Dropping to 2 backloads a week, but when should they be?

[Doug Collins]

Long story short, I did 6 weeks of SA (maybe a touch of DB) and heavy lifting to gain some muscle mass.  I was doing carbs every night I lifted, as per the plan.  I saw excellent results, but now it's time to cut back on the backloads so I can see my hard earned new muscle instead of just bloating  🙂 … I plan to do 2, maybe 3 backloads a week so I can keep my strength up as I am a pretty intense lifter.  I'm just not 100% sure which days to do them.  I'm a long-term intermittent fasting person, and have been for quite a while.  When I'm trying to get leaner, I do a 6-8 hour eating window from about 2pm-8/10pm (Kiefer Coffee in the morning usually).  While adding muscle, I was doing the 4pm training time as prescribed.  However, I train fasted around noon during the leaning out process.  I workout M-F.  I do heavy compound days on M-W-F, and more detail oriented days with some HIIT on Tuesday and Thursday.  I know Kiefer says for fasted training, to backload the evening before you know you'll be working out, which is fine.  I guess I just don't know which evening I should do it on.  Do it on my detail days to fill up the stores for the heavy compound days, or do it on days I lift heavy for more recovery and glycogen purposes, or maybe one of both?  Opinions welcomed.  Thanks!

[Richard Schmitt]

Backload before the heavy resistance training if done in the AM.

[Doug Collins]

Backload before the heavy resistance training if done in the AM.

That's what I was thinking was probably the best choice, but I'm always open to opinions on these matters!  Thanks, man.

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