PWO carbs and Contest Prep

[BootyBootyBooty]

Would you ever skip your PWO carb source during contest prep to promote leanness? Why or why not?

[Nic902]

Nope I never skip carbs...Even on a low carb day, I always had carbs pre and post workout. Your body needs the fuel to train and the fuel to recover. During my prep my trainer always lays out how many carbs and when to have them...pre/post is always a MUST on my plans.

[talnaj]

I did last year, but now in retrospect I think I was an idiot for doing so. I did workouts fasted and definatly did not feed my body properly. = serious metabolic damage!

[Wendy]

No way, Jose. I heart my post WO carbs! I only get them after days I train, and believe me, I REALLY look forward to my toast and blueberry sauce when I only get it 3 times a week!!!!!

[BootyBootyBooty]

Thanks babies...Rice cakes, here I come!

[BootyBootyBooty]

Did you reduce the amount of PWO carb at all? Or change the source?

[Nic902]

I dont change the source, but the amounts vary very slightly...maybe 10g or so.

[BootyBootyBooty]

From how many grams to how many grams?

[talnaj]

I would leave PWO the same and tinker with your other meals...this is the most important one of the day

[Nic902]

Originally Posted by BootyBootyBooty

From how many grams to how many grams?

That depends on what you're already doing...I get about 30-40g PWO.

[BootyBootyBooty]

Thanks babies. Love love love you!

[IronFigure]

Foregoing PWO carbs is like going to the gym and only doing 5lb DB curls when you could really do 20lbs. Eat them carbs and make'em count - rice cakes IMO are nutritionally void - you need a more substinant and nutritionally dense source than rice cake baby! Bring on the rice, sweet pots, pasta, etc! When you're lifting with purpose and lifting heavy you need the carbs to repair your muscles and promote the growth which equals fat burning!