CT, is coach Poliquin’s ‘Insulinomics’ a safe supplement for an 18 year old?
[quote]lllDUTCHlll wrote:
Hey coach…I recently read that if your average morning body temperature is below 36.8 degrees celcius, that you may have a problem with thyroid out put. I was just wondering what your thoughts were to a statement like this. Currently I have a temp of around 35.6 degrees…I know that one would need to get testing…but I live in a small town in Canada, and making a doctors appointment takes like 2 months to get in. So while I waited I thought I would ask what your opinion is. Thanks[/quote]
Not always. Some people have a naturally lower body temp, there is some individual variation. Normally, when you’re own body temp goes down 1 degree or more (e.g. your baseline is 36.8deg and it dropped down to 35.5 and stay there) it might indicate a decrease in metabolic rate which may be caused by a lowered thyroid output.
[quote]Christian Thibaudeau wrote:
[quote]lllDUTCHlll wrote:
Hey coach…I recently read that if your average morning body temperature is below 36.8 degrees celcius, that you may have a problem with thyroid out put. I was just wondering what your thoughts were to a statement like this. Currently I have a temp of around 35.6 degrees…I know that one would need to get testing…but I live in a small town in Canada, and making a doctors appointment takes like 2 months to get in. So while I waited I thought I would ask what your opinion is. Thanks[/quote]
Not always. Some people have a naturally lower body temp, there is some individual variation. Normally, when you’re own body temp goes down 1 degree or more (e.g. your baseline is 36.8deg and it dropped down to 35.5 and stay there) it might indicate a decrease in metabolic rate which may be caused by a lowered thyroid output.[/quote]
Alright thanks coach…Mine is always betwen 35.8-35.4…
-there was one time when I ran a long run of low carb days where it went down to like 33.8, but I had a cheat meal and it was back up the next day. Do you think that is normal?
[quote]lllDUTCHlll wrote:
[quote]Christian Thibaudeau wrote:
[quote]lllDUTCHlll wrote:
Hey coach…I recently read that if your average morning body temperature is below 36.8 degrees celcius, that you may have a problem with thyroid out put. I was just wondering what your thoughts were to a statement like this. Currently I have a temp of around 35.6 degrees…I know that one would need to get testing…but I live in a small town in Canada, and making a doctors appointment takes like 2 months to get in. So while I waited I thought I would ask what your opinion is. Thanks[/quote]
Not always. Some people have a naturally lower body temp, there is some individual variation. Normally, when you’re own body temp goes down 1 degree or more (e.g. your baseline is 36.8deg and it dropped down to 35.5 and stay there) it might indicate a decrease in metabolic rate which may be caused by a lowered thyroid output.[/quote]
Alright thanks coach…Mine is always betwen 35.8-35.4…
-there was one time when I ran a long run of low carb days where it went down to like 33.8, but I had a cheat meal and it was back up the next day. Do you think that is normal?[/quote]
Yes, the conversion of T4 (relatively inactive thyroid hormone) into T3 (active one) is dependent in part on glucose availability. This is why I often use daily body temp reading on a diet to plan cheat meals. If the temp drops down more than 1 degree and stays there for 2 days, then on the second day we have a cheat.
[quote]Christian Thibaudeau wrote:
[quote]lllDUTCHlll wrote:
[quote]Christian Thibaudeau wrote:
[quote]lllDUTCHlll wrote:
Hey coach…I recently read that if your average morning body temperature is below 36.8 degrees celcius, that you may have a problem with thyroid out put. I was just wondering what your thoughts were to a statement like this. Currently I have a temp of around 35.6 degrees…I know that one would need to get testing…but I live in a small town in Canada, and making a doctors appointment takes like 2 months to get in. So while I waited I thought I would ask what your opinion is. Thanks[/quote]
Not always. Some people have a naturally lower body temp, there is some individual variation. Normally, when you’re own body temp goes down 1 degree or more (e.g. your baseline is 36.8deg and it dropped down to 35.5 and stay there) it might indicate a decrease in metabolic rate which may be caused by a lowered thyroid output.[/quote]
Alright thanks coach…Mine is always betwen 35.8-35.4…
-there was one time when I ran a long run of low carb days where it went down to like 33.8, but I had a cheat meal and it was back up the next day. Do you think that is normal?[/quote]
Yes, the conversion of T4 (relatively inactive thyroid hormone) into T3 (active one) is dependent in part on glucose availability. This is why I often use daily body temp reading on a diet to plan cheat meals. If the temp drops down more than 1 degree and stays there for 2 days, then on the second day we have a cheat.[/quote]
Thats a really cool concept. Thank you for your help!
