for those interested in it...
http://www.fatlosstroubleshoot.com/if.html
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for those interested in it...
http://www.fatlosstroubleshoot.com/if.html
Have any of you guys heard of this? apparently, you fast for around 16 hours a day, and eat for 8 hours a day.
the first real meal you have is your pre-workout meal, and for the rest of the 8 hour "feasting zone" you have all your daily calories, then go back to fasting till the next pre-workout meal.
seems like you would be eating away at lbm.
http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=3587831
I'll be honest I think that sounds like an absolutely terrible idea. No matter what your goals are people always tell you to spread your meals out through the day...smaller/more frequent, because it keeps your metabolism up a bit. Taking in so many excess cals all at once you clearly won't need all that for the moment which means your body is just going to store it. We know what that means. And what happens during 16 hours? Why would you ever not eat for 16 hours? I think all this "fasting strategy" would do is increase your bodyfat.
shit somebody better close this thread before bullshit starts
fasting?
my ass!
bodybuilder
powerbodybuilder
powerlifter
or a fitness shit head
your stomach should never be empty!
or it is gonna lead you to have some serious fat gains or muscle waste
now please
someone
close this shit
well if you can fit 400 cals into an 8 hr period, one i dont think thats healthy and two its just gotta be difficult, i had a problem doing it in 16-18 hrs i dunno how you can do that n 8. and as a powerlifter/ fatboy i just enjoy eating so that sounds god awful if someone could do that to themselves
I wouldn't advise fasting for any hard training athlete... The body is a machine that needs fuel to function properly.
The only exception to this would be athletes observing religious traditions, but those are special occasions and rare cases. Peace, G
I agree... the machine must have enough fuel in it any time of the day (and night)... so eat up
don't think im going to not eat for 16 hours, i can barely go 30 mins after a meal without eyeing food. I just don't see how someone can promote a diet where you starve yourself for such a long time.
I know what you mean. Some of my friends don't eat for hours on end....Sometimes I wonder how they can even live like that since every two hours I've gotta eat or I feel like I'm dying..
I read on Gerard Dante's book, can't remember the name of the book, were he talks about structured fasting....believe it or not it was during a bulk that he suggests you to do it, however he doesn't recommend fasting for a day, what he recommends is to take a day when you only eat at times when you get hungry, now we all know that on a bulk there are times when it is hard to eat another meal, his argument is that your body needs a break from all the food you are feeding it and a day off from all the food intake can actually be beneficial.
Is that consider a fast? well if you are normally eating every 2 to 3 hours and on a given day you go without food for lets say 10 to 12 hours than I guess it can be considered a form of fasting.
isnt that called the warrior diet?
the book is called something like "extreme bodybuilding" something like that.
I thought it was helpful cus he didn't push sups per se but instead recommends a solid nutrition plan and off course bustin your ass on the gym and proper rest.....sound familiar?
Hey fellas, let's not get crazy with this whole IF thing... There is a basis for it and, depending on who you ask, a solid rationale. Let's not bash it simply cuz we don't understand it. Me, I think it's kinda interesting--the basis for it, that is.
It's not for me. That's where I draw the line...I won't go so far as to say it wont work for anyone else. My boy Arbalest says it's working great for him, so be it. Like I said, I'm not interested in any sort of fasting, but if it works for you, do it...just like everything else in bodybuilding.
if you want to get big. you eat. a lot.
I just wonder how your body could hadle 3,500 calories in 8 hours time. If you broke that down to say 4 meals in 8 hours that would be 875 calories a meal. That is A LOT of solid food to digest.
How would your stomach react to the massive change in calories as well? Hypothetically speaking lets say you sleep for 8 hours and then don't eat for another 4 hours, eat like crazy for 8 hours and then another 4 hours of nothing? It just seems like it would be A LOT to ask of your body.
Just my 2 cents