Mindwraith
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I've been thinking of ways I could possibly improve the ratio of muscle to fat increases during bulking periods. I thought about the fact that if protein synthesis lasts 36 hrs after working the muscle then perhaps focusing all the calories into that 36 hr period might be the key.
For instance, my mantainence calories are 2800. So I was thinking If I were to eat 3100 or so on HST days and 2400 on aerobic days things might work well. Then I realized hey, if there's a 36 hr period of growth then why not do just that, except concentrate the calories to that time period.
So say its an HST day, I work out from 16:30 to 17:30. If on that day prior to that time I only ate around 1100 cals, then after that time I ate 2000 cals for the remainder of the day. Then the next day I ate 2000 cals at the beginning of the day up until aerobics at 16:30, then only ate 400 calories for the remainder, I will have only taken in 2400 but offset the calories and compressed the load into that 24 hour time period. Since I sleep the remainder of that time I suppose that would end up taking up the remaining 12 hrs when I get up at 6 the next morning. Then I'd repeat.
Would that have any better effect? Just one of those obsessive compulsive brainstorms all of us bodybuilders have trying to strive for better results.
For instance, my mantainence calories are 2800. So I was thinking If I were to eat 3100 or so on HST days and 2400 on aerobic days things might work well. Then I realized hey, if there's a 36 hr period of growth then why not do just that, except concentrate the calories to that time period.
So say its an HST day, I work out from 16:30 to 17:30. If on that day prior to that time I only ate around 1100 cals, then after that time I ate 2000 cals for the remainder of the day. Then the next day I ate 2000 cals at the beginning of the day up until aerobics at 16:30, then only ate 400 calories for the remainder, I will have only taken in 2400 but offset the calories and compressed the load into that 24 hour time period. Since I sleep the remainder of that time I suppose that would end up taking up the remaining 12 hrs when I get up at 6 the next morning. Then I'd repeat.
Would that have any better effect? Just one of those obsessive compulsive brainstorms all of us bodybuilders have trying to strive for better results.