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In its most basic form, carb cycling (or carbohydrate cycling) is an approach to eating in which you greatly restrict your carbohydrate intake for a set period of days, followed by a brief period of medium to high carbohydrate intake. Then you repeat this cycling process: carbs off for a while, then on briefly, then back off. The idea behind it is to get your body to use it’s fat stores for energy rather than the carbs you’re feeding it.

Low-carb diets are hard to sustain for long periods of time, especially if you’re on an intense exercise regimen. If you’re doing an extreme program AND you’re going low-carb, you’ll start “bonking” in your workouts around the six-week mark. One way to potentially combat this is by carb-cycling rather than just doing low/no carbs in general.

I was in a rough spot with my nutrition and my training was suffering. I reached out to Matthew for some advice hoping he would guide in the right direction. He told me about an accountability group he would facilitate. I accepted the invitation and never looked back. The nutrition plan was very good (tasteful) and being accountable to fitness was great… The people I took this journey with were fantastic and so encouraging. It was exactly what I needed at the time. Thank you Matthew for the experience and believing in me…

BILL C.Louisville, KY

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