anabolic diet vrs traditional high carb high protein diet

[jaybird151]

What is everyone's thoughts on the following two options


1. anabolic diet

less than 30g carbs then 40-50% fats and 50% protein then carb load on the weekends


2. traditional diet---- lots of carbs and protein

trying to lean bulk

i am trying the anabolic diet right now and i am losing fat and staying the same weight---- up a couple of pounds. i am eating 4k-5k calories a day from fats and protein and hardly any carbs, then carbing up on weekends with low fats and low protein. I am going to start my next cycle in 4 weeks and i was wondering which diet i should go with


thanks

j

 

[oldfella]

What is everyone's thoughts on the following two options


1. anabolic diet

less than 30g carbs then 40-50% fats and 50% protein then carb load on the weekends


2. traditional diet---- lots of carbs and protein

trying to lean bulk

i am trying the anabolic diet right now and i am losing fat and staying the same weight---- up a couple of pounds. i am eating 4k-5k calories a day from fats and protein and hardly any carbs, then carbing up on weekends with low fats and low protein. I am going to start my next cycle in 4 weeks and i was wondering which diet i should go with


thanks

j

if the anabolic diet is working for you now then I would continue with it. I on the other hand I prefer a better mix of protein, carbs and fats. But that is me!! There is no harm in switching up down the track. You need to be careful of a carb restricted diet when you want to carb up again. You may get the rebound water bloat from adding more carbs. But in this case probably not.

 

[marshall]

I've had great success with the anabolic diet. It's really just eliminating a macro, but I think it's success depends on someone's insulin sensitivity perhaps.

After my initial run on it, where I got in great shape and strength through the roof, I could never get my body to respond the same way to it. At least not to the success I originally had.

I recently did a month of Gironda's diet, which is basically the same thing, only with a carb up every 4th or 5th day. It worked well. I prefer the earlier carb up, which actually DiPasquale says if you need it, do a mid-week carb up.

Stick with it, sounds like it's working well.