"you cant gain muscle and lose fat at the same time" is bullshit

[kyoun1e]

Bodybuilding.com - Build Muscle & Lose Fat Simultaneously? - Kelly Baggett

This program switches gears quite a bit. On a daily basis you're flip flopping from diet to muscle building mode. I'd fear that you basically accomplish neither goal on this program.

What's interesting is that it does have some similarities with UD2 (where participants have seen both fat loss and muscle gains...although the muscle gains are smaller than the fat gains). Both approaches use low carb diets and glycogen depletion workouts in a "diet phase" that increases insulin sensitivity and paves the way for an anabolic rebound or a "growth phase." Big difference here is Baggett's program does this daily. UD2 has a weekly cycle where the first 3.5 days are focused on fat loss and the 2nd 3.5 days are focused on growth.

On UD2 lots of research was put into making it a seven day cycle (vs say Baggett's 2 day) and I believe that the optimum length is 8 days. Unfortunately, 8 days has a hard time fitting into your average week...(Duh)...so for adherence sake, make it 7.

So my opinion: I don't think Baggett's approach will work...unless you're on drugs.

KY

 

[CowPimp]

Cowpimp,

I know you are quite well read in the areas of fitness. I've read dozens of your 15,000+ posts. And I've always liked them. You have a pedantic manner in your presentations. I'm going to jump off topic for a second, now that I have your attention. I've dealt with severe insomnia since I was 18. It went away for a while in my twenties, and resurfaced again in my thirties. In the last year it has been particularly bad. It is always the early morning variety. Meaning I go to sleep quickly at around 10:30 pm and wake up at around 200 or 300 a.m. and never go back to sleep. I've tried many strategies. Homeopathic remedies, L-Tryptophan, tea with valerian root, Casein protein at night, over the counter sleep medicines. Some work for a little while. If you saw my thread on Insomnia and weightlifting, you would know that it is the not being satisfied with my career obsession, that I feel is the real problem. Since you seem quite intelligent, maybe you might have a solution to my endless insomnia problem.

Ooph, sorry to say but that is not something I know much about. I could give you some basic recommendations, but I imagine they are things you've already been suggested. You know, make sure the room is really dark, try to go to bed at a consistent time, etc. I don't know enough about the endocrinology of sleep or the physiological changes that take place to even venture a guess at the problem.

If you feel it is some kind of mental stressor, maybe you should try meditation or relaxation techniques before bed? You could also just get really stoned; I bet you'll stay asleep then, haha.