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ach34
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Chris,

I'm doing very well following the diet and finishing up week 3. I am interested in doing a pulse fast during week 4 or the transition week. Which do you think is a better way to go, week 4, transition or once I finish?

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Chris Shugart
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Either way would work. Doing it in the final week, no more than twice in a 7 day period, would certainly ramp up that final V-week.

But one of the cool things about Pulse Fasting is the effect you get the day AFTER when you re-feed a bit and add carbs. That wouldn't happen on the V-Diet really, unless you did it before an HSM day. Still, it has multiple benefits.

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GregManzo
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Chris Shugart wrote:
Either way would work. Doing it in the final week, no more than twice in a 7 day period, would certainly ramp up that final V-week.

But one of the cool things about Pulse Fasting is the effect you get the day AFTER when you re-feed a bit and add carbs. That wouldn't happen on the V-Diet really, unless you did it before an HSM day. Still, it has multiple benefits.


what does adding carbs the days after the pulse fast do?

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Chris Shugart
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See Pulse Fast article. Nice rebound effect, like enhanced carb cycling.

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GregManzo
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Chris Shugart wrote:
See Pulse Fast article. Nice rebound effect, like enhanced carb cycling.

i understand the rebound, ive read the article. i looked through the article again and it didnt say anything about carbs. maybe i missed something.

should i go over 100g of carbs the day after?

maybe in the form of additional workout fuel during the lift? (im only using 1 scoop right now)

a lot of low carb diets have a carb up every once in a while, i havnt had more than 125g of carbs in any day for the past 7 weeks. would pulse fasting then having a carb up day with a big workout be a good idea?

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Chris Shugart
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Yes, but keep the carbs very clean - no wheat. Increasing workout nutrition is an easy way to do that and insures those carbs will be put to work.

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GregManzo
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thanks Chris

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ach34
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Chris,

When you do your Pulse Fast on non-workout days do you skip taking the GPC shot? Just curious if I should only take it on workout days. I'm planning on doing my first one on a non-workout day and was just curious. Thanks.

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Chris Shugart
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Yes, at least one, but you can skip it if you want to save up the GPC.

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