CT, for someone with a really busy schedule what would be a good weekly program when 30-45 min including cardio is all I have to train (4-5x a week). My problem is not getting to the gym but, having the length of time I need. I am 5’10.5, 210lbs my goal is to lose 15lbs of fat as fast as possible while maintaining muscle. Also would you have any recommendations diet wise (calories/macros)?
[quote]lllDUTCHlll wrote:
[quote]Christian Thibaudeau wrote:
[quote]lllDUTCHlll wrote:
[quote]Christian Thibaudeau wrote:
[quote]lllDUTCHlll wrote:
Hey coach…I recently read that if your average morning body temperature is below 36.8 degrees celcius, that you may have a problem with thyroid out put. I was just wondering what your thoughts were to a statement like this. Currently I have a temp of around 35.6 degrees…I know that one would need to get testing…but I live in a small town in Canada, and making a doctors appointment takes like 2 months to get in. So while I waited I thought I would ask what your opinion is. Thanks[/quote]
Not always. Some people have a naturally lower body temp, there is some individual variation. Normally, when you’re own body temp goes down 1 degree or more (e.g. your baseline is 36.8deg and it dropped down to 35.5 and stay there) it might indicate a decrease in metabolic rate which may be caused by a lowered thyroid output.[/quote]
Alright thanks coach…Mine is always betwen 35.8-35.4…
-there was one time when I ran a long run of low carb days where it went down to like 33.8, but I had a cheat meal and it was back up the next day. Do you think that is normal?[/quote]
Yes, the conversion of T4 (relatively inactive thyroid hormone) into T3 (active one) is dependent in part on glucose availability. This is why I often use daily body temp reading on a diet to plan cheat meals. If the temp drops down more than 1 degree and stays there for 2 days, then on the second day we have a cheat.[/quote]
Thats a really cool concept. Thank you for your help![/quote]
Sorry coach one more question…do you know of any supplements/lifestyle changes that can help with thyroid output? any insight would be appreciated. Thanks
Hello coach:
I’m looking forward to improve my body composition from here to the beginning o december for further mass gains. Is maintaining your bodyweight while improving body composition a good approach while looking for long term significant mass gain, or do you prefer to loose weight?
CT, I really appreciate your training methods. I want to gain 20 pounds of muscle without gaining fat. Do you think its possile. If so, can give me the training and diet plans of how to do that. Any help from you will be appreciated.
CT, i’m sorry for disturbing you so much. But i really need help. If i train continuously for 1 year , do you think i can get a big and ripped physique. any help from you will be appreciated.
[quote]never_got_ripped wrote:
CT, I really appreciate your training methods. I want to gain 20 pounds of muscle without gaining fat. Do you think its possile. If so, can give me the training and diet plans of how to do that. Any help from you will be appreciated.
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Use the search button or search through Thibs training questions threads. There is a ton of info all you have to do is look for it.
Hi coach I wanted to ask you about the 2 week metabolism reset techinique that you mentioned earlier in this topic
So anyway, im on a keto diet for the fifth week now. My calories are pretty low i eat 2g prot per kg(chicken), 50 gr almonds and 2 tbsp of olive oil a day. I do 4 training sessions a week with 30 min of low intensity cardio after each and 12 separate hours of low intensity cardio a week.
Every 14 days I did a carb up, so anyways the first 3 weeks went good (I went down for about 1.5 kg a week) the fourth week nothing happenned (did a carb up) and now im the fifth day into my fifth week and the scale isnt going down, nor is my waist (or other measurements for that fact).
(I forgot to add that I started with higher calories than this but I gradually lowered my intake)
So these are my Q’s
- So considering im at pretty low calories, do you think it is prudent to continue this kind of dieting or should I do the reset?
My strenght hasnt gone down (it went up if anything) and there hasnt been a change eventhough 2 weeks passed with alot of cardio and low cals.
- If a reset is a good idea, how much calories is it ok to add so I dont get more fat but give my metabolism a kick?
My stats are 177 pounds 5’11 and bf around 13%-15%
Sorry for a bit of a longer post and thanks for your time!
