Some interesting Bodyopus questions posed to me by SK:
1. What about the use of the glycerols that the bike freaks are hyping as
part of recomp?
For those who don't know, glycerol is a new (well, not new exactly)
compound being pushed towards endurance athletes. Some preliminary
reports show that it causes hyperhydration of the muscle cells when
taken with adequate water. Duchaine has suggested it as an alternative
to pre-contest diuretics because, if taken without adequate water,
it should pull water out of the body. I haven't had much time to look
at this thing (although the bike mags were big into it about a year
ago) but it makes sense that it could further help with the recomposition
phase of training.
2. How about some more recipes like the shake that R. Ames posted?
How about some liquid meal recipes for recomp as well.
Recipes are not my forte so I'll have to put out the call to all you low-carb
gourmands out there. I can eat the same meals day in day out and not
get bored. I mean, I have literally had pink salmon in mayo every day
for lunch for the last 18 weeks. I still look forward to it. So, I'm
the wrong person to ask for recipes because I'm too screwed up food
wise to care if it tastes good anymore.
3. I haven't found many powders or the likes that would fit the ideal recomp
meal drink; whereas the isocaloric diet works well with a metabolol,
met-rx, oil blend and fiber.
Again, I'm pretty boring here. The ideal recomp meal would have
pure glucose polymers with no fructose (I use glucose polymers from
Beyond a Century) with some type of soluble protein (I use Designer
but I'm sure there are others that would work just as well). I add
guar gum powder if I want some fiber and flax oil if I want some fat.
I don't see why you *couldn't* make a supplement powder like Iso^3
for the Bodyopus diet but I don't see much of a point either. It might
be more convenient of course but might be more expensive than just
mixing the stuff together yourself.
4. If you read Hardcore Muscle newsletter, have you any thoughts on the
ketogenic modifications based on blood types?
This is news to me. I don't read this newsletter (perhaps I should). Can
anyone provide more information on the idea of blood types for
modifying the diet? Actually, SK is sending me information on this
stuff. It sounds interesting but somewhat loopy. That is to say, I
wonder what assumptions are being made in terms of the metabolic
effects of different blood types. |