newbie needs help - CKD vs TKD ???
 

I was wondering if anyone can point me in the direction of previous threads or ANY information regarding TKD? I found tons of info on the CKD and want to compare the 2 plans to see which would benefit my lifestyle better. I am very active - run 5 days per week. When on Atkins, I can barely WALK, let alone RUN so I'm thinking of trying one of the two plans.

If anyone can explain TKD to me I would greatly appreciate it!! :D

Thank U!

Good link
 

Look at this link for some further info (read the top part for this subject):

http://www.wannabebig.com/printarticle.php?articleid=88

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http://www.wannabebig.com/article.php?articleid=88

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TKD is a CKD with no carb-up on the weekends. (Low carb 7 days a week.) Prior to workouts, and after workouts (optional) you consume carbs, about 25-50 g (depending on the length and intensity of your workout). If I'm lifting weights, I take in carbs prior, during (about 30 min. in), and after - about 20-25g. Cardio I tend not to take carbs before or after, unless it's high intensity (75-85% MHR), then it's 25g before. If you're doing heavy running, I'd take some carbs before, because otherwise you're going to smoke out pretty quick, but not after.

TKD is the way to go if you do high-intensity or endurance cardio... I'm currently cycling mucho miles in the weekend..
IMPOSSIBLE without carbs, and fatty foods interfere with digestion during endurance events.

However, if I eat carbs without exercise, I get into a kind of sugar coma...

So... TKD for heavy-duty cardio people and prob also for heavy-duty lifters or those who can't make themselves do a strenuous depletion workout on Friday = A MUST IF YOU DO A CKD!

Frankly, I think that a CKD-version is only for those who have the disciplin to not eat carbs in the week, do a good depletion WO and then pig out in the weekend. Biggest plus of weekend-carbloading is that you can be a 'social animal' again.

Better to have one cheat meal a week with friends....

Fietser Ivana, who puts on weight when she starts carb-loading.. all the carbs end up as fat, not as glycogen!

I think more discipline is required for a TKD, actually. On a CKD, you have 2 days of carb up every week - which you can do disciplined (by going high GI, then low GI and adhering to precise protein/carb ratios) or, as many do, undisciplined (i.e. eat everything in sight until you start feeling the bloat). On a TKD, you don't eat carbs except for prior, during, or immediately after a workout, and then it's such a minor amount (25-75g) and selected from a narrow source (dextrose or glucose). Think about it: even if you work out 6 days a week on a TKD, your weekly carb intake will only be 450g - my first day of carb-up on a CKD would be somewhere between 700-900g!!

The biggest advantage to a TKD (and someone else said this, I can't claim it as my own bit of wisdom) is that on a TKD, you work the diet around your workouts. On a CKD, you really have to arrange your workouts around the diet.