Re: Hey Cohen, about the diet

In article <ggad221jurs0kp84psobqo5lnn1vr2jk5f@xxxxxxx>,
John Hanson <jhanson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hey David, I know you were able to shed a lot of weight fairly quickly
on Lyle's diet. But, did you ever test your strength levels while
dropping weight?

Well, I'm not David but I did just drop some weight for strongman. In
early January I cut out refined carbs (save for ~30 g timed right around
my workouts) except for on one cheat meal during the week and one day on
weekends. I added 25 mg ephedrine / 200 mg caffeine 3x a day, did 1-2
20 min light cardio sessions a week, plus one or two longer walks/hikes,
and did hard interval-type (tire flip, truck drag, farmers walk)
strongman event training once a week on weekends plus one event at some
point during the week. I dropped 15 lbs in 10 weeks with no noticeable
strength loss except maybe in the press, and got stronger at the front
squat and events (may have been a skill component there though).

Once I hit my target weight (actually I dipped below it, didn't weigh in
often enough) I relaxed my diet a bit, still fairly clean though, and my
press is stronger than ever as well.

As I understand it the E/C stack wouldn't be a problem for you in the
USAPL as long as you stop more than a week out, but you'd want to double
check on that. Also you'd want to be sure to allow yourself time to
taper off of it or you will crash bad.

I still allowed myself carbs in the form of whole grains etc. I read
Lyle's PSMF book and even tried the strict version for a week but my
training went to hell.

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