I've been on the Atkins Diet for a little over 5 months now, it worked great, I love being on it. I've been looking into bodybuilding for a month now, and everything I have read discusses how carbs are needed to restore the glycogen in your muscles. Is there a calculator that will figure out the amount of carbs that i need in a day to give my muscles enough glycogen.

I guess that I am too hardcore on the Atkins, and I don't want to start throwing in Carbs and end up a lethargic waste of space. I do resistance training 4 times a week with a split set routine.

I have been lifting weights for 7 years now with the purpose of strength training, now i want to switch to bodybuilding. Please give me enough info that will allow me to start eating Carbs without being worried.

Thanks
Brad

In my opinion you need WAY more carbs then Atkins allows if you want to bulk up. For quality mass gain I feel you need a combination of carbs, protein, and healthy fats. Atkins is not designed to gain mass for bodybuilders and the CKD thats discussed here MIGHT let you gain some muscle buts its primarily to keep muscle while dieting.

Right now your diet plans and bodybuilding plans wont mesh well. If you want to really bulk up you need to ditch Atkins.

if you are really serious about building muscle then lc probably isnt the way to go, probably a 40:40:20 kinda diet would be a good place to be

if you want to do both and can accept that the outcomes are not idea then try CKD

hehe you made me smile when you said...."I guess that I am too hardcore on the Atkins"

believe me doing CKD correctly is hardcore