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Carb Backloading book may explain my problem, please dissect!

The Exercise A Little Control chapter in Keifer's Carb Backloading book is fascinating. It corroborates something I've known about myself for YEARS; I am basically insulin resista …
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Leangains vs Carb Backloading, to add carbs or not on rest days, and when?

Doing leangains. My goal is to reach 5-6% bodyfat, reset my fat set-point, keep it there, then add calories slowly leangains recomp style to build muscle. I IF, eat 2 times bet …
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When is the optimal time to eat carbs on training days?

My question is when should one eat carbohydrate for optimal glycogen replenishment AND bodyfat reduction? Does it matter for the purpose of bodyfat reduction BELOW 10%? The two ma …
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Carb Backloading For Dummies

I'm having a difficult time wrapping my head around this. Would somebody mind mapping out the process step by step, and explaining the biochemistry for me? I'm planning to use Bac …
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Any ever do/hear of Carbohydrate Backloading?

John Keifer has written some articles about this. It's basically timing resistance exercise and carbs to synchronize with natural insulin sensitivity fluctuations throughout the da …