with fat loss professional athletes. In this post, we’ll explore
a variation of the “slow carb” diet as used by Dean
Karnazes, an ultramarathoner famed for completing 50 marathons on
50 consecutive days in 50 different states. The most impressive fat loss
part of this, for me, is that he did so, not with the typical anemic
marathoner build, but with a well-muscled mesomorph body.
In the last six weeks, I have cut from fat loss about 180 lbs. to 165
lbs., while adding about 10 lbs. of muscle, which means I’ve lost
about 25 lbs. of fat. This is the only diet besides the rather extreme Cyclical
Ketogenic Diet (CKD) that has fat loss produced veins across my abdomen,
which is the last place I lose fat (damn you, Scandinavian genetics).
fat loss Here are the four simple rules I followed…
Rule #1: Avoid “white” carbohydrates
Avoid any carbohydrate that is — or can be — fat loss white.
The following foods are thus prohibited, except for within 1.5 hours
of finishing a resistance-training workout of at least 20 minutes in
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