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General Discussion / Dealing with people who don't believe in CBL or CNS

« on: July 18, 2012, 07:05:08 PM »

I'm in the best shape of my life due to CBL. 17% BF and dropping (down from 23%), strong as I've been since college ball and eating food I crave whenever I want. Heck, makes me more motivated because sometimes I'll just workout an extra day so I can backload that night.

With that being said I've recently been getting "have you lost weight" followed by "how?" The few instances when I've had time to explain, I've gotten looks of disbelief, confusion or the worst, jealousy. The last is the one I struggle to deal with. Trainers and friends who have lost weight the old fashioned way (Read: chicken, rice and a piece of lettuce) can't wrap their head around CBL. Even when i point them to the website, they refuse to investigate. Normally they claim it's a gimmick or more often that It'll stop working and I'll have a rebound or more often, that I'll have a heart attack tomorrow.

Has anyone else delt with this, and if so, have they had better luck convincing the nay-sayers about how awesome CBL is? I feel like I need a better plan of attack for my next encounter...

Results! / 6 Weeks down... Absurdity.

« on: June 18, 2012, 12:23:18 PM »

Carb back Loading is ridiculous. I came in thinking it would kind of work, but not for me completely (because nothing ever has). I've always eaten a ton and I looove boozing. I've always had that Strong/Fat kid shape where you'd look at me and knew i worked out, but that I also had a big ole' gut. I planned on trying CBL for 6 weeks then seeing where I was at and making some adjustments (cause I figured I'd have too)...

Got a Bod Pod test this AM after 6 weeks of CBL:

Weight - 234 Lbs (247)
Body Fat - 17.3 % (23.1%)
Lean mass - 193.6 (188.5)

Crazy...

The second #'s are the Bod Pod I got back in March. I didn't diet or eat well at all for the month and a half between the 1st bod pod and when I started my prep-phase in May, so I'm assuming the numbers are accurate, if not even a little low.

And I got these results while not following the diet perfectly, shit, not even above average, in my estimation. Here are several of my miscue's:

- Tried to do a healthy "low-fat" version to start and eat almost no fat during ULC portion of the day for a few weeks
- Got sloppy drunk 3 seperate times during the 6 weeks, including an all day drink/carb fest for my buddies bachelor party last weekend
- Switched between SA and DB path's just because sometimes i wanted carbs on non-training nights
- Carbs fluxuated between 450 and 150 on a given night
- I never once ate "clean carbs".... My first meal every night was one of the following:
1. A whole pizza
2. 14 inch grilled sub and large Fry
3. A Buritto Bowl and large Quesadilla with an entire bag of chips from Chipotle

On top of that I ate doughnuts, cookies, potato chips and peanut M&M's every night as well. No plain rice or bread or potatoes here...

With all that said I still dropped 6% body fat and added 5lbs of lean mass AT THE SAME TIME. This diet is ridiculous. I'm sold for life.

Programs and Protocols / Intra-set rest time

« on: May 24, 2012, 03:20:07 AM »

I have this same post over in the official CBL forum, but I wanted as many educated opinions as I could get so I figured I'd post it here as well....

How much does reducing your rest time change the effectiveness of CBL? I read all the time about different programs and protocols and what may or may not work with reference to sets, reps etc... so I got a good grasp of that. But i can't seem to find much about recovery time.

For example: If I was doing DB Bench for 5x8 taking a full 2-2 1/2minutes between sets, I'd be using 100lb + dumbbells. Doing the same exercise with 1minute of rest forces me to use significantly less weight, around 75-80lb dumbells.

I know CBL is based on heavy concentric contractions, so I'm curious to whether or not reducing your rest time, and therefore reducing weight, will have a negative effect? Technicially I'm doing less weight, but I'm still performing relatively heavy contractions, at least in reference to the amount of recovery that I have. Also, I'm assuming (so correct me if I'm wrong because you should never assume) that the majority of the work I'm performing will still fall into the correct energy system, glycolosis. Mentally, I always feel like I've gotten a better workout when I train towards hypertrophy with shorter rest times even though the weight I'm using is less... My muscles feel pumped, I'm tight all over and physically I'm drained (which is something I enjoy feeling). Any info or theories on this would be greatly appreciated.

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