Carb Cycling

The nutritional program I am following requires me to cycle my carbs. Most diets fail because of the lack of variety in it ultimately leading to failure. Carb cycling uses different amounts of carbs throughout the day on different days of the week. So for instance, Monday to Wednesday might be low carb days (under 150 grams) and Thursday would be a high carb day (350+). The individual would then repeat this cycle for a couple weeks then change the cycle. Changing the amount of carbs taken in each day requires your metabolism to keep switching gears. The low carb days are depleting your glycogen stores in order to use fat for energy. The high carb day requires your metabolism or inner furnace to burn hotter then its used to and that requires alot of energy therefor burning calories helping you to retain muscle and cut fat at the same time. This method is used by alot of professionals with alot of different variations. Some might do 3 high days in a row followed by 4 low days. Some might do 10 low days to put the body into a state of ketosis then shock the body with a high carb day.

Here is a great article written by one of my idols, Brenden Fokken.
http://www.cutandjacked.com/Carb-Cycling-Made-Easy

Hopefully you learned something from this post and can apply it to your own fitness goals if you wish to do so.