Whoever this is…is lying or leaving out details of the diet.
I doubt it, the guy's nothing if not analytical. He's the type to meticulously record every data point every day.
Besides it comports with the sports of bodybuilding and power lifting. Elite lifters all consume tons of carbs.
iow there aren't any elite lifters who don't consume tons of carbs.
But it specifically is when they're building strength and muscle. When they're cutting, especially bodybuilders for a competition, that's when they'll cut carbs way down, trying to lose fat and glycogen (glycogen binds water and both of them add to a "puffy" look as opposed to the "shredded" thing they're going for).
We didn’t eat carbs in history from creation until the industrial revolution like we do know. We ate in summer when food was plentiful and at the harvest. Insulin exists to get us through winter by storing carbs as fat.
Yeah granted that's one of most important anabolic (tissue building) things insulin does.
Speaking of which let me help those confused. A body might have 1000-1500 calories if glycogen in it stored, 100,000 calories of fat stored. Americans today is even more as we overload our system. Fat is the preferred energy source.
Oh 100,000 fat calories easily. A pound of fat is c. 4000 calories so 100k is c. 25 LBS of body fat.
For a 250 LB person that's only 10% body fat which is very lean (for men) and for a person who weighs 166 LBS that's 15% bodyfat, which isn't very much (it's near unhealthy for women). Most obese people have over 30% body fat, so 300,000 stored fat calories is closer to normal.
On the topic here's a formula I use to determine my own body fat, using a tape measure:
The US Navy Method: (units, inches)
86.01 x [ log10 ( (abdomen circumference) -(neck circumference) ) ] - 70.041 x [ log10 ( height ) ] + 36.76
You need a spreadsheet or an advanced calculator to get log10.
This estimates your percent body fat, based on your gut, your neck, and your height. Combine it with your body mass to calculate how many pounds of fat you're hauling around.
