Hello,
I seem to recall someone here on T-Nation suggested that it's better for your metabolism if
- you eat more calories one day (i.e. 2600) and subtract from that the next day (i.e. 2200) so that you end up with a weekly AVERAGE of what it is you are targeting to take in (i.e. 2400)
as opposed to
- eat that same calorie amount (2400) day after day.
Anybody recall if this is true and also why? What article was it? I am having a hard time coming up with the appropriate terms to search for.
Thanks.
IronHell
Nobody remembers seeing anything like this? Am I just making this stuff up?
Hmm… how confounding.
Carb cycling codex by CT?
I think the principle is to coincide your training days with non-training days (higher and lower cals respectively). If this is what you’re talking about, then a lot of the articles on diet are written in that manner.
[quote]IronHell wrote:
Nobody remembers seeing anything like this? Am I just making this stuff up?[/quote]
Yes, you are. Dementia is setting in, my friend.
Nah, just kidding. I think this is one of Art De Vany’s ideas.
[quote]Miserere wrote:
Nah, just kidding. I think this is one of Art De Vany’s ideas.[/quote]
This idea is old as dirt.
Fred Hatfield (speaking of old as dirt… HAH! Just kidding if you see this Doc) has a good set of articles about “Zig-Zagging” (his term for it) on his site www.drsquat.com; CT wrote his version here which is the Carb Cycling Codex.
Both takes will work well.
-Dan
[quote]buffalokilla wrote:
This idea is old as dirt.
Fred Hatfield (speaking of old as dirt… HAH! Just kidding if you see this Doc) has a good set of articles about “Zig-Zagging” (his term for it) on his site www.drsquat.com[/quote]
And here it is; quite a detailed article:
drsquat.com/articles/zigzag.html
Yayyeee T-Nation Forum members to the rescue!
Thank you all.