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Hello fitness fans Steve Twomey here with Mike Porter and we are Real Fitness Reviews.
Right now we are 11 weeks out for Mike's next NGA Natural Professional Bodybuilding show.
Mike right now is doing a carb cycling diet to prepare for his next show. I know a lot
of people have heard a lot of buzz about carb cycling in order to get lean. We are here
to show you what a carb cycling diet is like and its real world application for you to
get ripped, get ready for beach ,the gym or if you have a competition get ready for that.
Mike can you tell us a little about that? Sure, basically what it is, is a carb depletion
diet. So basically we start at day one, we slowly decrease the carb intake over a four
day cycle. We start with our protein and figure out how many grams of protein you need to
Some people will tell you 1.5 per grams per pound of body weight if you are trying to
build muscle. Then, we are going to play with our cycle your carb intake. We are going to
deplete down to the point where your body is almost consuming muscle.
Day one of the four days will have more carbs, then we will taper off where we are consuming
less carbs every day until the fourth day. Then we are going to bring all these carbs
back in. The sugars and the carbs get reintroduced to the muscles.
The goal of the carb cycling diet is to lose just a little bit, if we lose more than two
pounds a week, then we are worried about losing muscle. So basically we are trying to slowly
take the fat off, burn the fat but hold onto as much muscle as possible to get ready for
a show. That is basically what I do. I take anywhere from 12-14 weeks to step down
as slowly as possible to get the granular muscles, the separation of muscles that shows
up on stage during a competition. That is essentially what a carb cycling diet does
and what it does for you.
What else are you taking, because I know you are a natural pro bodybuilder? Can you tell
us a little bit about which supplements you are taking and why you are taking them? Sure,
another thing that we (wife Susan Porter, a Bikini competitor) take is MCT oil. MCT
stands for Medium Chain Triglyceride. It is a fat that your body does not think
is a fat. As soon as you take it, your body thinks it is a carb of some sort, and your
body uses it for energy. Your body never stores it as fat, but on a low carb diet there is
low energy. Which is why MCT oil is great as it gives you fuel to convert to energy.
It is also a clean calorie which is great for when you are dieting or in the off season.
Another supplement that I take is amino acids. Amino acids help in building or retaining
muscle, repairing the muscle when you are sore. Protein powder is a huge part of working
out as you break your muscles down when you work out, your body needs protein to feed
those hungry muscles and recover. We use Beverly International protein. It is
a whey and casein protein, which is a fast and slow digesting protein. I use C4 by Cellucor
for my Pre Workout supplement. I really like C4 because it gives me the tingling feeling,
it just gets me ready to workout. It helps when you are tired and you need to push harder,
it gives you that extra focus and energy to push through.
That is really all the supplements we take. If you work hard and diet right, take a few
of these supplements, it should get you there and push you through to the next level.
Mike is going over posing routines here. He is 11 weeks out. He does a front double bicep
pose. Then a side chest pose. Next is a back double bicep pose.
I am leaner than I have been in the past I have held onto more muscle. We will see how
it goes as we diet down.