Hello
I know this question has been ask many times but i am confused wik.
What do you think about Coke light and other Diet soft drinks without calories in a Diet Phase.
Do you recomemnd this dirnks and are you using it in your Lifestyle Christian?
Thib,
Any idea how to help more T4 convert to T3? I have normal T4 levels but low T3 levels and a moderately high TSH level. I heard 7-keto was good. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated as Iāve put on way too much blubber lately.
[quote]Mr. 47 wrote:
Hello
I know this question has been ask many times but i am confused wik.
What do you think about Coke light and other Diet soft drinks without calories in a Diet Phase.
Do you recomemnd this dirnks and are you using it in your Lifestyle Christian?[/quote]
It depends on the individual. Guys who are super insulin resistant will sometimes get an insulin spike from the sweeteners, even when they are devoid of calories. So this could be a problem.
But those who are not extremely insulin resistant shouldnāt face any problem. I drink diet soft drink myself in moderation and Biotestās boss Tim Patterson is about the leanest individual I know and he can really down Diet Dr. Pepper!
Alex Raymond, a heavyweight bodybuilder Iām preparing for the Canadian Nationals drinks diet soft drinks daily even now that he is 2 weeks out and he is RIPPED!
Now, if you drink too much there might be a possible health issue, but even that hasnāt been established.
If you are relatively lean, I wouldnāt worry too much about it.
[quote]Christian Thibaudeau wrote:
[quote]Mr. 47 wrote:
Hello
I know this question has been ask many times but i am confused wik.
What do you think about Coke light and other Diet soft drinks without calories in a Diet Phase.
Do you recomemnd this dirnks and are you using it in your Lifestyle Christian?[/quote]
It depends on the individual. Guys who are super insulin resistant will sometimes get an insulin spike from the sweeteners, even when they are devoid of calories. So this could be a problem.
But those who are not extremely insulin resistant shouldnāt face any problem. I drink diet soft drink myself in moderation and Biotestās boss Tim Patterson is about the leanest individual I know and he can really down Diet Dr. Pepper!
Alex Raymond, a heavyweight bodybuilder Iām preparing for the Canadian Nationals drinks diet soft drinks daily even now that he is 2 weeks out and he is RIPPED!
Now, if you drink too much there might be a possible health issue, but even that hasnāt been established.
If you are relatively lean, I wouldnāt worry too much about it.[/quote]
For people who are super insulin resistant, are you generally more restrictive with your carb recommendations of 30-50g of fruit in the morning and up to 100g of carbs in PreWO nutrition?
Christian, I read that do to health issues you dropeed 20 lbs in 4 weeks. Though not for health reasons I have to drop weight rather quickly for two college plays. At 180lbs would it be possible to drop 15-20 lbs in 1-1.5 months? If so what would be a good way? At this rate I realize that some will be muscle but, I would like to keep it to the minimum.
[quote]EvanX wrote:
Christian, I read that do to health issues you dropeed 20 lbs in 4 weeks. Though not for health reasons I have to drop weight rather quickly for two college plays. At 180lbs would it be possible to drop 15-20 lbs in 1-1.5 months? If so what would be a good way? At this rate I realize that some will be muscle but, I would like to keep it to the minimum. [/quote]
If you donāt care where the weight comes from, and assuming that we are not talking about water weight (heck I can lose 15lbs of water in one day via dehydration) then I would recommend eating one big meal (no junk foodā¦ meat, lots of veggies, some fruits) in the evening along with a shake so that you have a total of at least 100g of protein at that meal.
Then have 2 protein shakes (roughly 50g of protein each) during the rest of the dayā¦ one when you wake up and one mid-day.
Add 2 caps of Flameout with both shakes and with your evening meal.
Perform 30-45 minutes of moderate intensity, steady state cardio first thing in the morning.
Train with weights in the afternoon. Focus on big compound movements for sets of 3-5 reps.
Ideally you would use 1 scoop of ANACONDA and 1 scoop of MAG-10 prior to each lifting workout.
[quote]Christian Thibaudeau wrote:
[quote]EvanX wrote:
Christian, I read that do to health issues you dropeed 20 lbs in 4 weeks. Though not for health reasons I have to drop weight rather quickly for two college plays. At 180lbs would it be possible to drop 15-20 lbs in 1-1.5 months? If so what would be a good way? At this rate I realize that some will be muscle but, I would like to keep it to the minimum. [/quote]
If you donāt care where the weight comes from, and assuming that we are not talking about water weight (heck I can lose 15lbs of water in one day via dehydration) then I would recommend eating one big meal (no junk foodā¦ meat, lots of veggies, some fruits) in the evening along with a shake so that you have a total of at least 100g of protein at that meal.
