Those progress pics are good, definite fat loss there. What is the weight difference between those two?
Quagmire911 said:
The anabolic diet isn't right for some, isn't that correct?
Well, it's hard to say 'The Anabolic Diet' or 'Timed Carb Diet' or whatever isn't right for some, because they are right for most EVERYONE. It is in your best interests to time/cycle your carbs around your workouts and refeed days and use protein and fat the rest of the time. That's the best way to improve body composition (through better nutrient loading, insulin sensitivity, supersaturation of glycogen stores etc etc).
Even the guys in Gironda's day used to do this. Protein and fat most of the time with a carb meal every 3-4 days.
The thing is though, finding your personal variables. For some this might be the 30-40g carbs a day and a 2-day refeed on the weekends. That's the 'traditional' Anabolic Diet guidelines. Other people will do better with maybe more daily carbs, fewer refeeds, more clean carbs on a refeed, less carbs overall but more junk, maybe 100-200g carbs daily.. the numbers are unique to you, the principles of timing carbs correctly to get the most out of them (the protein sparing effect, glycogen supercompensation, workout boosts + fuel .. all at optimised insulin sensitivity) and using protein and fat the rest of the time apply to just about any genetically average non-drug using guy.
For some people it's carb cutoffs, for others it's the AD, for others it's a different cycling/timing protocol. But the core principle is always THE SAME.
Hell it was DC who many people credit with 'introducing*' carb cutoffs in what was then a particularly carb-happy bodybuilding community, and told everyone to eat carbs according to their metabolisms to stay lean - for some people this meant carbs only at breakfast and post workout. And a lot of his guys were mostrosities, and they timed/cycled carbs to some extent!!
*It'd be better phrased as 're-introducing'.. since the principle always existed and had been successfully implemented, it's just we lost sight of it during the low-fat crazyness.
So really, the underlying principle of fluctuating carb intake and keeping protein high and boosting calories with fats (DC is a big proponent of olive oil for calories as well, rather than upping carbs) is what everyone should be doing. If a variation of this principle is branded The Anabolic Diet and that particular variation doesn't work for person A, then no, they need another 'variation' which might be called say the T-Dawg Diet (I think that is 100g carbs per day and/or pwo carbs, something like that) which they do better on. That's fine, they've found their niche.
But it's not the particular diet that works for the person, it's the specific application of dietary principles that work (for that person). And all those principles are essentially the same thing!
