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I apologize in advance if this has been covered before but I looked around and didn't see a thread about it so here it goes:Both CNS and CBL call for a 10 day prep phase that eliminates almost all usable carbs. In the CNS book, Kiefer says the diet is really intended for the sedentary individual and not the athlete but on a podcast I heard him say that you can workout during CNS. (Did he change his mind?) But my question is about lifting heavy during the 10 day prep phase of CNS/CBL. Can it be done safely? Are there pros and cons to doing it? I want to be sure that what I do is safe but I must also admit that the best I ever looked in my entire life was a few years ago when I eliminated usable carbs for 3 weeks straight and lifted my ass off in the gym. What are your thoughts?
I di it before, I'm redoing it now. No issues. Strength endurance goes down a little toward the end, but for me strength generally remains constant. Certainly there is nothing dangerous about it, you might not feel that energetic, though.
I apologize in advance if this has been covered before but I looked around and didn't see a thread about it so here it goes:Both CNS and CBL call for a 10 day prep phase that eliminates almost all usable carbs. In the CNS book, Kiefer says the diet is really intended for the sedentary individual and not the athlete but on a podcast I heard him say that you can workout during CNS. (Did he change his mind?) But my question is about lifting heavy during the 10 day prep phase of CNS/CBL. Can it be done safely? Are there pros and cons to doing it? I want to be sure that what I do is safe but I must also admit that the best I ever looked in my entire life was a few years ago when I eliminated usable carbs for 3 weeks straight and lifted my ass off in the gym. What are your thoughts?
As far as training goes, you need to watch two things when you are low carb: your volume per a given intensity and your workout length. Both of those factors will likely need to be reduced when you are low carb.
Yeah. I definitely felt less strong in the gym yesterday. Usually I can hop on the pullup bar fresh and do 10 reps before I really start failing but last night I was failing at 6 reps. I also did feel considerably less energetic which caused my workout to be shorter. As long as that's all normal, I'm fine with it. Like I said, I just didn't know if lifting hard in the absence of carbs was damaging to muscle tissue or to my body system in general. Thanks.
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