Then have 2 protein shakes (roughly 50g of protein each) during the rest of the dayā¦ one when you wake up and one mid-day.
Add 2 caps of Flameout with both shakes and with your evening meal.
Perform 30-45 minutes of moderate intensity, steady state cardio first thing in the morning.
Train with weights in the afternoon. Focus on big compound movements for sets of 3-5 reps.
Ideally you would use 1 scoop of ANACONDA and 1 scoop of MAG-10 prior to each lifting workout.[/quote]
Thank you so much. What would be the max carbs allowed from fruits during the late afternoon meal? I will be ordering ANACONDA and MAG-10 but, for the moment what would be a good per-workout meal?
Coach,
I am currently using the 5/3/1 program to get stronger. I would like to keep progressing on this program without doing a dirty bulk and getting even fatter (at an estimate 23%). Can you give me a macronutrient split or a specific diet (not a meal plan, just the name of a good slow bulking diet) that will have me see steady gains? Iām not the best diet plan maker so I would love to hear some specifics.
Any guidance would be much appreciated,
Vlad
Dear Mr. Thibaudeau,
usually Iāam pretty quick at loosing and (unfotunately) ganining weight. Now for the first time Iāam striving to incorporate all the knowledge about fatloss I accumulated during the last 5 years.
But during the first 2 days of my 20 day plan there was absolutely no change in weight.
Iāam baffled because I was not dieting during the last 14 days and usually loose up to 2 kg a day during the first days of a diet. Any hints would be highly appreciated, thanks in advance
History: 5 years ago I went from 150 kg to 93 kg. Last year went up to 127 kg. This year dropped to 104 from March to July using what is now called Green Faces. After 2 weeks of Ć¢??non-dietingĆ¢?? (mostly grilled meat and veggies, some bread & pasta) I am now at 107kg.
Goal: To change body composition as much as possible towards lean body mass (looking better) in exactly 20 days.
Actual Stats: 188 cm / 107 kg analoge scale /109,4 new digital scale wich estimates 28-33 % bodyfat
Supps: 30g fishoil, 360mg magnesium from citrate, 35mg zinc, 350 mg Q10, 4,2g oligofructose, Probiotic, 10 g psyllium husks, 800 mg CLA, 250mg l-carnitine. More Supps including HOT-ROX, Se7en, an Surge Recovery will arrive on monday.
Equipment: Limited to 2 10kg dumbells that can be connected to a short barbell, because I am currently staying in the house of my fiances parents for vacation.
Recovery: Sleep till I wake up naturally 7-8 hours + 20min nap in the afternoon. Hot bath before bed.
Nutrition Day I:
Protein 298g / Fat 45g / Carbs 40g
1192 / 405 / 240 / 1840 kcal
Carbs are from apples pre and during workout. One solid meal canned tuna & evoo after workout Ć¢?? rest is from shakes.
Fluid intake including shakes: 5,3 l
Workout Day I:
30min NEPA walk
5min Warm-up Cardio Ć¢?? Mountain Climbers, Bird Dogs, Jumping Jacks, Back Lunges,
Dumbbell Squat 4x10 17,5 kg
Unilateral Dumbbell Row 4x10 17,5kg
Unilateral Dumbbell Floor Press 4x10 17,5 kg
Plank Hold between each exercise
15 min farmers walks/waiter walks with 17,5 kg Dumbell
15min outdoor biking
Nutrition Day II:
Protein 350g / Fat 49g / Carbs 26g
1400 / 445 / 105 / 1950 kcal
Carbs are from nectarines pre and during workout. One solid meal canned tuna, ham & evoo after workout Ć¢?? rest is from shakes.
Fluid intake including shakes 5,6 l fluid.
Workout Day II:
40min NEPA walk
5min Warm-up Cardio Ć¢?? Mountain Climbers, Bird Dogs, Jumping Jacks, Back Lunges,
Morning:
6x6 Bench Dips
5x5 Chin Ups (more like 1x 5 & 20x1)
5x8 Barbell Floor Press 20 kg (to easy)
1 x10 20kg / 2x15 15kg / 3x10 10kg Supinated Grip Barbell Skull Chrusher
2x15 20 kg / 6x15 15 kg Barbell Curls
Outdoor biking 8min intervalls / 12 min steady state
Evening:
Light Dumbell (5kg) workout for Recovery
Bend Over Lateral Raises 5x10
Curl 3 Grip Variations 9x10
Triceps Kickbacks 4x10
Skull Crusher 3x10
Bent Over Row 3x10
CT - I have a few questions regarding information you wrote about on this site. If you have time, to answer a few that would be great.
Regarding āGetting Hyperbetabolicā, would you still recommend this type of training when trying to lose fat? Would you adjust some of the parameters based on your current training protocols?
