{"id":12047,"date":"2021-08-03T17:30:13","date_gmt":"2021-08-03T21:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/barbend.com\/?p=12047"},"modified":"2024-07-01T20:42:25","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T00:42:25","slug":"ketogenic-diet-strength-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/barbend.com\/ketogenic-diet-strength-training\/","title":{"rendered":"Should You Follow the Ketogenic Diet While Strength Training?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Anyone in the strength sports world who isn\u2019t training in a cave has surely heard of the keto diet<\/a>. You know, the diet that lets you eat all the bacon and avocado that you can stomach while shedding fat<\/a>, maintaining muscle<\/a>, and still dominating your sport \u2014 all you have to do is give up carbs. But will it make you stronger<\/a>?<\/p>\n

The ketogenic diet<\/a> hasn\u2019t shown any signs of slowing down since bursting onto the mainstream years ago, and it\u2019s still one of the hottest nutrition trends. And while there are many supposed benefits \u2014 like making our Navy Seals even deadlier<\/a> \u2014 there\u2019s still some debate on whether or not it can aid strength athletes. <\/p>\n

Below, we\u2019ll dive a little deeper into that debate and determine whether athletes can get stronger on a low- or no-carb diet, and if ketosis will help them during their next meet.<\/p>\n

What is the Keto Diet, and What is Ketosis? <\/h2>\n

The ketogenic diet<\/a>, or keto as it\u2019s more commonly known, is a high-fat diet designed to keep the body in a near-constant state of ketosis, a metabolic state where the body creates ketones from fat to use as energy instead of sugar from carbs (the body\u2019s primary and preferred energy source).<\/p>\n

A typical keto diet has 70 percent of your overall calories from fat, 25 percent from protein, and just five percent (about 50 grams) from carbohydrates \u2014 though some versions nix carbs altogether. <\/p>\n

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