You know that really ripped guy at the gym that you're jealous of, you know the one that you think has to be using steroids because he's massive.  Well the fact of the matter is, he's probably just eating better than you.  One of the closest held secrets of body builders has to do with their nutrition.  Now you might be like most people, exercising so that you can eat what you want, but if you really want to see results you need to get your nutrition in check.  In this article we'll cover the dirty little nutrition secret that body builders don't want you to know about which is Carb Cycling. 

Carb Cycling is the perfect harmony of nutrition and working out.  The main basis of carb cycling is changing your diet based on which exercise you'll be doing that day.  Most people either don't focus on their nutrition or they choose a diet to follow that sticks them with the same types of foods day after day.  With carb cycling the first step is to split up your workouts.  On two to three workouts a week do intense interval cardio training first thing in the morning from a fasting state.  On the days that you do just cardio you'll focus on eating only non starchy carbs, non starchy carbs are vegetables, green beans, salads, apples, grapefruits, those types of foods.  On the other days you'll do intensive weight training two to three times a week then you'll toss in the starchy carbs for 2-3 of your meals.  Now these will need to be quality starchy carbs like oatmeal, brown rice, wild rice, yams, sweet potatoes, maybe even a healthy wholegrain bread occasionally or a whole grain pasta.

Now you don't want to go overboard with the carbs, remember on weight training days only you can have these starchy carbs in 2-3 of your meals.  The amount of carbs that you take in with each meal will depend on your size so for small people under 150 pounds you'll want to shoot for fifty to a hundred grams of carbs with each meal.  For the medium sized people between 150-180 pounds you need to eat between one hundred and two hundred grams of carbs.  And for the larger people over 180 pounds you'll need 200 to 300 grams of carbs with each meal combined with your protein.

The biggest key to making this program work is to focus on not doing cardio and weight training on the same days.  For the most part try to get your intense interval cardio in first thing in the morning in a fasted state and then eat the non starchy carbs throughout the day in your meals.  Like we said before carb cycling is by far one of the biggest secrets in the body building and fitness circles.  This system and these methods will work whether you're a veteran body builder who wants to even out in between contests or you're just starting and have never worked out before.