Another hit piece on Atkins

Bob M wrote:
:: On 22 Sep 2003 12:22:58 -0700, Doug Freyburger
:: wrote:
::
::: COBLGP wrote:
::::
:::: The reason why I'm no longer on this diet is because I started an
:::: intensive
:::: weightlifting exercise regimen ... Staying on the Atkins diet
:::: would not have
:::: provided me with enough calories to make my body grow muscle.
:::
::: Not true. Folks on Atkins eat plenty of protein (usually too much
::: for best loss rates) so there is plenty of material to build
::: muscles.
:::
::: But there is a separate factor that is true. Intense workouts like
::: yours burn almost all carbs, and that drains the supply of carbs
::: stored within the body. You'd "hit the wall" in many or all of your
::: intense workouts. And that would limit the body's impulse to grow
::: new muscle tissue.
:::
::: The end result is the same, but the reason is not the one you
::: stated.
:::
::: Sounds like you found something that works great for you.
::: Excellent.
:::
::
:: I have to say that I disagree. When I was lifting weights, I lifted
:: very, very hard. I superset everything, and I do more sets in one
:: hour than most people do in several hours. In 15 minutes, I can do
:: 4-5 sets of quads, 4-5 sets of leg biceps, 4-5 sets of calves and
:: perhaps even more. I keep a workout log, and I can find it (I
:: injured my biceps tendons and haven't lifted in 6 months or so). I
:: never had a problem with hitting the wall. Now, I do take plenty of
:: rest between workout days, but on some of my "rest" days I'm doing
:: aerobics.
::

My experience is very similar to yours, Bob. I use an HST style routine,
which has me increasing loads every workout over a two week period (3x/
week). By day 6, I'm doing max weights in a certain rep ranges for 15 or 16
movements, and I superset those. I typically do 4 or 5 sets of bench
presses (flat and incline) , and 4 or 5 sets of deadlifts, and was as squats
and leg press (among other exercies). All this while following a LC eating
plan. I simply do not hit the wall anymore -- whereas I did when I first
started lifting. I've adding bike riding to the mix now, so we'll see what
that does in terms of hitting the wall.


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:: Bob M in CT
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