I'm guessing you went off the Anabolic Diet because it's hard to train for swimming with low carbs? People like the diet, but the reasoning behind it is just pseudoscience. It has that name (actually I think it got renamed to the Metabolic Diet?) because it supposedly mimics the effects of steroids. Ummm, how? That part never seems to get explained. There's some talk about peaking or manipulating hormones, but if you read the actual published research on these hormones, the diets take quite a leap of imagination.
I'm not saying AD (or any other diet) doesn't work. But bodybuilders are often guilty of pretending they are much more precise and scientific than they actually are. Swimmers do this, too! Some things work or appear to work for completely different reasons from the ones you would suppose.
Actually, I got off of it because for swimming it doesn't matter what you look like, what your body fat % is, etc. It is a bit of a hassle keeping track of what types of foods you eat and how much. Since resuming swimming, I just eat whatever I want when I want. Also wasn't worried about trying to gain lean muscle mass (which is nice because I've always been a beanpole with a little muscle).
:D
I'm guessing you went off the Anabolic Diet because it's hard to train for swimming with low carbs? People like the diet, but the reasoning behind it is just pseudoscience. It has that name (actually I think it got renamed to the Metabolic Diet?) because it supposedly mimics the effects of steroids. Ummm, how? That part never seems to get explained. There's some talk about peaking or manipulating hormones, but if you read the actual published research on these hormones, the diets take quite a leap of imagination.
I'm not saying AD (or any other diet) doesn't work. But bodybuilders are often guilty of pretending they are much more precise and scientific than they actually are. Swimmers do this, too! Some things work or appear to work for completely different reasons from the ones you would suppose.
Actually, I got off of it because for swimming it doesn't matter what you look like, what your body fat % is, etc. It is a bit of a hassle keeping track of what types of foods you eat and how much. Since resuming swimming, I just eat whatever I want when I want. Also wasn't worried about trying to gain lean muscle mass (which is nice because I've always been a beanpole with a little muscle).
:D
