Thibs, i’m on a fat loss phase at the moment, and following a low carb diet except peri-workout. i have MAG-10 and Surge Recovery available to me (and endless amounts of whey) - what’s the best i could do in terms of peri-workout nutrition? i’m close to 20% fat if that makes a difference.
Would appreciate your help here.
thanks
[quote]kaleel86 wrote:
Thibs, i’m on a fat loss phase at the moment, and following a low carb diet except peri-workout. i have MAG-10 and Surge Recovery available to me (and endless amounts of whey) - what’s the best i could do in terms of peri-workout nutrition? i’m close to 20% fat if that makes a difference.
Would appreciate your help here.
thanks[/quote]
PRE and DURING (drink half 15-20 minutes prior and half during the workout)
1 scoop Surge Recovery
2 scoops MAG-10
POST (30 minutes after)
2 scoops whey
20g glutamine
excellent, thanks.
Thibs following the brief diet i outlined above + your suggested peri-workout, would i be okay doing 1-2 sessions a week of hill sprints, metabolic pairings, barbell complexes etc… or would the carbs be too low? i currently do 2 heavy weight lifting sessions a week.
[quote]kaleel86 wrote:
thibs following the brief diet i outlined above + your suggested peri-workout, would i be okay doing 1-2 sessions a week of hill sprints, metabolic pairings, barbell complexes etc… or would the carbs be too low? i currently do 2 heavy weight lifting sessions a week. [/quote]
In theory you should be fine considering that you only have 2 heavy sessions. But reality doesn’t always agree with theory! The only way to find out if your body can handle it is to try it. Start with one session per week and see how your body is reacting. Personally I believe that you will be able to do 1 or 2 such sessions per week for roughly 4 weeks. After which you will need to give your body a rest or add some carbs in your diet if you want to continue on with the added training.
thanks for the advise above, will give it a try. do you think a carb up every 2-3 weeks would get me around resting/adding in more carbs to the overall diet? i just wanna blitz my fat as soon as possible and wonder if that would help keep the progress up.
oh and glutamine made me feel quite iffy, got a feeling i probably shouldn’t have taken 20grams straight away though (?) that or my glutamine has gone stale (if possible).
[quote]kaleel86 wrote:
thanks for the advise above, will give it a try. do you think a carb up every 2-3 weeks would get me around resting/adding in more carbs to the overall diet? i just wanna blitz my fat as soon as possible and wonder if that would help keep the progress up.
oh and glutamine made me feel quite iffy, got a feeling i probably shouldn’t have taken 20grams straight away though (?) that or my glutamine has gone stale (if possible).[/quote]
Either that or the glutamine converted to glutamate and you are sensitive to glutamate; similar to MSG sensitivity.
I experienced the same bloating by taking 20g at once . either build it more slowly 5g per day and /or spread it out across the day.
[quote]kaleel86 wrote:
thanks for the advise above, will give it a try. do you think a carb up every 2-3 weeks would get me around resting/adding in more carbs to the overall diet? i just wanna blitz my fat as soon as possible and wonder if that would help keep the progress up.
oh and glutamine made me feel quite iffy, got a feeling i probably shouldn’t have taken 20grams straight away though (?) that or my glutamine has gone stale (if possible).[/quote]
Take your morning body temperature every morning. When it goes down by more than 1.5 degrees eat more carbs on that day (add roughly 200-300g throughout the day).
thanks for all the info Thibs, appreciate it.