whats the point of carb up every weekend

avenged7x4lyfe · 12-31-2008, 12:28 PM

this question is more for people on the a.d. i was wondering whats the point of two carbup days a week. would i lose weight faster if i only had a carbup every two weeks or is the 2 days a week detrimental to the a.d.

SophieM · 12-31-2008, 12:36 PM

From my understanding, the point is to get insulin and GH levels to rise at the same time, thus giving you more growth than what normally happens which is one rises and the other falls.

Have you read the e-book?

avenged7x4lyfe · 12-31-2008, 12:43 PM

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Originally Posted by SophieM

From my understanding, the point is to get insulin and GH levels to rise at the same time, thus giving you more growth than what normally happens which is one rises and the other falls.

Have you read the e-book?

skimmed it can't find whether 2 carbup days a week is nessasary for fat loss

Nghborhoodhotti · 12-31-2008, 03:37 PM

I am also wondering this exact question- It seems like 2 days of carb up would be an awful lot for me- I would be more comfortable with one meal or one day. What is the science behind this?

SophieM · 12-31-2008, 04:40 PM

"Insulin then works hand in hand with testosterone and growth hormone in maximizing muscle growth. Growth hormone is very important here for its role in cell growth and maintenance. When insulin goes down, as it does during the weekdays when you?ll be on the high fat/high protein/low carb portion of the diet, growth hormone secretions increase. Along with stimulating an anabolic environment, they also induce cells to use fat instead of sugar for energy, thus
increasing lipolysis and fighting lipogenesis.

Usually insulin works to decrease the secretion of growth hormone, but the body sees the great increase in carbs and insulin during the weekend as a stressful situation, much like exercise, and growth hormone actually increases with insulin. In this way, we get the positive effects of growth hormone stimulus both during the week and on weekends."

The above is taken from the e-book and can be found around page 27 (the e-book page, not the PDF page).

I don't think a meal would suffice as a carb up from what the books says but he does say you can do it anywhere from 24-48 hours. You're supposed to stop the carb up when you start getting bloated.

MrLovrLovr · 01-01-2009, 05:51 PM

AD is not a diet per say .. just a nutritional plan based on keto for leaning out those who are muscular enough and have been in an anabolic state already ..

changing your body to burn fat as its primary fuel ( more muscle = more fat burned - without the presence of carbs )

2x a week carbs to reset leptin etc etc ..

CanuckTank · 01-01-2009, 07:21 PM

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Originally Posted by avenged7x4lyfe

this question is more for people on the a.d. i was wondering whats the point of two carbup days a week. would i lose weight faster if i only had a carbup every two weeks or is the 2 days a week detrimental to the a.d.

It's also to keep you thyroid up and running. You go too far and your thyroid will go underactive and lower your metabolism.

It happend to me a month ago after over two months of dieting. This is why you see people having their weight loss halt all of a sudden for no real reason.