Anybody familiar with Duchaines method of carbing up?

Got Juice · Jul 17, 2009

Dad said:
Yuo can make your own. Dextrose is a simple sugar (monosaccharide) that works for this, and is cheap (about $3.00 per lb.).

Awesome, thanks DAD ill pick some up tomorrow to start my carb load, I'm freaking dying!! lol

iprimate · Jul 17, 2009

abolish the weak said:
Supposedly you wake up every 2 hrs throughout the night before the show to eat carbs, something along those lines. I've never read about it though. Has anybody tried it?

The following excerpts are taken from Duchaine's Body Opus.

The BODYOPUS Diet is a 7-day cycle. The first 5 days of carbohydrate depletion rapidly establisj ketosis. The final 2 carb-up days encourage glycogen supercompenastion. (p.271)

Here's a broad outline of the plan:

Sunday
Begin at 6:00 p.m. Eliminate all carbohydrate foods.

Monday
Today's menu consists of no carbohydrates, moderate protein and high fat. This is a weight-lifting workout day.

Tuesday
Nutritionally, Tuesday is exactly same as Monday. Finish the other half of the body during the weight workout.

Wednesday
Nutritionally, Wednesday is a repetition of Monday and Tuesday. This is a non-weight-training day, but any reasonable amount of aerobics is fine.

Thursday
Thursday is another boring day with the same diet as Monday.

Friday
This is the pain/pleasure day. In the morning you will still follow the no-carbohydrate regimen. By mid-afternoon, you can eat 100 to 200 calories of carbohydrates, just enough to raise blood sugar out of ketosis. In late afternoon or early evening, do the grand depletion workout. After the workout, the high-carbohydrate supercompensation feedings begin.

Saturday
Continue glycogen loading. Don't work out at all.

Sunday
Continue glycogen loading. The last carbohydrate meal is between 4:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. Eliminate carbohydrates from 6:00 p.m. on. Again, don't work out today.

We'll discuss the BODYOPUS workout further on, but to give you a preview:
Monday Abs, chest, shoulders, traps, triceps
Tuesday Back, biceps, legs, claves
Friday Whole body (!) in one workout(pp. 273-4)