Should diet be different on workout and non-workout days or is it better to keep your diet constant? On non-workout days, your muscles are still recovering so would you need to supplement your body with as much protein as on workout days?
Right now I have about 150+g protein on workout days and 100+g protein on non-workout days. Is that too little protein (even on the workout days). Should I be having like 200g per day or like 200g on workout days and 150g on off days? Or is it fine like I have it?
I'm afraid to increase protein too much becuase I've read that too much protein can lower testosterone. It sounds kind of stupid but I figure that it's better to be safe than sorry. Is this total BS?
Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks.
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06-20-2011, 08:39 PM #1
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Workout Days vs. Non-Workout Days
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06-20-2011, 08:48 PM #4
Some cycle carbs, others don't.. If you are single digit BF% I think carb cycling can help with water weight and whatnot (mostly for shows).
I keep my protein the same and fat the same.. Some days I just hit the numbers I've set and get more carbs, other day I go over the fats & protein and have less carbs but it's just a few grams. Nothing drastic.
As for calories, some like to lower calories on non workout days but I think it's easiest to just stay level
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06-20-2011, 10:39 PM #10
I would have to say that from what everyone has told you, a lot of it sounds right. However, I think that before anyone can give u info, we need to know exactly what your fitness goals are. Looking at your pic, I can see u are lean, and I know people who want leaner. So I ask, fat loss, muscle gain, or other?
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06-20-2011, 11:04 PM #11
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Only muscle gain
I've trying been trying to consume at least these amounts everyday:
150g protein (*4) = 600
350g carbs (*4) =1400
100g fat(*9) = 900
I count calories and macros kind of loosely so the numbers are all give or take 20g-40g but these are my minimum target ranges per day (I fill the rest of my diet randomly).
Critiques?
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06-21-2011, 05:35 AM #12
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06-21-2011, 06:29 AM #14
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Because when I am consuming 4,300 calories I can toss my macros around however I wish. I acknowledge the fact that a majority of it is not going towards MPS after deamination and a good amount of the of the nitrogen portion is being excreted as urea and the carbon skeleton is being oxidized and used via gluconeogenesis.
At 625G CHO, the trace sources kill my PRO intake, hence the bump. I only need 200g TBHJust a weight lifter
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