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NOTE: This is part two, click here for part one!  click here for part three!click here for part four!
Phase II Phase II of the Deadline Diet will also last four weeks. Here's where it gets a little unique. In this phase, fat along with a low amount of carbohydrates will be our main energy source. The diet ratios for phase two are as follows:
1.0 grams of fat per pound of LBM .5 grams of carbohydrates per pound of LBM Notice, we are calculating these new numbers by lean body weight…not total body weight. What that means is, you will need to know your body fat percentage and then do a little math. To determine your body fat percentage, you will need to have a body fat test by a personal trainer or someone qualified to conduct a 9-point skin caliper test. If you are unable to determine your body fat percentage, then use the old faithful best guest. Get a personal body fat caliper starting at $ 13.98, click here!
In Phase II, you should be a little sluggish at first, because you are taking in a much lower amount of carbohydrates than in Phase I. Do not worry, about two weeks into this phase your energy and strength will go up. What you will be experiencing is a hormonal response, which happens from the ingestion of high amounts of quality fats. Now, you may think. Oh yeah? Prove it! Show me the studies, big boy! Listen, based on my own experience working with top level bodybuilders and others, high amounts of fat does increase strength levels, especially after a four week fat deprived diet.
You should be
getting your fat from nuts (cashews, peanuts, walnuts), steak (top
sirloin, flank, or filet), other fat sources like lean ground beef,
olives, whole eggs, peanut butter and oils such as flax or evening
primrose.
Phase
II Example Diet
300 gms of Protein Day 1 Monday
The object here
is to stay within your ratios as much as possible. Try to eat the
majority of your carbohydrates after your workout and in the morning
to jump-start your metabolism. Since you will only be getting half
a gram of carbohydrate per pound of lean body weight, you will have
to be careful! In reality, you will need at least 50-70 grams immediately
after your workout for glycogen replenishment, which is very important
if you want to be able to train the next day!
This is why, I recommend
using Vitargo-CGL post workout for the
best source of easily digestible and readily available carbohydrates.
Simply take one or one half of a serving of Vitargo-CGL
with 20 oz / 10 oz of water following your workout, and watch your
muscles swell up from the extra glycogen infusion. Using a good
glycogen replenishment product on a low carbohydrate diet, such
as the Deadline Diet, right after your training, can make all the
difference between retaining a full muscular look or appearing flat
and over-dieted.
Besides these cosmetic reasons, replenishing muscular
glycogen stores efficiently and comprehensively is a giant step
towards optimum recovery and hence, initiating muscle growth as
quickly as possible following your training session.
Coleus Forskohlii does so, without negatively impairing your natural
thyroid hormonal output. Coleus Forskohlii is particularly effective
during periods of dieting because it will help to re-set your thyroid
activity to normal levels. All diets gradually slow down the activity
of your thyroid gland, which explains why losing body fat becomes
harder and harder as your diet progresses.
The natural phyto-chemical
Coleus Forskohlii combats this problem and keeps your thyroid activity
going, so you can continue shedding body fat without having to resort
to extreme measures. The Yohimbine HCL, an alpha 2 receptor blocker,
will help prevent the binding of estrogen. Yohimbine HCL also cracks
open fat cells in those stubborn and hard to reach areas of your
oblique, gluteus and hamstrings. If you are shooting for striated
gluteus and deeply etched hamstrings in your rear double biceps
and lat spread poses, Yohimbine HCL is the way to go.
These two
ingredients, along with a few others in Lipo-6
such as the beta 3 receptor activators Synephrine, Octopamine and
Hordenine are absolutely helpful towards our final goal. The other
reason we are using a thermogenic is to counter the initial drop
in energy levels during the first two weeks in this phase. Start
off with one capsule 2-3 times per day depending on your needs.
I would not use a full dosage until you get used to it, take just
enough to get you going when you need it. Now for the cardio guidelines for phase two. You will keep doing cardio four times per week, but now you are going to bump it up to 45 minutes per session instead of 30 minutes. By the end of phase two, you should be starting to look fairly good, but we are only half done. NOTE: This is part two, click here for part one! click here for part three!click here for part four!
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If I may quote the bodybuilding monster Dave Palumbo ‘With
this diet ratio you could actually eat at the nutritional nightmare
McDonalds’. Just order three hamburgers and the condiments,
take the bread off and have three stacks of burger with only one
bun. Sounds pretty good compared to 
The workout
I recommend is still the 
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