Carbing up for comp.

[tweeter37]

I know there's been alot of topics on this, but out of your personal experience, how many grams of carbs do you load with before a show? I know all about carb depletion and tapering off my water intake, but am still not sure about the carb loading. Any help would be great!

[str8flexed]

It depends on how much you weigh, how carb sensitive you are etc. What bodytype do you have? Are you taking AS? All these things make differences.
Peace

[tweeter37]

Well, I'm 4 weeks out and I'm at 169 lbs, and about 4-5% bf. I am pretty carb sensitive, at least I believe I am. Not sure what you mean when you say AS.

[str8flexed]

AS=anabolic steroids. since you don't know I assume you are not. when you ingest a large amount of carbs do you tend to become fuller and more vascular or do you look bloated and smooth?

[BFC]

Bloated and smooth for me. What's the strategy then?

[tweeter37]

No, I'm completely natural. Here's what I've experienced so far. A few weeks ago I freeked out and ate everything in site! Donuts, candybars, chips, you name it, all within 30 min. I looked and felt like **** that whole day, but when I woke up the next morning I was shocked that I actually looked more solid and full!! I know this is a pretty bad example of "carbing up", but that's the closest I've come to increasing my carbs while dieting. Hope that helps!

[freaker]

Every one is different. I personally start eating carbs the Friday before a show. I eat 8 meals with about 40g of carbs each. 4 of the meals contain a protein source providing 25g of protein. On Saturday(day of the show) I eat one meal about 2-4 hours before prejudging consisting of 40g of carbs and 25g of protein, then 20 minutes before going on stage I eat salted oranges and jolly ranchers. After prejuding, I eat 2-3 more meals with 40g carbs. One of these meals also contains 25g of protein. Again before going on stage, I do the quick carb up with salted oranges and jolly ranchers. I use sweet potatos or sweet potato chips for the carb sources. I also use glycerol.