M3:D22 Intrigue about Calories
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 Today was my cardio only day. I tend to really enjoy these days because I get to do alot of thinking. Today was no different. My mind wandered to Phase 3 of this mission and how I have yet to pick the nutritional plan for my next cut. I know that I cannot go super restrictive with carbs again because that would be too soon after my last low carb phase. I have learned that it is not good to go extremely low carb for a long period of time. In addition, you should really only do it two times a year seperated by at least 3 months time. Your body wants food. Ask any bodybuilder how they are able to workout so intensely and they will tell you it is because they eat. A friend asked me for advice on her workouts. She said she'd been working out hard and was always tired. She stated that it was her thought that working out was supposed to give her energy. I asked her about her diet. She eats 3 times a day and it only totals about 1200 calories. Her calculated need is 2200 calories. I advised her to bring her calories up to 1400, then 1600, then 1800, then 2000 and finally 2200. It is going to take her 5 weeks to fix the problem. This is her 3rd week and she's already seeing the benefits. Her scale weight is exactly the same, but her clothes fit more loosely and she has more energy. All of her lifts have improved tremendously as well. She's very happy with my advice so far. I'm telling you, you have to eat. You wouldn't dream of running your car without fuel, so why run your body without fuel? Look at the bright side, I'm certain it costs less to fuel your body than it does to fuel your car! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 I did a 24 minute PACE cardio session today. It was a blast. I did it on the elipptical and found that I could go really fast for the faster parts. I have been seeing alot of hoopla lately about HIIT and I'm wondering why. I mean, doesn't everyone already know that interval training burns more fat? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 When you want to get in shape you need to eat and exercise, but the most important of the two is eat. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 What scares you about eating at your maintenance level? Comment this post to answer the question. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Just MHO - Those who train much and often (or often too much[!] a.k.a. overtraining sometimes) wind up needing to do HIIT because their bodies are used to a heavy workload, and they must push their bodies to over a certain limit.
That's why it's a good idea for people to totally mix up their training...trying not train more than 75 minutes in any one training session or they risk overtraining, or the need to do more training than they have time to do!!
Just a guess on my part.... =)
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