Phat Muscle Project

Ep. 35 – The Science Of Carbing Up

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In today’s episode we cover everything you need to know about carbing up!  Areas of discussion include the research on carb ups and refeeds, whether to do a free meal or a refeed, training methods, supplements, and much more.  Enjoy!

1. What is “Carbing up” or Carb Loading and what is it good for? 

  • Carbing up for competitions, weekly as part of the diet, carbing up to support the metabolism, carbing up for the mental aspect of things.
  • What are some of the different ways you have carbed people up, and what is some of the crazier stuff you have tried?
  • Refeeds vs cheat meals
  • Carbing up when dropping too much weight too fast.
  • Supplements for carbing up such as GDA’s, glutamine, creatine, etc.

    • 2. Example for a peak week

    • What to do with protein & fats during this time? Sodium? Water?
    • What about training?
    • What is ‘spilling over’

      • Links:

      PHAT Muscle Supps- www.phatmuscleproject.com 

      John

      IG: @teamgorman

      Email: [email protected]

      Lisa:

      IG: @nutritioncoachingandlife 

      Email: [email protected]

      Website: www.nutritioncoachingandlife.com

       

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