Summer Bulking Ideas

[distilled water]

I will be bulking up this summer. Yea I plan on hitting the beach at about 220 and 12% bodyfat Yea I dont care about beeing ripped, hows a 6-pack gonna make me hit a 95mph fastball?!?!? Anways most of you know what goodies I'll be running also.

Plan is to manipulate carbs in a way to keep gains coming and relativley lean. Here's the idea. Ratios are all Protein/Carbs/Fat. I'll eat at about a 500cal surplus adding 500cals every week or so.

Sunday: Off Day Moderate carb load
Diet- 35/50/15
-Carbs: brown rice, oatmeal, sweet potato's all before 6pm. Total cals at maintence

Monday: Training Hams/Bi's
Diet- 50/20/30
-Carbs comming with breakfast, pre & post workout. Daily total between 150-200

Tuesday: Training Chest/Tris
Diet- 50/20/30
-Carbs comming with breakfast, pre & post workout. Daily total between 150-200

Wed: OFF day
Diet- 35/50/15
-Carbs: brown rice, oatmeal, sweet potato's all before 6pm. Total cals at maintence

Thur: Training Quads/Abs
Diet- 50/20/30
-Carbs comming with breakfast, pre & post workout. Daily total between 150-200

Fri: Training Shoulders/back
Diet- 50/20/30
-Carbs comming with breakfast, pre & post workout. Daily total between 150-200

Sat: Sprint Training Day
Diet- 50/20/30
-Carbs comming with breakfast, pre & post workout. Daily total between 150-200

Protein Sources
2lbs of 90/10 & 93/7 Steak
12-18 Eggs
Protein Powder

Carb Sources
Oatmeal
Brown Rice
Sweet Potatoes
WMS post workout
-I will be useing Anabolic Pump, P-Slin, and yellow gold on carb load days

Veggies
Asparagus

Fats
EVOO
egg yolks
steak
fish oil



How you guys think this plan will work out?

[B-natural]

The cyclic effect could work, although I recently have become confused with it, esp after a CKD, cuz with the CKD there is a specific depletion workout to wring you out, then you re-fill immediately after, whereas with a shortened cycle like this and not touching on the keto effect, I wonder how via true science this method would work....

I mean the lower carb days would be keeping insulin modulated, so thats a plus.
But then with the higher carb days, there is no workout to deplete so you go right into filling up with carbs, so it would seem that your body wouldn't have that soaking up effect. Maybe it would work because you make effort to keep insulin a bit more under control, but I am still trying to find the balance needed or a decent carb intake, although your body can survive without carbs, my body doesn't seem to enjoy that, and I am wonder when is the proper time to refill, especially if you aren't doing a keto diet, but a carb cyclic type diet....

maybe dinoiii has some research here....?
I never found research, just ppl doin it for contest prep...seemed to work

[xjsynx]

DW I like carb cycling for bulking or cutting. The main article I reference is by Christian Thibaudeau, which recommends two high carb days on the workout days that you want to target, then two moderate days, and the remaining days low carb.

Another solid carb souorce that is better than brown rice is quinoa.

I would also bump up the fish oil 10g+

[distilled water]

Originally Posted by xjsynx

DW I like carb cycling for bulking or cutting. The main article I reference is by Christian Thibaudeau, which recommends two high carb days on the workout days that you want to target, then two moderate days, and the remaining days low carb.

Another solid carb souorce that is better than brown rice is quinoa.

I would also bump up the fish oil 10g+

I'll check that out.

I was planing on doing 10gr fish oil

I've tried quinoa, but forgot about about. I'll probably pick some up I just need to find it in a little larger size, thanks for the reminder