Cycling carbohydrates can an effective approach to tracking macros for a number of people. It is a natural progression as a person begins to grasp the basic principles of tracking to move to a plan that cycles calories via varying amounts of carbohydrates. The main idea is that a person's calorie intake will scale with his/her activity levels.
It can be a great strategy no matter your goals whether it is fat loss, and you are eating in a deficit. Carb cycling will ensure you maintain a deficit across most if not all days. If you are wanting to gain muscle and eat in a surplus it will make sure that you only increase calories on days, you want to build muscle and keep your rest days lower to avoid gaining body fat.
I know that can sound attractive but before you move forward with a carb cycling plan make sure you read through the following and make sure you fit the demographic of a person that would be well suited for a carb cycling plan.
It can be a great strategy no matter your goals whether it is fat loss, and you are eating in a deficit. Carb cycling will ensure you maintain a deficit across most if not all days. If you are wanting to gain muscle and eat in a surplus it will make sure that you only increase calories on days, you want to build muscle and keep your rest days lower to avoid gaining body fat.
I know that can sound attractive but before you move forward with a carb cycling plan make sure you read through the following and make sure you fit the demographic of a person that would be well suited for a carb cycling plan.
Read this first before submitting the form below.
I want to make sure you are a good candidate for a carb cycling plan and not waste your time or money. Here are few things that you should be able to do or have in place as far as workouts to move forward.
- Are you a competent macro tracker? If you haven't tracked before I would advise starting with our basic macro plan. A carb cycling plan will be more complicated than having static numbers to hit daily. I would also recommend that you would have confidence in your food choices and being able to manipulate your carb choices if more or less is needed.
- Does your workout and activity levels warrant a carb cycling plan? If there isn't a high degree of variance in your daily calorie burn you likely don't need to cycle your calorie intake. For example, if you workout 5 days a week for 25 minutes, you likely don't need to add the nuance of multiple calorie/carb goals for minimal if any benefit. Now if you have 4 days of intense, 60-minute workouts and 3 rest days where your calorie burn is a lot less than you would make a great candidate for carb cycling.
- Lastly, do you have a pretty set schedule for your workouts? Another way to put it do you know when you wake up what workout you will be doing that day? If you are the person that just wanders into the gym and finds any open machine(s) or decides to join a group fitness class, last minute, it will be much harder for you to plan out your day. Having a set schedule doesn't have to mean that you lift legs every Monday, it just means that you have a set rotation of workouts.
Did you answer yes to all of those previous questions?
All you need to do is submit the form below, along with a $40 payment at the end of the form. If you didn't answer yes to all of those, that's ok, I would recommend you start with our regular Macro Plan to get started and if things change you can move to a carb cycling plan in the future.
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Also when you receive your Carb Cycling Plan you also will get a coupon code* equal to the amount you pay that can be used towards either my Macro Bootcamp admission or towards 1-on-1 Nutritional Coaching fees. |