Effectiveness

[alexpaterson]

I was reading up about dieting and I kept reading that dieting 6 days a week and having a day of eating whatever is very good for losing weight, any truth in this? Something about speeds up your metabolism.

Anybody shine any light for me

[TempleSlave]

I was reading up about dieting and I kept reading that dieting 6 days a week and having a day of eating whatever is very good for losing weight, any truth in this? Something about speeds up your metabolism.

Anybody shine any light for me

According to my sources it's meant to be one meal, not whole day.
There you go:
http://www.charlespoliquin.com/Articles ... lp_Yo.aspx

[EddieShredder]

Yeah, I've been recommended one meal, rather than a whole day too...

[dajuggernaut]

I would imagine a whole day getting out of hand. I've heard 2 cheat meals a week is appropriate.

[TempleSlave]

I would imagine a whole day getting out of hand. I've heard 2 cheat meals a week is appropriate.

Yea, OK Charles in his article says once every 4-6 days and he's pretty strict.

[dajuggernaut]

I would imagine a whole day getting out of hand. I've heard 2 cheat meals a week is appropriate.

Yea, OK Charles in his article says once every 4-6 days and he's pretty strict.

I'm sure there are people who have 2 cheat meals a week that are strict, Charles way isn't the only way.

[TempleSlave]

I would imagine a whole day getting out of hand. I've heard 2 cheat meals a week is appropriate.

Yea, OK Charles in his article says once every 4-6 days and he's pretty strict.

I'm sure there are people who have 2 cheat meals a week that are strict, Charles way isn't the only way.

Not sure if you noticed but I've just said you're right, dude.
Once every 4 days = twice a week, right? I know many different trainers/nutritionists etc. C. Poliquin really knows his stuff. If he allows 2 cheat meals per week then for me it means that's strict enough and that's what I said.
However in above mentioned article he advices to test it as it may be individual to some degree. Meaning if something doesn't work then it needs to be changed.

[GAV]

Charles Poliquin does really know his stuff but he has the odd thing thats a bit out there. The articled linked by TempleSlave is a good one and I wouldn't oppose any of the suggestions within it. However, measuring body fat is far from an exact science and unless you have access to a BodPod or a DEXA scanner its not really going to provide you with any reliable data to work from. Like I said though, the article is spot on in terms of how to go about your cheat meals.

[TempleSlave]

Charles Poliquin does really know his stuff but he has the odd thing thats a bit out there. The articled linked by TempleSlave is a good one and I wouldn't oppose any of the suggestions within it. However, measuring body fat is far from an exact science and unless you have access to a BodPod or a DEXA scanner its not really going to provide you with any reliable data to work from. Like I said though, the article is spot on in terms of how to go about your cheat meals.

Of course you cannot expect the body fat measurements to be perfectly accurate. However, in Poliquin's Bio Signature modulation method, it's about proportions between different sites on your body, and once you become fluent in measuring people with calipers, this method is pretty much spot on.

[GAV]

Charles Poliquin does really know his stuff but he has the odd thing thats a bit out there. The articled linked by TempleSlave is a good one and I wouldn't oppose any of the suggestions within it. However, measuring body fat is far from an exact science and unless you have access to a BodPod or a DEXA scanner its not really going to provide you with any reliable data to work from. Like I said though, the article is spot on in terms of how to go about your cheat meals.

Of course you cannot expect the body fat measurements to be perfectly accurate. However, in Poliquin's Bio Signature modulation method, it's about proportions between different sites on your body, and once you become fluent in measuring people with calipers, this method is pretty much spot on.

Even with calipers, you would be hard pushed to notice a real difference in someone over the space of 6 days. It would take some very accurate digital calipers to pick out the small change that may occur in this time frame.

The biosignature modulation method is a good one though and I know a few boxers who use it to great effect.

[TempleSlave]

Charles Poliquin does really know his stuff but he has the odd thing thats a bit out there. The articled linked by TempleSlave is a good one and I wouldn't oppose any of the suggestions within it. However, measuring body fat is far from an exact science and unless you have access to a BodPod or a DEXA scanner its not really going to provide you with any reliable data to work from. Like I said though, the article is spot on in terms of how to go about your cheat meals.

Of course you cannot expect the body fat measurements to be perfectly accurate. However, in Poliquin's Bio Signature modulation method, it's about proportions between different sites on your body, and once you become fluent in measuring people with calipers, this method is pretty much spot on.

Even with calipers, you would be hard pushed to notice a real difference in someone over the space of 6 days. It would take some very accurate digital calipers to pick out the small change that may occur in this time frame.

The biosignature modulation method is a good one though and I know a few boxers who use it to great effect.

Professional, manual calipers every time! Ideally paired up with experienced operator. And of course you can measure signifficant difference within 6 days providing you make significant change in your diet, training and rest. Give me an average, even fairly active 40 yr old chap (say he does say some steady, moderate pace cardio say 3x/week) who eats grains and sleeps 6 hours a night. I'll make him do one of my 40mins weight routine followed by 15 mins of sprints, 4x in a week, feed him properly and make him sleep 8-8.5 hours and he may lose 2% of b.f. that first week quite easily.