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Title: Q for you low carbers
Post by: anab0lic on December 05, 2011, 01:29:25 PM
Do you feel that carbs pre workout are neccersary since fat cant be converted fast enough for fuel during weight training?
Title: Re: Q for you low carbers
Post by: howardroark on December 05, 2011, 01:36:20 PM
Yes.
Title: Re: Q for you low carbers
Post by: viking1 on December 05, 2011, 01:38:34 PM
Do any of you low carbers ever get dizzy or feel anxious?   
Title: Re: Q for you low carbers
Post by: claymore on December 05, 2011, 01:40:15 PM
Do you feel that carbs pre workout are neccersary since fat cant be converted fast enough for fuel during weight training?


"Do you feel that carbs pre workout are neccersary"...Are they neccessary...no, do they help...yes.
Title: Re: Q for you low carbers
Post by: nosleep on December 05, 2011, 01:47:27 PM
NO, HONESTLY, NO.

I DONT EVEN EAT CARBS UNTIL AFTER MY WORKOUT USUALLY.
Title: Re: Q for you low carbers
Post by: YoungBlood on December 05, 2011, 03:16:00 PM


NO!

The idea of eating lower carbs and having fat be a slower conversion is asinine. If you're low carbing it, your body will have a steady supply of fats ready to convert on hand.

I've been doing the low carb diets for ten years now and never use carbs unless it's my cheat day and I don't crash or have any of the issues other people claim to have due to being low carbs.
Title: Re: Q for you low carbers
Post by: howardroark on December 05, 2011, 03:19:01 PM
Glycogen is what powers strong muscle contractions. If you have no glycogen in your muscles, you're not utilizing your workout to its full potential.
Title: Re: Q for you low carbers
Post by: 240_Iz_Nutz on December 05, 2011, 03:44:53 PM

NO!

The idea of eating lower carbs and having fat be a slower conversion is asinine. If you're low carbing it, your body will have a steady supply of fats ready to convert on hand.

I've been doing the low carb diets for ten years now and never use carbs unless it's my cheat day and I don't crash or have any of the issues other people claim to have due to being low carbs.

Fully agree. I think some people whine about the carb stuff just to get attention. I honestly feel better when I get into it for a few weeks.
Title: Re: Q for you low carbers
Post by: wes on December 05, 2011, 03:52:44 PM
No,you have stored glycogen in your liver to use as fuel first before tapping into fat stores.

All I ever have before training is whey in water and I always have a ton of energy.
Title: Re: Q for you low carbers
Post by: Hulkotron on December 05, 2011, 03:53:35 PM
A low-carb diet is pretty high on the homoeroticity scale.
Title: Re: Q for you low carbers
Post by: dustin on December 05, 2011, 03:59:33 PM
Glycogen is what powers strong muscle contractions. If you have no glycogen in your muscles, you're not utilizing your workout to its full potential.

And gluconeogenesis is the body's answer for when we don't have stored muscle glycogen on hand. There's also liver glycogen too. If you're in a fasted or ketogenic state and not the sloppy transition period (keto dieters know what this feels like - it's hell), then you should be fine. In fact, I get a wicked rush of brutal retard strength when I train fasted.

I like training fasted now but not completely deprived of muscle glycogen. I think there's advantages to both, and my personal preference is to stay lean as hell and train fasted more often than not. I don't abstain from carbs completely. I like getting them in post workout because the body is more tolerant and it doesn't spill over into fat as much because of the way my meals are structured.

If during the day I'm fasting and feel too flat or weak, if I eat carbs it gives me a body pump because of how lean I am. I think people value carbs way too much. They're not essential for humans, and they're not super important for bodybuilders either. If you're on drugs like trenbologna and lots of GH, you can eat close to unlimited carbs and it goes to all the right places though. I'm training on nothing but testosterona at the moment, but when I'm on trenbologna I eat a lot more carbs.
Title: Re: Q for you low carbers
Post by: BIG ACH on December 05, 2011, 04:21:30 PM
A low-carb diet is pretty high on the homoeroticity scale.

That one made me lol
Title: Re: Q for you low carbers
Post by: Meso_z on December 05, 2011, 10:15:58 PM
Do you feel that carbs pre workout are neccersary since fat cant be converted fast enough for fuel during weight training?

morning, pre and post workout "meals" should always have carbs.
Title: Re: Q for you low carbers
Post by: diamondcut on December 05, 2011, 10:44:37 PM
No,you have stored glycogen in your liver to use as fuel first before tapping into fat stores.

All I ever have before training is whey in water and I always have a ton of energy.

whey protein is insulingenic
Title: Re: Q for you low carbers
Post by: nosleep on December 06, 2011, 03:55:54 AM
morning, pre and post workout "meals" should always have carbs.

ONLY IF YOUR BODY CRAVES THEM.
Title: Re: Q for you low carbers
Post by: aesthetics on December 06, 2011, 03:59:25 AM
And gluconeogenesis is the body's answer for when we don't have stored muscle glycogen on hand. There's also liver glycogen too. If you're in a fasted or ketogenic state and not the sloppy transition period (keto dieters know what this feels like - it's hell), then you should be fine. In fact, I get a wicked rush of brutal retard strength when I train fasted.

I like training fasted now but not completely deprived of muscle glycogen. I think there's advantages to both, and my personal preference is to stay lean as hell and train fasted more often than not. I don't abstain from carbs completely. I like getting them in post workout because the body is more tolerant and it doesn't spill over into fat as much because of the way my meals are structured.

If during the day I'm fasting and feel too flat or weak, if I eat carbs it gives me a body pump because of how lean I am. I think people value carbs way too much. They're not essential for humans, and they're not super important for bodybuilders either. If you're on drugs like trenbologna and lots of GH, you can eat close to unlimited carbs and it goes to all the right places though. I'm training on nothing but testosterona at the moment, but when I'm on trenbologna I eat a lot more carbs.

i agree with what you are saying but i think carbs pre-work and abstaining post-workout would be more effective usage
Title: Re: Q for you low carbers
Post by: dustin on December 06, 2011, 06:32:33 AM
i agree with what you are saying but i think carbs pre-work and abstaining post-workout would be more effective usage

Yeah, I usually go that route but right now I'm after epic leans and what I'm doing works better with my crazy work schedule. I should have noted that.

I actually hop back and fourth and break my own rules. But I have a framework which I go by and then training and diet is tweaked in response to whatever circumstances I'm faced with. I don't like too much rigidity, but following a pattern allows me to go outside that framework with calculation and little to no penalty.
Title: Re: Q for you low carbers
Post by: YoungBlood on December 06, 2011, 06:36:12 AM
morning, pre and post workout "meals" should always have carbs.


Why is that you natural genius?! ::) ::)