Posted on 07/05/2002 5:34:43 PM PDT by Pokey78
Roger that. I have told folks since I was 20 (43 now) that I won't live to be 50. I work too many hours and drive too fast to be worried about fat and cholesterol.
As you can tell, I am rather long-winded so I did not want to focus on one subject or you would all either go insane or ignore me. If one trains very hard, the first 30 90 minutes is called a "Glyceminc window." That means simple carbs or any carbs high on the glycemic index are utilized more easily then other carbs for energy.
Also, if one is a well trained person, thier metabolism is higher so they can handle the spike with ease. You CAN mix potatoes with legumes or other foods with a low glycemic index rating to lower the spike. I suggest 50-100(Depending on the size of the athlete or trainee.) grams of ANY carbs immediately after training and 25-50 grams of protein(Again depending on body weight.) with a small amount of fat.
I have more suggestions. The above was more to a strength athlete such as a bodybuilder or fighter. Endurance athletes actually consume MORE carbs and they are the skinniest of the bunch. Pathetically skinny if you ask me but I still respect them.
What I have stated is FACT, if everyone wants to do something different, thats fine. Body Builders lower thier carbs before contest and weight lifters do not. What I am trying to say is this is NOT a debate as to who is correct. The answer is already known and I cant help it if people will not listen. Notice how I said, form follows function and different athletes require different diets.
Nope, there are lot of us out there who do! What is amazing to me is that there are folks who actually get ANGRY when they are told about how successful this diet is! How puzzling to see all these hostile responses.
Here is one website of a weighttrainer who is low carb who does a good job of explaining the many myths about carbs and weightraining. http://www.stumptuous.com/weights.html
I have a feeling that you'd proably agree that most people in this great country are fat because they eat too damn much food of all kinds (protein, fats and carbs) for their activity level.
If you weight lift and do not eat carbs you will feel depleted. Anaerobic exercise does not tap into fat stores, aerobic exercise does.
Weight lifting will raise the bodies metabolism over time but not in the short term.
That is not nonsense, but scientific fact.
The only dietary advice I gave was to lower fat intake (not eliminate it - make it 20% of one's caloric intake). That's a far cry from Atkins.
I thought my posts were long enough to include that... which they did.
If you know of a way to add muscle without lifting weights, please share....
Pardek, Being slim instead of fat *IS* a health issue. [and yes, I do look damn good!Nothing wrong with that!] Obesity is very unhealthy. Not only that, but healthy cholesterol levels reduce your risk of heart disease. That is exactly what this diet achieves. On the other hand, junk food diets [sugar and bread] are directly linked to obesity, cancer and heart disease. I am willing to bet you have had more junk food in the past 24 hours that I have had in the past 3.5 years.
LOL - I'm not getting hostile. Every person I've known who's done the Atkins thing has lost weight. Fine. But the healthful key to losing weight is to build muscle and engage in aerobic activity. Atkins is a quick fix - few who do it also exercise.
Look at Dorian Yates and then look at Vince's athletes... oh wait, they were too much of a joke to ever make it so they are gone now.
If they want to talk bodybuilding then most of the top people agree with me and even though they are steroid freaks they still eat like we suggest.
DON'T SAY THAT! Do you want to die? If you have kids, NerdDad, try to stay around.
Yes, I am speaking about BOTH anarobic and aerobic exercise and would again ask you what you do when your 20 minute store of glycogen is used up when weight training.
I don't understand your first statement because it seems to contradict. Is that what you meant to say?
Anaerobic exercise DOES NOT DIRECTLY BURN FAT. AEROBIC EXERCISE DOES!!!
I could go in to further detail if you want but be aware that I STATED THAT EXTRA LEAN MUSCLE MASS MADE YOUR METABOLIM HIGHER. Ok?
To comapre a drug tested bodybuilder to Dorian Yates is dishonest and just plain wrong.
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