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Hi, Thanks in advance for any input you guys can give here. I've been doing CBL since July with good success for the first couple of months. I trained in the morning and backloaded the carbs the night before. Because I'm a woman (and hold on to those glycogen stores more than the boys), I didn't slam the carbs every night before training, but at least a couple of times a week. It worked so well and was so easy that I didn't even have to be very strict. Even when I went overboard, or feasted before a non training day, the fat was coming off and my strength remained steady or greater. For the past month and a half or so though, I've been getting soft again. I keep trying to figure out what's made the difference. My training always changes slightly from week to week, and I have to admit I haven't done many HIIT over the last several weeks. Still, there were stretches withought HITT earlier on CBL when I was still leaning out. I'm also now starting to wonder if I need to dial in the diet in terms of macronutrient combinations (even though following the basic program worked so well for a while without that tedious endeavor). And then the final variable may be that my “morning” training has gone from starting at 7 AM to starting at 9:30-10 AM when my kids started school. Could that be the culprit? could my slight shift in training time be pushing me into that dreaded “midday” scenario where a hormonal advantage can't be had? TIA
How are you feeling when you wake each morning after a backload? If feeling poor and soft, you may need to up carbs a bit.
Why not swap out to CNS for 4-6 weeks, then jump back on CBL? Could pop you past your plateau and fix the “fluffiness” issue
How are you feeling when you wake each morning after a backload? If feeling poor and soft, you may need to up carbs a bit.
Thanks! Wow, so I should possibly be upping carbs to lean out??
Why not swap out to CNS for 4-6 weeks, then jump back on CBL? Could pop you past your plateau and fix the "fluffiness" issue
Thanks so much! I hadn't thought about doing CNS. I haven't read that book yet, but I imagine, like CBL, that its success is contingent upon ideal training time. I keep wondering if my recent shift from early morning training to late morning is causing the plateau. I train for 1.5 to 2 hours, ending everything around 11:30 or noon, past that 12 hour fasting window.
It is something to try. Your body could be adapting to the training and carbs, also trying to tell you it needs more to grow.
It is something to try. Your body could be adapting to the training and carbs, also trying to tell you it needs more to grow.
Thanks again! Just to be clear though, do you think upping carbs on BL days is the way to go (i'm not stingy with them btw, we're talking a rice dish for dinner and a pint of haagen daas before bed), or getting more BL days in per/week(currently around 2)?
You're a morning gym-goer correct? I would increase the days you backload the night prior, one day at a time. For example, three days I would keep the moderate amount you're taking in but do it for three. Keep tracking that progress as well. If things go sour lower carb amount but not days.
You're a morning gym-goer correct? I would increase the days you backload the night prior, one day at a time. For example, three days I would keep the moderate amount you're taking in but do it for three. Keep tracking that progress as well. If things go sour lower carb amount but not days.
Got it. Thanks!
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