CBL question ?!?!?

Fazc said:
I think the general consensus in the CBL community is that you'll get used to it. The symptons you describe are just due to your body not getting carbs/food when it's used to, a week or two and you'll get used to it. If you don't get used to it by that point, then you probably never will.
If you change things around then by eating carbs spread out during the day then it's not really CBL any more. I'd then say you'd be better of sticking to your previous diet approach.
My question to you though is why? You're already in good shape, why change things around now?
If you just want to try something different, here's another option for you (And because I know how we all love the twins lol):

shanejer said:maybe i'll have to suck up a few s**tty workouts then hope i feel better !

slimsim said:So, you want to increase your weight and to do this you are going to limit the period in which you can consume carbs to just a few hours a day?

To gain weight you HAVE to be in a positive energy balance, this is far easier to achieve when you can eat throughout the day.

Why not just carry on eating like a normal human being, just make sure it is mainly clean, but then adapt your training so that you are working more into a hypertrophy rep range, get bigger that way and then gradually move over to the lower rep work to utilise the additional size you have put on?

I'm actually getting more and more respect for the Hodge Twins! Maybe, they've brainwashed me!

shanejer said:
hodge twins !!!!!!! lol ...... just doing it to bulk up but i get fat really quick (endomorphic bas***d) so if i just cane food i always go up to 90kg really fast but i have learnt that being 83kg lean and 90kg chunky dosen't really change my perforamnce infact it proberly gets worse! So i wanted to slowly add weight over the next 6/7 months

LessThanLuke said:
I think you are underestimating the amount you are supposed to eat after training.

slimsim said:
Not at all, I know you are supposed to consume shed loads so that your glycogen stores are completely replenished, however, eating 500g of clean carbs is a fairly mammoth task, especially if you are training at night/late evening.

slimsim said:
You are most definitely NOT an endomorph mate - you are probably the perfect mesomorph. If you've bulked to 90kg and gotten chunky it's simply because you have upped your calorie intake too much too quickly.
Start by adding 500kcals extra a day check on your weight in 2-weeks time. If nothing happens add another 250kcals - check in 2-weeks etc etc. Once you weight is increasing keep the calorie intake the same until there is no weight difference for at least 2-weeks, then repeat the process.
Easy!

martinb said:
on CBL he doesn't say clean carbs, anything but
but I try and do it clean, 100 grams of dextrose/malto post training, then 750 - 1000 grams of potato in a meal, TOUGH GOING, but tasty

martinb said:
on CBL he doesn't say clean carbs, anything but
but I try and do it clean, 100 grams of dextrose/malto post training, then 750 - 1000 grams of potato in a meal, TOUGH GOING, but tasty