Great info. I've always been fairly lean, but I did strict keto for about 2 years and that was probably the leanest I've been since my early 20's. Now I'm sticking more with the natural foods, allowing myself plenty of fruits in the warmer months and root vegetables this time of year, but I'll have stretches of staying keto to maintain the metabolic flexibility. Its a valuable tool and definitely one to deliver results!
Myself, I do keto three or four days a week, and then I add some fruit or carbs for the other days. I like the cycle in and out, and that keeps everything working good for me.
Did you know that normalizing the Dadbod is a thing? We saw a mannequin at a golf clothing store with a low muscle, big belly showing off their golf shirts.
I’m aware that being flabby is getting normalized. We go from too-thin being normal to too-thicc.
But the main thing is that a dadbod is a sign of visceral fat, which can cause chronic inflammation, metabolic diseases, high blood pressure, depression, and basically takes away your birthday. So if all of that is normal, it’s kinda sad really.
So far I shy away from cutting carbs extremely, both for myself and my clients.
I felt like it has too much of an impact on their metabolism.
Now, I feel like when they increase their protein and fiber content while on a cut, they should be fine and lose weight.
Dan Go recently broke down his concept (go hard in the beginning, be more flexible later). I am more and more inclined to give it a shot.
I don`t know if it has to be as low as 50g of carbs, but the general idea holds true.
Also, with fat oxidization while insulin is high: I am also a firm believer in this, but as long as you stay below your target calorie goal, you will still lose body fat even when you eat every 2-3 hours.
In the end I believe it`s about what is managable for the person trying to cut down body fat.
I was unsure at first too. Ketosis is a tool, it is a natural state that we evolved to use - when needed. Since we are omnivores, we can switch in and out.
In my life, I’ve gone full keto for up to a month and still been able to do all my activities just fine - including going on 7 kilometer mountain trail runs. There’s no lack of energy.
I imagine from your experience that you teach people to change their exercise routine from time to time and not do just one routine, over and over, without changing it up. Our bodies need to face a challenge once in a while.
When you reduce carbs, you challenge your body, and it gets stronger.
The secret is to go through cycles where your body learns to burn fat. What happens is your insulin sensitivity goes way up, your A1C drops, and you build more new mitochondria.
Then, when you add the carbs back in, your metabolism is purring like a kitten.
Great 🤗🤗
Thank you!
ahh, the image of that doggie is soo relatable
Sometimes, yes! The only difference is we can blame his owner for giving him too much food and not enough walkies. We don’t have owners to blame lol
haha, so true!
Great info. I've always been fairly lean, but I did strict keto for about 2 years and that was probably the leanest I've been since my early 20's. Now I'm sticking more with the natural foods, allowing myself plenty of fruits in the warmer months and root vegetables this time of year, but I'll have stretches of staying keto to maintain the metabolic flexibility. Its a valuable tool and definitely one to deliver results!
Myself, I do keto three or four days a week, and then I add some fruit or carbs for the other days. I like the cycle in and out, and that keeps everything working good for me.
Did you know that normalizing the Dadbod is a thing? We saw a mannequin at a golf clothing store with a low muscle, big belly showing off their golf shirts.
I’m aware that being flabby is getting normalized. We go from too-thin being normal to too-thicc.
But the main thing is that a dadbod is a sign of visceral fat, which can cause chronic inflammation, metabolic diseases, high blood pressure, depression, and basically takes away your birthday. So if all of that is normal, it’s kinda sad really.
So far I shy away from cutting carbs extremely, both for myself and my clients.
I felt like it has too much of an impact on their metabolism.
Now, I feel like when they increase their protein and fiber content while on a cut, they should be fine and lose weight.
Dan Go recently broke down his concept (go hard in the beginning, be more flexible later). I am more and more inclined to give it a shot.
I don`t know if it has to be as low as 50g of carbs, but the general idea holds true.
Also, with fat oxidization while insulin is high: I am also a firm believer in this, but as long as you stay below your target calorie goal, you will still lose body fat even when you eat every 2-3 hours.
In the end I believe it`s about what is managable for the person trying to cut down body fat.
I was unsure at first too. Ketosis is a tool, it is a natural state that we evolved to use - when needed. Since we are omnivores, we can switch in and out.
In my life, I’ve gone full keto for up to a month and still been able to do all my activities just fine - including going on 7 kilometer mountain trail runs. There’s no lack of energy.
I imagine from your experience that you teach people to change their exercise routine from time to time and not do just one routine, over and over, without changing it up. Our bodies need to face a challenge once in a while.
When you reduce carbs, you challenge your body, and it gets stronger.
The secret is to go through cycles where your body learns to burn fat. What happens is your insulin sensitivity goes way up, your A1C drops, and you build more new mitochondria.
Then, when you add the carbs back in, your metabolism is purring like a kitten.
Great info Tim.
About time I test this and yes, I switch routines up of course.