In my experience most serious lads in the gym eat plenty of rice and pasta for carbs, it'd be hard to bulk without them, Olympian Steve Redgrave (T2) had to use insulin to cover the amount of carbs he needed when competing.
But then there's carbs, and carbs, some will digest at the same speed your bolus is absorbed, and some wont.
The T2 I knew once who reversed his condition through weight lifting low carbed, but he was there to lose weight, not every weight lifter is a body builder I guess.