Wed, Feb-12-03, 16:35
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Plan: Me-atkins/hubby-metabolic
Stats: 200/195/150
BF:
Progress: 10%
Location: US
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Most people DO gain muscle, but most people don't already have the muscle mass of my husband when starting this diet. :-)
Weight lifters have different bodies. He's overweight, no question. But he can bench 355 and he wants to bench 405. A lot of his weight is muscle. He has a goal weight in the 240 range at a height of 5' 11" For most people that would be too fat. But not for him! He would be thin at that weight--and he'll reassess there and see if he can stand to lose more.
That amount of muscle requires a much larger store of glycogen in the muscle for healing between work outs. We've been reading some fitness research on low carb, and we do think it's a great way to lose weight. In fact, I could probably do great on atkins with just a few more carbs on work out days, and I might continue doing just that. But "low carb" for him is just not quite as low as 20 grams a day. Because the body will also turn protien into glycogen if he doesn't have enough his body might turn to his muscles to get the glycogen for healing, or that's what I think I'm reading. (Hard to decipher all the jargon). He will probably be able to lose steady at a much higher carb intake. And like I said we'll be using ONLY low-glycemic carbs to stabalize his insulin, which we think has been a big problem. He's also taking high doses of glutamine.
But my husband was having a hard time on Atkins working out. There was no glycogen in his muscles to heal him between work outs. He was ill with a cold and not healing (untypical for him) and he felt sluggishly weak. And he also got a tweak in his shoulder which he felt might be due to lowering his carb and still working out. He's upped his carb intake today and is still in ketosis. That tells me he had some room to work with. And he feels MUCH better. Basically he's doing low carb, it's just "pumped up" low carb more modified to his needs. I'll probally continue at close to induction levels--just slightly higher on work out days. We'll post more info about the diet in the "other diets" forum when we get more info. It looks like a good plan and it's from the perspective of a Dr. who is a professional powerlifter.
Kay
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