about ur question i know it can be really sometimes soically hard to stick on the diet specially when u have a boss and his family around.i go in this type of mess very often being a artist i work with top singers of india as there mc and stand-up-comedian in there live shows and travel a lot
i give u 2 options ok see which fits u better
option number 1- like i do most of the times i carry olive oil, flaxseed oil, flaxmeal, fiber supplements with me and a make 50gms packets of nuts almods , cashwes, pistas, and walnuts with me its need planning but it helps and also my protien powders and eat that throught the day and with lot of respect tell my seniors on the dinner or lunch table about my diet telling that my doctors have suggested me to eat this diet for a while . u can also have ur freindly eggs as breakfast and if there is by any chance meat on the table then ur lucky u can just eat that with some veggies.
option 2- as u are on the diet for 5 good months i hope u must be reaaly nicely fat adapted . so even if u go wild on carbs this trip u will still for atleast first 3 to 4 days will burn still good amount of fat . try and eat more complex carbs , just because u are eating carbs pls have some control on junk and other silly carbs . now about u comming back from ur trip and resumming ur diet it all depends howq much u eat and what type of carbs u eat on ur trip . the safe bet will be to do the induction again so incase u have eaten a lot we can rip that down a little . hope it helps .
by the way pls go slow on carbs because suddenly if u eat a lot carbs u can have some reaaly nasty bloating and stomach upset episodes.
and above all enjoy ur trip to sweden . hope it helps -raviraj