Carbs

Donna doing pushups on her toes with great form

What determines how many carbs you can eat. There are two factors 1) how lean are you 2) how active are you. The leaner you are the more carbs you can eat. Leaner people are better able to utilize carbs because they are more insulin sensitive. When you are more insulin sensitive it means that more of the carbs go to muscle instead of fat. How lean do you need to be to begin to add more carbs back into your diet. According to Charles Poliquin men should be 10% bodyfat or under and women should be 14% -12% bodyfat. The other factor that determines how many carbs you can eat is your activity levels. When you are active you deplete your glycogen stores and can afford to eat more carbs. Just be careful not to over consume carbs if you are active because many people overestimate how many they really need.

Workout of the Day

Slam Ball

Sprint

Waiters walk

Burpee

Jump rope

45 seconds of work/45 seconds of rest

4 rounds