Regarding the sample, 3 week āanabolic reboundā cycle, would you still recommend this type of training cycle for a natural lifter? Again, would there be adjustments?
Regarding training over the long haul, how do you like to create a year long mesocycle? For instance, if a person wanted to lose 20 lbs of fat and gain 20 lbs of muscle, how would you break up the year? Would you simply allow autoregulation to dictate microcycle goals or would you have planned blocks? Is this type of thinking even important?
Thanks!
Coach,
This is a novice question but I just read every page of this thread and seen a couple conflicting theories.
Iām currently following the āRefined Physique Transformationā and have a question about the carb reload day. Specifically, how should my protein/fat intake change (if at all)? In various posts, Iāve gotten the impression I should either be cutting fat, cutting protein, or making no change at all and simply adding the carbs to my normal diet.
For what itās worth, Iām 180lbs at 12%bf and Iām eating about 110g/65g/270g F/C/P on normal days (almost 0 carbs outside of Surge pre-workout) and ramping up to 180g carbs once a week (non-training day).
Thanks
CT
If training in the late evening, at say 7-8pm. Would a serving of the new āmuscle buildindā Metabolic Drive Muscle Growth Forumula as the last meal of the day be ok? (Hour after finishing ANACONDA mixure) I know your not a big fan of Carbs before bed, but with all the other ingredients (m casien etc)it seems like it could be a good option?
Any thoughts would be appreciated
Thanks
moogweasel
[quote]moogweasel wrote:
CT
If training in the late evening, at say 7-8pm. Would a serving of the new āmuscle buildindā Metabolic Drive Muscle Growth Forumula as the last meal of the day be ok? (Hour after finishing ANACONDA mixure) I know your not a big fan of Carbs before bed, but with all the other ingredients (m casien etc)it seems like it could be a good option?
Any thoughts would be appreciated
Thanks
moogweasel[/quote]
I WASNāT a big fan of carbs before bed. And to some extent I still am not (e.g. for somebody with a high body fat percentage or who is dieting). But during a mass gaining phase it is acceptable. And rice oligodextrin and palatinose seem to have a different effect on the body than most carbs and Iām not as āāafraidāā of them in the evening.
Coach,
Relating to Poliquinās Biosignature, I am leaning out pretty well right now, but my triceps are a definite holdout. I was reading that the tricep site is related to androgen imbalance and adaptogens may be beneficial. On that note, I was considering ginseng.
Any thoughts on effectiveness or dosage?
On an unrelated note, Iāve been planning my next bulk and considered having more carbs before bed (since I train later in the evening) as compared to my last bulk, pretty cool to have the validated in the above post.
Update:
Solved the problem by getting my tapemeasure out! After 2 weeks still no change in weight but 1 1/2 inches less belly and nearly 1 inch less on the upper tighs.
CT, Iām doing a very low carb diet (25 net carbs) similar to Pasqualeās approach. Iāve been taking one scoop of MAG-10 and two scoops of Anaconda pre and intra workout. I donāt know if this is crazy without any carbs, but was curious as to your thoughts? My only real carb day is for about 4 hours on Sundays.
Hey ct, im currently doing from dud to stud in 30 days and i was just wondering about a few things.
If the week by week fat loss isnāt that great, should i cut down more carbs? (all the carbs im getting is either in morning from what my mom makes (noodles), milk or fruits (bananaās, mangos, etc)
Also, would increasing the amount of protein do anything to stimulate fat lass? (i ran out of protein power before i started the 30 day dud to stud workout so Ive been substituting a small skim milk and a banana for each protein shake i would normally drink twice a day)
Also, how do you feel about eating fruits late at night? i usually sleep around 4-5 am and i would have fruits around 11-12. Is it better to go to sleep hungry or would eating something if you are starving be better?
Also, im doing basketball daily a good enough cardio workout? (drills and pick up games) or do i have to run on the treadmill and things like that to have my daily cardio?
Thanks alot
CT I was reading from fat to fit.Could you tell me how exactly do you get the 30grams of fish oil per day,I would like to shoot for 15 grams/day.How many grams are in one seving (4 gel caps) of Flameout?What fish oil blend do you use?Thanks.CT,I just want to thank you for ALL this PRICLESS information;I found this site about a month ago and i cant stop reading all the awesome info.
I just read the artical on FA3ās,seems like this would help alot,that artical pretty much answered my questions.No need to address last post.
Hey CT
Not sure if it has been asked. Would using the IBB transition phase5 for a shredding phase for my training routine be good enough or what would i need to do extra here an there and if so what? I have picked up bout 8kg+ on IBB program with one week of phase 4 to go then start phase 5. I am hoping for 5% body fat (my eating an supplements are organised).