Welcome all, to my summer lean-out experiment with the new Evomuse KetoInduce and the long-tenured cheat day staple, Defuse.
Many of you have read the label/recommendation that Defuse only be run for short periods (a few days max), but that is at full dose... Matt at Evomuse has decided to sponsor a slew of logs to test out his theory of the fat loss benefits of stacking a low, daily dose of Defuse with KetoInduce.
Defuse has been a staple in my cheat meal/day regiment for quite a long time now so I'm interested to see what a low dose can do paired with the unique MOA of KetoInduce.
Here's the protocol that Matt has suggested:
KetoInduce as directed, one dose prebed after limiting carb intake for 2 hours before bed. Defuse (1 cap) will be taken at the break of your fast, with another cap taken at lunch/afternoon meal. A 2-3 cap serving will be taken, depending on your macros, with your dinner or post workout meal.
Thought process: Since it's release I've warned about running full dose Defuse for long periods of time. The body does tend to seek out balance and homeostasis, and if you cripple fat storage enzymes/pathways too strongly for too long, the body WILL adapt and you won't like the consequences. Defuse at low dose will reduce those enzymes slightly, with the evening dose preventing fat storage for a period of hours - at which point you will take the KI, and kickstart ketosis with plenty of FFA in your blood stream.
For some further reading on KetoIduce:
http://anabolicminds.com/forum/evomuse/279277-evomuse-ketoinduce-writeup.html#post5307461
My plan/life:
I travel almost every week mon-thurs/fri. This means that I have had to adapt my diet to changing time zones, odd hours, and interesting food choices/availability levels... I was always a typical yo-yo dieter and would gain 40-50lb in the fall/winter (20-25%bf) and then lose those same 40-50lb and get down to single digit bf each summer (usually only for a few weeks... and after MONTHS of hard dieting)... This year I decided would be the end of that. I've taken up IF and typically eat only 1-2 meals each day, and only in the evenings. This has allowed me to maintain reasonable condition year round, but obviously I want to tune things up a bit for the summer
I run a modified 6-day PHAT plan that I've designed myself and used quite a few times. A typical week of training looks like this:
Mon - Off
Tues - Pull hypertrophy
Weds - Push hypertrophy
Thurs - Legs hypertrophy
Fri - Pull power
Sat - Push power
Sun - Legs power
My diet right now is: 2000cals/day, 250g protein / 150g carbs / 45g fat ... these differ slightly day to day, but I typically end up with higher protein and slightly lower fat (while keeping total cals in range). For this log, I plan to lower the carbs and protein a bit and up the fat a bit as well. I'll have only one meal with carbs, and most will be from veggies. A typical day for me will look like this:
Wake - 5:30a
Gym - 6a
Work (12p dose of defuse? dsade can let me know if this should happen or not. would be with bcaas)
Dinner - 6p (all carbs consumed here - 2 caps defuse as this will be my biggest meal)
Pre-bed Meal - 9p
Bed - 11p (KetoInduce dose)
The only other supplements I will be using will be protein powders (various), bcaas (pre/intra, post workout and throughout the fast), and a pre workout as needed.
I will be posting mostly about my diet and how things feel/look. Training notes (power/strength etc) will be posted, but not full workouts.
Please feel free to ask questions, propose changes, etc etc... I'll add starting pics in a minute as well as stats for major lifts and body.
Depasi dsade MidwestBeast
Many of you have read the label/recommendation that Defuse only be run for short periods (a few days max), but that is at full dose... Matt at Evomuse has decided to sponsor a slew of logs to test out his theory of the fat loss benefits of stacking a low, daily dose of Defuse with KetoInduce.
Defuse has been a staple in my cheat meal/day regiment for quite a long time now so I'm interested to see what a low dose can do paired with the unique MOA of KetoInduce.
Here's the protocol that Matt has suggested:
KetoInduce as directed, one dose prebed after limiting carb intake for 2 hours before bed. Defuse (1 cap) will be taken at the break of your fast, with another cap taken at lunch/afternoon meal. A 2-3 cap serving will be taken, depending on your macros, with your dinner or post workout meal.
Thought process: Since it's release I've warned about running full dose Defuse for long periods of time. The body does tend to seek out balance and homeostasis, and if you cripple fat storage enzymes/pathways too strongly for too long, the body WILL adapt and you won't like the consequences. Defuse at low dose will reduce those enzymes slightly, with the evening dose preventing fat storage for a period of hours - at which point you will take the KI, and kickstart ketosis with plenty of FFA in your blood stream.
For some further reading on KetoIduce:
http://anabolicminds.com/forum/evomuse/279277-evomuse-ketoinduce-writeup.html#post5307461
My plan/life:
I travel almost every week mon-thurs/fri. This means that I have had to adapt my diet to changing time zones, odd hours, and interesting food choices/availability levels... I was always a typical yo-yo dieter and would gain 40-50lb in the fall/winter (20-25%bf) and then lose those same 40-50lb and get down to single digit bf each summer (usually only for a few weeks... and after MONTHS of hard dieting)... This year I decided would be the end of that. I've taken up IF and typically eat only 1-2 meals each day, and only in the evenings. This has allowed me to maintain reasonable condition year round, but obviously I want to tune things up a bit for the summer
I run a modified 6-day PHAT plan that I've designed myself and used quite a few times. A typical week of training looks like this:
Mon - Off
Tues - Pull hypertrophy
Weds - Push hypertrophy
Thurs - Legs hypertrophy
Fri - Pull power
Sat - Push power
Sun - Legs power
My diet right now is: 2000cals/day, 250g protein / 150g carbs / 45g fat ... these differ slightly day to day, but I typically end up with higher protein and slightly lower fat (while keeping total cals in range). For this log, I plan to lower the carbs and protein a bit and up the fat a bit as well. I'll have only one meal with carbs, and most will be from veggies. A typical day for me will look like this:
Wake - 5:30a
Gym - 6a
Work (12p dose of defuse? dsade can let me know if this should happen or not. would be with bcaas)
Dinner - 6p (all carbs consumed here - 2 caps defuse as this will be my biggest meal)
Pre-bed Meal - 9p
Bed - 11p (KetoInduce dose)
The only other supplements I will be using will be protein powders (various), bcaas (pre/intra, post workout and throughout the fast), and a pre workout as needed.
I will be posting mostly about my diet and how things feel/look. Training notes (power/strength etc) will be posted, but not full workouts.
Please feel free to ask questions, propose changes, etc etc... I'll add starting pics in a minute as well as stats for major lifts and body.
Depasi dsade MidwestBeast