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> No real bodybuilder stops eating carbs to get shredded. depends what you mean by "stop". If you mean <100g per day, often less than 50g, then yes they do. Th
by maerF0x0 4y ago
> No real bodybuilder stops eating carbs to get shredded.
depends what you mean by "stop". If you mean <100g per day, often less than 50g, then yes they do. They do this for what's known as peaking. They eat less for a week or two prior to "dry out" and then a bunch right before to refill the muscle.
Heres the first article to confirm my point.
> Carbohydrate intake during the restriction phase varied and competitors reported consuming between 0 and 100 g per day. Conversely, CHO intake during loading was reported to be over 2500 g or 833 g per day
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6315482/#:~:text=In%20the%20week%20prior%20to,6%2C8%2C9%5D https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6315482/#:~:tex....
If by "stop" you mean 0g, then yeah, no one does that cause it's basically impossible save for a fast where you solely eat chicken breast and similar macro'd meats.
- LanceH 4y agoI really didn't mean stop as 0g. I mean stop as compared to the "high carb" diet previous mentioned in the article that is apparently done for the pump, which I'm highly skeptical of compared to the lifting benefits of having more glycogen.