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Anonymous
Has anyone here tried intermittent fasting? What kind of schedule did you follow/does it work at all?
>> Anonymous
www.theiflife.com

i doubt anyone here is more knowledgeable than that good 'ol Mike OD

but I do practice IF, 3 days a week 1 24-hour fast, and 2 20-hour fasts. Everything Mike OD claims in his 101 about IF is true, mental clarity, less caloric intake, better recovery (with limits), and of course less hassle of nutrition.

I have to say though, for the general person it's good to fast, but if you train 5-6 times a week at 90-95% MHR or high intensities for long periods it's not ideal to fast. Otherwise you won't be able to train that hard for very long due to glycogen stores depletion, or you won't be able to train due to time constraints with digesting
>> Anonymous
Once I'm down to my desired weight and body fat, I will cut out fasting and increase workload.

I train about 10-15 hours a week (through 5-6 days) and right now I'm fine with recovery with the fasting, but once I achieve 160# and a low body fat I want to increase workload and unless I cut out the fasting, I probably won't be able to recover overnight.
>> Anonymous
Also this article is probably the best on IF
http://www.theiflife.com/2008/08/29/intermittent-fasting-roundtable-the-experts-talk-about-if-for-fa
t-loss-muscle-and-health/
>> Anonymous
I'm going to try this out tomorrow.
>> Anonymous
I posted research articles yesterday to rebut his claims about there being zero science to back eating 5-6 meals a day speeding up the metabolism. Like a bitch he won't post it in the comments section. It's obvious they're trying to sell something
>> Anonymous
this is late night infomercial shit, no different than the "CLEANSE YOUR TOXINZ" ads.

this is NOT science

there is NO MAGIC

not a single doctor in the world would ever say this 'is a good thing'

how about you just eat fucking healthy? eat frequent, small to medium sized meals, with limited processed food, emphasis on fruits and veggies (in as raw a state as possible?)
JUST DO THIS
>> Anonymous
>>444705

So I'm guessing you've never tried it.
>> Anonymous
There's some science backing IF, but these freaks act like fucking Crossfitters. No one gives a shit, because it's not the be-all, end-all of nutrition.
>> Anonymous
>>444866
well said

smells very 'kool-aid'
>> Anonymous
actually this sounds like good advice. why not try it for a few weeks? see what happens. even if you didnt eat for 2 weeks it wouldnt irreversibly fuck up your body forever, even if it did, you have to die someday
>> Anonymous
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doesnt work
>> Anonymous
>>444913
sure, i agree with people taking an active interest in alternative diets, and giving it a good effort.

For a random, fit, member of the general populous/and or aspiring Buddhist monk, sure, whatever, likely won’t create much of an impact either direction. but for an athletic crowd, this just d/n work. for fat people, this just d/n work. sure you will lose weight during the starving times, but your body is fantastic at adaptation, and will adjust by lowering your own metabolism and derive energy from muscle tissue, as it is a source of calories AND reduces total metabolic demand, making your body even better and more efficient at starving.

still, how can 'eat nothing for some large amount of time' be better than just eating fruits and veggies over the same time period? both are low/non existent in calories (not going to ‘make you fat’). but one has nutrition and maintains the metabolism, while the other is pure catabolism, with metabolic reduction, in both the short term and long term (through muscle tissue catabolized for energy/efficiency)

and I haven’t even touched on the systemic processes that occur once food is reintroduced into a ‘starvation state’ body or the elevated catecholamines and stress hormones.