RedSkull

My horny Swedish cousin sent me a copy of Lyle's 'Ultimate Diet 2'. I believe it's based loosely on Dan Duchaine's old Body Opus/Ultimate Diet theories, with low carb days, carb ups, depletion workouts etc.

Essentially it seems to be based around this:

Mon/Tue/Weds/Thurs- Low carb, moderate protein/fat (basically very low calories). Depletion workouts (high reps) on Mon/Tues. Power workout (5X5 kinda thing) on Thurs.

Fri- Carb up day, tons of carbs

Sat/Sun- Power workout 2 on Sat, and I believe around maintenance calories these days

Hopefully I've got that right, I imagine most of you are probably familiar with it anyway.

Anyway... of course my question is simply, what do you think of the protocol? I've seen people reporting good results on the Net which peaked the ol' interest...

(I did do a search before posting btw, and there doesn't seem to be much discussion of this on here, so it may be of some interest. Hopefully its not a blackballed topic. )

thanks,
RS

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gunnar

I did it and liked it--you should only do it for 6-8 weeks and then go back to maintenance cals for about 10 days to bump back up your metabolism--then start again if needed

Satch

I know a lot of people that have done and gotten great results from it. I know of one person that actually used it for a contest prep and did well. I think it's a good option IF you can't afford the help of a good nutritionist.

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RedSkull

thanks for the replies guys, it was a couple years since I posted this thread. I thought the book was excellent and even if you aren't planning on using the diet you can learn a ton generally from reading it.

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DCBliever

I just completed one week. The only problem I have with it is the full body worlouts. The power day yesterday I was spent by the end of it. Exhausting

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gunnar

I would concentrate on the weakest body parts for the power workout--ie only 1-2 sets for the strongest parts and 4-5 for weaker parts--You shouldn't lose any muscle from any bodypart doing it this way as you get some stimulation on all the bodyparts on the other 3 workouts. ie-I only do a couple of heavy squats/leg presses for lower body and concentrate on upper body, as my legs are a little larger in proportion to the rest of me

DCBliever

I've abandoned it. Full body workouts aren't for me and I have a son on the way so 1.5 hour workouts are out for me. Carb cyling is best for my body type. I've tried Keto, CKD, and still am going to try TKD starting today. Every one has the best way to diet and get the best results. I am going to give the TKD with every 10 day refeeds a try and see how it goes

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