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ORIGINAL: Snaeke

"<b>You need to make sure you are getting 2-2.5 grams of protein per pound of bodyweight each day along with 2 ? 3 grams of carbs depending on your metabolism (if you are carb sensitive cut it back to 1.5-2 grams and compensate the calories with extra protein. Fats should be minimal 40 grams or under. </b>"

Maybe I'm either missing something or I'm just different, but unless you're a 250 lb. mountain of muscle on gear and/or do a lot of non-stop hard physical labor at work, wouldn't you end up unecessarily putting on A LOT MORE FAT than muscle with those figures? For example, lets go with a diet of 2.5g protein, 3g carbs, and 40g fat for a 200 lb individual.
Protein(500g) & Carbs(600g) have 4 calories per gram & fat has 9 calories per gram.
This comes to a total of 4,760cals=(42%)500x4 + (50%)600x4 + (7.6%)40x9
In order to get this amount daily, say if you were eating 6 meals per day spaced out every 2.5-3 hours, you would need to consume 83g protein, 100g carbs, and 7g fat per meal(795cals total). Unless you're using gear or split the meals up even more & can sleepwalk & eat while in REM sleep every couple hours, how would most people ever be able to utilize that much protein? Wouldn't a lot of it get passed out through the stool(talk about money down the toilet, eh? heh) and/or stored as fat in the adipose tissues?
hahah, I would go flat broke trying to buy the amount of food necessary for such a diet if I were someone that weighed 250+ lbs. [:p]

Another thing I'm wondering about is why so little fat(7.6%), especially with those figures for protein & carbs? Granted, we don't need anywhere near as much compared to protein & carbs, but we do need certain fats(specifically polyunsaturated fats/omega-3,6,9 fatty acids, monounsaturated fats). Fat helps out with the absorption of fat soluble nutrients such as Vitamin A, D, E, and K. Another thing is its used as a structural component in all cell membranes & helps with hormone production(or for the gear user, recovery of natural production after cycle). They don't get stored as fat like saturated fats. EFA's(polyunsaturated fats) aren't produced by the body & must be obtained from your diet. Reducing to the point of having a deficit in these fats and choosing to "overkill" with protein & carbs and the only thing you're going to put on quicker is jiggling FAT.
So for a 4760 cal diet(or any other diet), I think the lowest fat intake is around 15%, so you want 714 of those calories from fats, which calculates into 79g fat(4760x.15 = 714/9 = 79).

If you're on gear, you definitely want to up your fat intake along with the other elements(i.e. protein, carbs). Otherwise, you're robbing yourself of gains because your body is lacking in key building materials and is unable to absorb enough nutrients in order for you to get the most out of your cycle. I'm also sure that most of the gear users here know that certain fats help a lot in keeping the bad cholesterol levels under control, since abnormally high test levels can raise it.

As I said before, maybe I'm missing something. Some of this stuff I picked up from a recent visit to a well known Registered Dietician in my state. Of course, some dieticians focus more on weight loss & diets for diabetics, out-patients, etc., and tend to be a little rusty in areas dealing with sports nutrition & mass gain. heh, when it comes to steroids, most of them are ignorant.

Other than that, it looks like a good "muscle shock" routine. Back when I was doing pyramids, I tried something similar for 4 weeks and put on close to 12 lbs. Definitely not something you want to do for too long because it does catch up to you.