I have never done it im not sure that there is any point to it. To me it just seems lazy and builds bad habits, I do have a cheat meal every now and then but there is no set day or time frame that I have for said cheat meal. Is there any point to doing a refeed on a cut?
It depends how your carb intake is, I think… if you aren’t low carb (not keto), I don’t see the point.
I did them weekly when I was cutting… not so much now (recomping). Occasionally I’ll give myself 1-2 hours (a big meal, basically), but that’s to be socially normal as much as anything, maybe every 2-3 weeks?
The point was to replenish glyogen and some amino acid (lysene or something, I think). There’s an article on here called the cheat meal manifesto that has some info.
I don’t see how it was lazy… I didn’t enjoy it after the first couple hours, but it did become mildly addictive. TBH, I should probably do one next week. I could see how a skinny kid may need one special day to focus on getting in a lot, if only to expand their gut.
[quote]kenny-mccormick wrote:
Is there any point to doing a refeed on a cut?[/quote]
Maintaining leptin sensitivity.
I think refeeds are often very useful on cut, obviously more for some than for others. If your dieting for an extended period in a deficit and training hard, glycogen stores will depleted no matter what (even with a reasonable amounts of carbs in diet). A timed and intelligent refeed can be effective at replenshing these stores, allowing the training intensity to remain high throughout the week, and as depletion/low energy levels set in once again, another refeed may prove beneficial… Obviously these refeeds would be more effective if they are not all out cheat meals, but the macros are tracked, and total weekly calorie intake is still at the desired deficit… just my two cents…