| Carb Cycle Science |
| by Vinny Galanti |
| Turning 40 for me has been pretty cool, at first I thought--well actually I don't know what I thought. I thought at 40, everything was going to change. When I'm in the gym and doing drop sets from 315 to 225 for a total of 12-18 reps with squats, and someone says that guy is 40 years old, I just smile and ask if they want to join me on leg day. As tough as the diet is, I'm having a breeze in the gym, killing the weights. Even though my energy level is at an all time low right now, I still go at it with a crazy animal attitude. I can't think of not putting 100% into every training session. I have been following a high protein/low carb diet, and mixing it up in the gym with anything from supersets to drop sets to heavy sets to giant sets. You name it, I've been doing it. My diet has been a rotation of 3 days of zero carbs followed by 1 day of carbs. Then I do 2 days of zero carbs followed by 1 day of carbs. Here is how my diet break down looks: On my zero days, I eat 6 meals a day. Each meal has 10 ounces of protein from egg whites, tuna, turkey, steak, and chicken. With each meal I have about 2 - 3 cups of any green vegetable. On my carb day, I still follow the same 6 meals of protein, but my first meal of the day I add a bowl of oatmeal, and each meal after that is 1 sweet potato. Here is a typical “zero carb” day: Meal 1 - steak / asparagus Meal 2 - grilled chicken / brussells sprouts Meal 3 - grilled tuna / grilled peppers Meal 4 - grilled turkey breast burgers / asparagus Meal 5- steak / broccoli Meal 6 - 10 egg whites / 2 yolks / mushrooms |