In Sept I wrote a
blog about “Carb Back Loading” and how I started using this method after
Nationals in Aug.
To recap there are
two different variations of this, one being Carb Night and one being Carb
Backloading.
CN you have carbs
everyday but only in the evening after training. In CBL there is a larger carb
load once or several times a week depending on when you feel the need. The main
premise is fats, proteins and some vegetables are what you consume throughout the day. When we
wake up your body is in a Fat Metabolizing state so in order to keep your body
metabolizing fat for fuel you don’t have carbs. Once you intake carbs your body
switches to use carbs for energy not the stored fat.
However, carbs are
important and used to benefit your training goals so having them post training
or before bed enables your body replenish glycogen storage and create more lean
muscle.
Coming off
Nationals I was eating very little carbs so I choose to start with a once a
week. On Sundays I would have my fats and protein as usual then at the later
part of the day I would have my high glycemic carbs of choice (Popcorn, Nibs,
M&M’s). My goal was to start with
once a week while lowering cardio, then go to twice and eventually have a small
portion of carbs each day.
The next day I would
train my legs thus using all the glycogen I had taken in night before. I must
say I did feel fantastic and the tightest I had felt in awhile. Then the following
week I consumed only fats and protein with no carbs except for my fibrous
vegetables and start all over again Sunday.
Now I am not going
for “Off Season Gains” I purely want to feel good, train hard and look great
year round.
I started
incorporating carbs in twice a week and eventually by November I was having
60grms of carbs per day with 30-40grms fat (spread over 4 meals) and 25grm of
Protein per meal. I also lowered my cardio to 30 min, (I had been at 2hrs for my
show prep in Aug) and did split body parts for training. Now I did experience weight
gain that I was not comfortable with so at that point I decided to make some
adjustments.
My goal this year
was to figure out what works for my body.
How can I look good year round? I’m
not interested in going up and down continuously, which is usually what happens
with competing. I am willing to
put in the work, eat and train properly but I wanted to have the results. In my next blog I will cover what changes I
made to get my body to stay with the look and weight I wanted using this
method…
My Favourite Carb Backload:)
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