The Magnificent Seven

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The Magnificent Seven

Low-carb strategies designed to get you ripped and ready for spring and summer.

Here is my seven-step guide to manipulating low-carb diets so that you can lean out without losing all of your hard-earned muscle mass. #1 THINK LOW CARBS, NOT HIGH FAT

Forget about the mainstream low-carb diets that tell you to strive for zero carbs while eating platefuls of high-fat foods, such as hamburgers, whole eggs and fat-laden slabs of beef. The hardcore tack is to limit fat and carbs to make lean protein the key muscle-saving ingredient in your bodybuilding diet.

#2 DOUBLE YOUR PLEASURE

Reduce your carbs in two tangible ways: First, take your standard carb intake--a 200-pound athlete would typically eat about 500 grams (g) per day in the offseason--and divide by two. Follow that one-half-the-usual-carbs-per-day total (250 g) for one day. Second, slash that reduced total by half once again (125 g), and stick with that very low dose of carbs for the next two days. Spread your carb intake evenly over your six daily meals. Here’s the three-day low-carb rotation.

Day 1: 250 g of carbs

Days 2-3: 125 g of carbs per day

#3 EAT CARBS BEFORE AND AFTER TRAINING FOR TWO DAYS

For the fourth and fifth days, split your total daily carb intake evenly between your pre- and posttraining meals to spare muscle loss while depleting. Avoiding carbs at the other four meals of the day will keep insulin low for prolonged periods. The upshot is that you’ll shift your fat-burning mechanism into high gear.

Days 4-5: 125 g of carbs (62.5 g before and 62.5 g after training) per day

#4 SLICE CARBS TO THE BONE FOR ONE OR TWO DAYS

Now that you are really into the low-carb groove, you can push the envelope even further by cutting back to 75 g per day for the next two days. This is the tough part of the plan, as glycogen levels will be so low that it will be a mental challenge to train hardcore. A 200-pound bodybuilder eating 125 g of carbs over the past four days of the plan would now eat 75 g for a day or two. Consume the majority of your carbs before training to boost your energy high enough to make it through your workout.

As a rule of thumb, if you look good--lean and muscular--at the end of day six, eat the same amount of carbs (75 g) on day seven, as specified. If, however, you are losing too much mass, go directly to step five.

Days 6-7: 75 g of carbs per day

#5 REVERSE GEARS FOR ONE BLESSED DAY

Low-carb diets can cause a metabolic adaptation that decelerates calorie-burning, making it as tough as an overcooked pan-fried steak to get leaner. Trick your body into snubbing this metabolic nightmare by increasing carbs to 80% of your offseason total (400 g for that oft-referenced 200-pound bodybuilder) for one day. This increase will prevent your metabolism from slowing down, while providing some much-needed fuel for training.

Day 8: 400 g of carbs

#6 TWEAK THE PROTEIN PACKAGE

Protein is the main nutrient relied on to spare muscle loss when carbs are radically reduced. For the eight days of the low-carb plan, follow this protein-intake schedule to the promised land of a leaner harder physique.

Day 1: 1 g of protein per pound of bodyweight

Days 2-3: 1.2 g of protein daily per pound of bodyweight

Days 4-5: 1.6 g of protein daily per pound of bodyweight

Days 6-7: 1.8 g of protein daily per pound of bodyweight

Day 8: 1 g of protein per pound of bodyweight

#7 REPEAT THE SIX-STEP PROCESS UNTIL RIPPED

Repeat the eight-day cycle two or three times, then take a one-week break. After one or two go-rounds on this game plan, there’s little doubt that you will reach your leaning-out goals by the time spring turns into summer.

[AndersL]

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