The number of Carbs to Lose Bodyweight
How many carbs to lose weight is something which is commonly asked. We have always been told that to become successful at something find good role models that are already great at what you want to be successful at. Once you find these people or this person, mimic their behavior and actions. Simply by doing so you will reap the same benefits that they did. That brings me to body building.
Bodybuilders are not the best role model for everyone muscle wise, and maybe sometimes they take their body fat just way too low. However, everyone can learn and mimic the actions of bodybuilders to decrease body fat and improve body composition. It's true that the art of bodybuilding or body toning is literally reaching the best leanest body formula. So even though we might not want to resemble a strength athlete, especially one at its best, we can learn a whole lot from how bodybuilders eat and exercise to achieve an improved fat to muscle ratio. After all they are the best at it. The question remains so, just how many carbs to lose weight?
Most Bodybuilders
[caption id="attachment_28895" align="alignleft" width="300"] Happy young female in old jeans pant after losing weight[/caption] Most bodybuilders - that I have studied take in a 40, 40, 20 split of carbs, protein, and fat. 40% carbs, 40% protein, and 20% fat. This split does work, and I say that from experience. This is usually the split that I do when trying to have a lean look. To determine your 40, forty, 20 split you first have to determine how many calories you should be having a day. Then take that number and take 40, 40, 20 percent from that number respectively. Afterwards you divide the quantity you get for carbs by 4 because there are 4 calories in every gram of carbs.
This is important to exercise if you need to be able to eat more cabohydrate supply without hitting spillover. Spillover is a major no no when trying to lose weight with carbs. This occurs when you're body's carb "gas tank" contains large amount and stores any extra carbs as fat. Simply by exercising your body requirements more carbs to be used in the muscles.
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