Carb cycling

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bennji1624
bennji1624 Posts: 7 Member
in Goal: Gaining Weight and Body Building
Hey guys was wondering what people's opinions of carb cycling was. Is it a waste of time or does it have merit.

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  • AJ_G
    AJ_G Posts: 4,158 Member
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    bennji1624 wrote: »
    Hey guys was wondering what people's opinions of carb cycling was. Is it a waste of time or does it have merit.

  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,139 Member
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    bennji1624 wrote: »
    Hey guys was wondering what people's opinions of carb cycling was. Is it a waste of time or does it have merit.

    Waste of time...

    Eat in a surplus, hit micros, macros, and get on structured lifting program
  • Wheelhouse15
    Wheelhouse15 Posts: 5,575 Member
    edited January 2016
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    There is only one benefit of carb cycling that I'm aware of and that is if you are on a low carb diet and you do a carb backload only when you glycogen gets very low. I am aware of evidence to support that you can then eat a couple hundred grams or so of carbs and reload the glycogen without gaining fat when you are glycogen depleted, but this would be an extrem manipulation of your diet. Normal carb cycling hasn't shown any real benefits that I'm aware of.
  • Yi5hedr3
    Yi5hedr3 Posts: 2,696 Member
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    Calorie cycling makes more sense.
  • bennji1624
    bennji1624 Posts: 7 Member
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    Ok so 500g above my maintain. What about on rest days.
    I lift 5 days a week for about an hour including 10 min cardio to warm up. Would this be enough.

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