Q&A with Chris "The Technician" Aceto, master guru

[tony63]

Chris, have you ever had a client mix both fast and slow carbs pre-workout?

[fatbackgoal]

Chris,

I am curious to know if you have worked with people that are a large frame but put on fat easily? If you have what are some of the areas you have had success in getting them in better/contest shape?

[Chris Aceto]

im kinda intrested to hear your opinion on fat intake pre contest and off season. i have all your books but i think when you wrote them we didnt know what we know now. has your views on fats changed? how much fat should a bodybuilder get and from what sources preshow and off season?

nothings changed

[Chris Aceto]

Chris

I am currently reading Championship Bodybuilding and you recommend doing cardio at 65% to 75% of your maximum heart rate. I run a keto diet and Dave P's recommends training no higher than 130 bpm. Do you think that while running a keto diet that you can still go 65 to 75% without sacrificing muscle? Glycogen stores are already somewhat low.

Btw love the book, its really a great read.

On a keto diet I would emphasize lower intensity cardio.

[Chris Aceto]

Chris, have you ever had a client mix both fast and slow carbs pre-workout?

Off season you can stick with a mix emphasizing a bit more simples pre training. When you combine siumples with slow the slower burning carbs drag or slow the breakdown of the simples anyways making them "less simple"

For dieting I stick with SLOW burning pre training UNL:ESS the BB is really lean then I will have him eat simples pre training . Simples seem more anticataboliuc ESPECIALLY when you are lean.

[tony63]

Off season you can stick with a mix emphasizing a bit more simples pre training. When you combine siumples with slow the slower burning carbs drag or slow the breakdown of the simples anyways making them "less simple"

For dieting I stick with SLOW burning pre training UNL:ESS the BB is really lean then I will have him eat simples pre training . Simples seem more anticataboliuc ESPECIALLY when you are lean.

Great points, thank you!

[GDavis]

Mr. Aceto I have some general questions regarding your GH Accelerator product from Procard Nutrition. Regarding optimal uses while consuming the product;

• Is product effective during both a bulking and leaning down phase?
• Should the product be cycled? If so what would that look like?
• Any additional benefits to increased dosage? Or being consumed with any
another supplement?
• For best results the bottle states “ abstain from eating Carbohydrates for
2-3 hours before bed” I train at night so this is somewhat problematic, by
the time I consume my post workout meal. Before bed I usually consume a
Casein Protein product, which has between 2-5 residual carbohydrates. Is
this enough to affect the GH Accelerator? If this hinders the GH Accelerator
how do you recommend somebody who uses the GH Accelerator but still
keeping protein in your system during sleep?
• Any issues taking a product like Gasepri Novedex XT and GH accelerator at
the same time (30 minutes before bed)?

*******KreOxi Pump is the best pre-workout pill product I have ever used!!

[GDavis]

What are your thoughts on caffeine free diet soda during dieting? Does consuming it between meals have any drawbacks?

[El_ToRro]

Hi Chris,

I asked this question on the Milos Q & A but then realized he hasnt been on there for over 4 months. Now i realise you do not profess to being a drug guru and im not sure if you even subscribe to the theory that injectable inslin has any positive benefit to a bodybuilder. Its just a question i have always asked myself and im wondering if you know what the reasoning/justification or percived benefit is behind the many bodybuilders who DO use insulin. The question is:

What advantage does injected insulin have over the insulin produced naturally by the (non diabetic) human body? If there is no more room for storage in liver/muscles wouldnt the body just store the rest as fat regardless of wheather you injected the insulin or it was produced naturally? I mean what difference is there between doing say a 10iu shot of insulin and then having to eat 100 grams of sugars....or on the other hand eating 100 grams of sugar and letting the body produce the insulin naturally. Wouldnt the body just produce the required amount of insulin and store the muscle/liver glycogen just the same.

[mygirlsdad]

Hello Chris, I'm wondering if you are available for any contest prep online? Thanks

[brooklyn wolf02]

Hi Chris.I experimented how many carbs I have to eat in 1 day period with no protein (exatcly 24 hours) and with no activity to maitain my weight!I ate 500 grams of pasta and after 20 hours I was empty (in ketosis) this means that I burned all those 350 carbs with doing nothing all day only watching TV!And then I added 250 grams of protein from turkey and egg whites throught the day and I started gainig fat!I thought that if I add lean no fat protein I would only feed my muscles but I gain fat!Now I don`t uderstand why I gain fat-from pasta there are 1400 ENERGY calories and this is my maintence and another 1000 added calories from protein are building blocks?Do this extra 1000 calories from protein make me gain fat??What I have to do to maintain my weight feed the muscles and not gain fat-do I have to even the calories from protein and carbs to get a target 1400 calories that is for my maintence?? (I saw Ronnie Coleman video The Cost Of Redemption and there in his Offseason he ate only 200 grams of carbs and lean protein around 500 grams and I asked myself how he gain weight (fat) if he eats only 200 grams of carbs do weight training and cardio and every day fall in ketosis which means that his glycogen is empty -maybe this 500grams of protein + 200 grams of carbs make 2800 calories and that make him gain weight) am I correct???

[latina_muscle_barbie]

Just wanted to say thank you for contacting us on our order ! I am looking forward to my peanut butter oh its just a protein shake

Thanks again
Have a safe New Year
Barb

[Jaredmus]

Chris,
Im dieting right now im a little under 12 weeks out and im doing high protein high carbs low fat, and the weight is coming off really easy with me only doing 15 mins of cardio 3 times a week, is it ok that i am having one cheat meal with high fat and carbs once a week for the next 3 weeks then cut them out at 8 weeks out?

[tony63]

Chris, I am planing on taking ONE Nordrenalean a day ( not a whole dose ). Would it be ok to take it with my KreOxi Pump???


Thx....

[FloridaMuscle]

Chris,

I've been using your products since they became available. ECDY N7 is the best protein powder I've ever taken. Concerning the 6.7gr of aminos in the ECDY N7 is the break down proprietary? or are you able to share the Leucine, Isoleucine and Valine grams? Thanks and have a Happy New Year.