REMINDER that to MAXIMISE GAINS you must INTERMITTENT FAST:
>Fasting for a 24-hour time period showed a dramatic elevation of human growth hormone levels. In this particular study, the result was a 2,000% increase. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC329619/?page=6 >Some people claim that fasting a single day causes loss of ¼ pound of muscle. Studies prove that this does not occur. In fact, the opposite can happen. In comparing caloric reduction diets to fasting, the fasting was 4 times better at preserving lean mass. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27569118 >Caloric ingestion, regardless of the macronutrient, causes a decrease in testosterone in the male body. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11319710 >As shown in this study from the Journal of Obesity, subjects who fasted experienced an elevated level of fat burning. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17372321 >In this study published in the American Journal of Physiology, fasting-induced autophagy increased the efficiency of the removal of toxins and estrogenic compounds, and blocking estrogen is definitely optimal. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21106691 >Two sets of male subjects: 9 massively obese men and 8 non-obese men. Both groups took part in an overnight fast as well as a 54-hour fast. The obese men saw a 26% increase in Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone, or GnRH, a testosterone pre-cursor. The non-obese men experienced an increase in GnRH by 67% as well as a 180% increase in serum testosterone levels. anabolicmen.com/intermittent-fasting-testosterone/
The fact that intermittent fasting increases testosterone and stimulates all the right hormones that support healthy testosterone production, while suppressing the hormones that interfere with testosterone production, has made me a lifelong participant in the habit.
>If you’re a man, intermittent fasting is the best kind of way to eat for hormonal health.
I don't normally post but I wanted to share my exp for anons.
I experimented with fasting / IF almost 7 months. First I did 16/8 for 2 months and then I started doing warrior diet ( 20/4) for another 5 months.
The real challenge wasn't staying away from food or not eating. it was eating enough during your feeding window. Seriously if you want to gain weight IF is not the best idea, especially the extreme ones like 20/4.
What happened is that, at first I managed to get all those KCall in in those 4 hours but soon I starrted to dread. cause if you haven't eaten for 20 hours and then eat you can't eat as much. and you get lazy af.
I do think the fasting attributed to my younger looking skin.
so what happened is that I basically conditioned myself to not need as much food.
I do not do IF anymore but I can still easily go a day without food. Which is nice.
The downside is that I basically conditioned myself and I am just not hungry and eat smaller meals, still.
I wanted to gain weight on IF/Warrior Diet. What happened instead is that I lost 10kg in 7 months. ( desu I also slacked workouts and shit but )
Yeah.
dunno senpaitachi. I wanted to believe and for a while I did and it was great. But at the end of the ride I have to conclude that if you have a normal life, a job, a wife, maybe kids, a house, shit to do.... Keeping up with IF/Warrior to gain muscle isn't aa good idea
Robert Smith
IF, combined with fasted workouts is just too good. If you're not doing it then wtf are you doing?
Zachary Stewart
What's a fasted workout?
Anyway, I'm doing the 16/8 fasing schedule right now. Basically skip breakfast and eat a decent lunch and dinner. We'll see how it goes, on day five and it isn't that hard though my depression has already conditioned me to go long hours without food so I'm not expecting much trouble there.
Ryan Hernandez
>Fasting for a 24-hour time period showed a dramatic elevation of human growth hormone levels. In this particular study, the result was a 2,000% increase.
y-you got me interested
Hunter Perry
working out on an empty stomach O N E M E A L A D A Y CMON
Nathaniel Perry
>been IF'ing for years >sometimes do just one meal a day >experimenting with a new schedule >fasted training at 10 PM -> eat -> sleep This is going to be interesting.
Eli Roberts
What are the benefits of working out on an empty stomach?
Aaron Martin
Less power
Hunter Evans
Implications for athletes: This has enormous implications for athletes. This is called ‘training in the fasted state’. Increased nor-adrenalin from fasting will pump you up to train harder. At the same time, the elevated HGH stimulated by fasting should increase muscle mass and make recovery from a workout easier and faster. This would be an important advantage in elite level athletes, and we are seeing more and more interest in doing this exact sort of protocol.
So, for all those people who thought that fasting would make you tired, or that you could not exercise during fasting, well, you’re just wrong. Fasting does not ‘burn’ muscle. There is no ‘starvation’ mode from fasting where you shrivel up into the fetal position on your couch.
Rather, fasting has the potential to unleash the anti-aging properties of HGH without any of the problems of excessive HGH (prostate cancer, increased blood sugar, increased blood pressure). For those interested in athletic performance, the benefits are even greater.
