Zig Zag diet??

[PowerBuilder]

does anyone here use a zig zag diet? This is where you have +500 calories for a week or so, -500 calories for a week or so, rather than big half year long bulking cutting diets. Fred Hatfield invented this diet, but it seems like it hasn't caught on to bodybuilding for some reason.

 

[Muay Thai Guy]

i throw in a few days in the week of 500+ calories mostly from carbs just to give the old metabolism a kick

seems to be working ok

 

[JCalvin619]

Good question.... I always try to intake as much as many calories as I can because I am a hard gainer. I would think the deciding factors for this diet to work would be on the person, what thier current weight and goals are, age, metabolism rate, genetics, etc.

 

[BigDogg]

Check out www.drsquat.com. He has a good article on the zig zag method. It has worked very well for me in the past.