J-
I'm going to push out my depletion workout and carb up until tomorrow. I took a needed rest day in the middle of the week, to allow for more recovery. Today I'll do cardio/arms/abs.
This week I'm abandoning the full body workout for a split lower/upper/arms/abs schedule.
The full body thing blows me out bigtime. Going back to splits will spread out the effort and the recovery.
This is something like what Iron Bull does.
My hunch - training hard, with full tension, cardio, and depletion combined with a moderate weekly carbup and a small carb bump before working the big muscles might be effective and not too radical.
For carbup, I'll stick with the dextrose EAS stuff I've mentioned, and maybe one 'fun' meal.
Maybe it's my age, I need to find the middle path. You young whippersnappers can have your skittles and smarties.