Timing for carb cycling

Blacktie.

So I've been thinking of carb cycling. More carbs on workout days. Less on non workout dasys. I haven't worked out the exact macros yet. I usually workout in the evening though and was wondering if the major benefits of carb cycling are lost if the majority of them are not conumed post workout but rather pre workout?

Isn't the point of carb cycling to peak your insulin after a workout, so if I eat a lot of the carbs during the day then these will be wasted no? Or rather the desired effect will be wasted.

deadlybuzzman

Blacktie. wrote: »

So I've been thinking of carb cycling. More carbs on workout days. Less on non workout dasys. I haven't worked out the exact macros yet. I usually workout in the evening though and was wondering if the major benefits of carb cycling are lost if the majority of them are not conumed post workout but rather pre workout?

Isn't the point of carb cycling to peak your insulin after a workout, so if I eat a lot of the carbs during the day then these will be wasted no? Or rather the desired effect will be wasted.

I'm still reading the book but from the bit I've read you consume your carbs post workout to maximise the anabolic effect. As it's post workout he claims the muscle cells take in more of the nutrients at the expense of fat cells.

Blacktie.

Which book is this?

I know the reasons for it. I'm asking is there any point in carb cycling if you're not consuming majority post workout.

nice_guy80

What type of carbs?

Antisocialiser

Are you cutting?

Blacktie.

nice_guy80 wrote: »

What type of carbs?

Veg and fruit most likely but on workout days I'll probably be using bread and rice to bring up the numbers or whatevers needed really. I'll stay away from the junk as much as I can but if I need a quick source of 30 or 40g of carbs the source won't bother me too much.

Are you cutting?

Nope just trying to maximise gains (I really hate that phrase).

deadlybuzzman

Blacktie. wrote: »

Which book is this?

I know the reasons for it. I'm asking is there any point in carb cycling if you're not consuming majority post workout.

My bad! I was thinking of the book carb backloading which isn't totally unrelated. Personally I'd deliberately eat alot more carbs on training days and much less on non training days, I'm now the heaviest I've ever been and I don't have the gut that I had previously so it has its uses for gettin bigger but with less of the fat gain

Blacktie.

deadlybuzzman wrote: »

My bad! I was thinking of the book carb backloading which isn't totally unrelated. Personally I'd deliberately eat alot more carbs on training days and much less on non training days, I'm now the heaviest I've ever been and I don't have the gut that I had previously so it has its uses for gettin bigger but with less of the fat gain

Did you focus on getting your carbs in after the workout or didn't matter either way once you got them in?

deadlybuzzman

Blacktie. wrote: »

Did you focus on getting your carbs in after the workout or didn't matter either way once you got them in?

I've done both approaches, and I'd say the most important thing is knowing that you won't gas due to having 0 glycogen left. After that I don't know if it makes a massive difference, I will eat till bursting after the gym though

Blacktie.

deadlybuzzman wrote: »

the most important thing is knowing that you won't gas due to having 0 glycogen left.

What do you mean by won't gas? Run out of gas I assume...?

deadlybuzzman

Blacktie. wrote: »

Did you focus on getting your carbs in after the workout or didn't matter either way once you got them in?

I've done both approaches, and I'd say the most important thing is making sure that you won't gas due to having 0 glycogen left. After that I don't know if it makes a massive difference, I will eat till bursting after the gym though

nice_guy80

I would consider bread a junk food to be honest

Blacktie.

nice_guy80 wrote: »

I would consider bread a junk food to be honest

I mostly would as well but it's a junk food you can put good food on. Like sandwhichs etc. If you buy a twix that's always just gonna be a twix. Not going to go wrapping a salad around that.

deadlybuzzman

Blacktie. wrote: »

What do you mean by won't gas? Run out of gas I assume...?

Exactly. Although I think that's much less of an issue for most people but it has happened me a couple of times, moreso when cutting

nice_guy80

Blacktie. wrote: »

I mostly would as well but it's a junk food you can put good food on. Like sandwhichs etc. If you buy a twix that's always just gonna be a twix. Not going to go wrapping a salad around that.

you can just have the good food without bread