Hey Coach,
Do you still advocate or/and use your REGRESSIVE KETOGENIC DIET for a fat loss blitz phase-4weeks max?
Thanks,
GJ
Hey CT,
Just wondering what your thoughts were on high rep Cleans and Snatches used for metabolic conditioning?
While my initial concern was injury due to form breaks at high reps I’ve recently read this quote:
“Not all form faults are dangerous. Most clearly are not. Most increase the metabolic costs of an exercise or workout, i.e. reduce efficiency, and are not only acceptable but beneficial to conditioning. But what is certain is that only by working to exhaustion, where form faults are ineluctable, will we push the margins of power output where form falters. We push to the point of exhaustion and form breakdown to 1) increase/ improve the safety of high output max efforts, and 2) maximize work capacity.”
Thanks CT
I am helping a friend drop some fat and thought that your war room strategies would work great. I am also planning a cut in a couple months so this would be a good way to see how effective it can be. I want to make sure I have everything straight.
He’s 5’6,176 lbs,12-15% BF.
Protein:250-300g
Carbs:60g
Fat:85-90g
Carb up every 7-10 days: 175-200g
Total Calories:2000-2250
Sun:Push/Sprints
Mon:Pull/ABS
Tues: Off
Wed:Circuit/30-45 min walk
Thur:Fullbody
Fri:Circuit/30-45 min walk
Sat: Off
This was an old article so, would you recommended any changes?
Edited: My question was answered in a previous post.
I realize that contest week I am not going to lose anymore fat, but if my triceps are a weak point, is there any logic in trying to do extra sets for them in an effort to deplete them more in the hope that the glycogen supercompensation will really pop them out so to speak for my (mock) contest day pictures?
I would not deplete much at all, you will be going into the final week plenty depleted from all the weeks prior of training and dieting. Overdepleting will lead to more muscle loss and could negatively affect your carbload, i.e. you won’t be able to load properly and will smooth over and bloat rather than fill out.
Yikes, that sounds scary, any recommendations in terms of carbs per lb of bodymass? I am taking in roughly 70g total today and 50g tomorrow and Wednesday (zero grams para workout).
Previous carbs the last few weeks leading up to my mock contest prep were roughly 80g during the day plus paraworkout nutrition (40-50g carb AM session, usually 30g carb at PM session, so 70 to 80 extra grams for a total of 150-160g carbs for the day).
I’d like to think that I wasn’t too depleted going into the depletion workouts because I have been using the eccentric-less training as a double session most days and I always use para-workout nutrition. So I would think that my muscles have a fairly decent stock of glycogen (given how the concentric is supposed to be good for pulling nutrients in), this is very subjective obviously, but I haven’t felt flat at all.
You are definitely more knowledgable than me (and much bigger!) so I would love to hear more of your input.
I can’t give you a cookie cutter plan to follow, I work with competitors for a minimum of 2 weeks to adjust everything - and preferably for 4 weeks or more.
If you’ve done weekly refeeds or carb-ups, that should give you an idea on what amounts to use, how you respond to various foods, and how long it takes you to drop the water.
If you haven’t been much higher than 150-200g during your whole diet, my first impression would be to just double that amount for 2-3 days - or taper 400-300-200-100-50 with the 50g being the day prior to the contest.
You could also get away with a Wednesday load of 600-800g (I usually just set a time limit of 9-12hr depending on the competitor and let them eat until they’re comfortably full) then go back down to dieting levels for the last couple of days with a moderate load on contest day. I have 120lbs fitness girls load with these amounts and look great. If your condition is where it needs to be (and it certainly appears to be), you should be able to fill out a lot with carbs and then just clean it up by dropping back down for 2-3 days.
Water and sodium shouldn’t be messed with much, many seem to waaay overdo this part. Just increase it for the last week and cut it 12-18hrs out. Sodium should follow the water (to maintain the balance) but may be dropped early Friday. Put it back in with the first meal on contest day. You don’t eliminate water or sodium completely, you still drink 4-6oz with every meal and up to 8-12oz after PJ. Sodium is also kept in, just salt your food extra when water is high, go back to normal when you cut water. Eliminating sodium can potentially smooth you out big time.
And finally - keep an eye on your conditioning and adjust as you go, learn from your trial run, let experience be your guide. You know best what YOUR body responds to.