{"id":124,"date":"2007-05-25T05:00:47","date_gmt":"2007-05-25T09:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/fitness-experiment-week-3\/"},"modified":"2013-08-14T12:51:03","modified_gmt":"2013-08-14T20:51:03","slug":"slow-carb-diet-week-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/slow-carb-diet-week-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Slow Carb Diet and Colorado Experiment Week 3"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It’s been three weeks following the slow carb diet suggested by Tim Ferriss<\/a>. I have to thank Eugene Thong<\/a> because his breathing advice cured the exercise induced headaches I’d been getting. This is very important to learn for anyone who isn’t experienced weight training with the 5-5 cadence (5 seconds up and 5 seconds down for each repetition).<\/p>\n

The problem was that I was only taking one breath for each repetition. This worked fine at my old pace, but the 5-5 cadence makes repetitions much longer. Although I was breathing deeply, pressure built up and caused the headaches. This is the correct breathing technique that I’ve started using as Eugene<\/a> described it:<\/p>\n

Overbreathe – Rather than use the \u201cexhale when you exert, inhale when you relax\u201d standard, breathe with a steady repeating pattern, increasing your rate of breathing as the effort increases. At the end of the set when you\u2019re giving your best efforts, your breathing should almost resemble Lamaze or hyperventilating.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Now that I’m breathing right I’ve gotten back into the weight training. I’m optimistic it will compliment the diet and lead to some nice results in the next few weeks.<\/p>\n

Slow Carb Diet<\/h2>\n

A couple observations on the diet:<\/p>\n