Does anyone protein cycle?????????????

[Fonz]

in the jan issue of M&F it talks about protein cycling where for 3 days you go on a lower protein diet (.7 x bodyweight) and 4 days you go on an extremely high protein diet (1.5 x bodyweight). I think ill try it if i hit some sort of peak.

[DeadLift21]

I havent read that article, so am not sure what context was this advised.

Generally speaking, the body *needs* a basic amount of protein to synthesize tissue (muscle) everyday, just like it needs other macronutrients.

So a certain amount of protein is required everyday, IMHO.

[Sam_2005]

I concur with Deadlift, I cannot see the point of doing this. I generally find magazines are full of crap.

[travis8798]

never heard of that, never done it, never going to.

[thunder10]

That does not make a whole lot of sense to me, maybe cycle different brands of protein but that probably would not matter much either.

[Odin92681]

Originally Posted by travis8798

never heard of that, never done it, never going to.

Bump ^^^


Its my whey or the highway

[Fonz]

the reason behind it is like putting your body into starvation mode when you cut calories drastically you body become more effiecient at storing fat and replenishing glycogen stores. it cited the example how runners b4 a marathon do a low carb diet approaching the marathon and as it get reallly close to marathon day they go high carb to store an extra amount for the event. it doesnt seem like protein should function the same way though but thats what they are saying.

[TheDiesel]

Ive read about this kind of stuff but havent tried it before. They say when you cut calories your insulin levels increase, and then you stuff yourself full of calories and combined with the heightened insulin levels from the fasting period, you create a highly anabolic environment that lasts for a couple of days. I may have messed up alittle on that but thats close. One problem I see with this is that the growth taking place during those fasting periods suffers, but then when you stuff yourself that growth is increased. So your body may grow unproportionally.

[JJH]

I don't like the idea of cycling protein. That is just my opinion but I am certainly not a pro.