During intermittent fasting (IF), it is recommended to train/lift while fasting and eat 1-2 hours after training.
My question is WHY?
If I train while fasting I have little energy and most importantly, I feel weak as hell! Which means I can't lift as heavy as I could had I eaten a meal/gobbled a banana/etc, then hit the gym.
Also, I understand that after a hard workout your body is starving for nutrients (hence why i down a protein shake as i'm walking out of the gym).
So wouldn't it make sense to eat as soon as possible after training???
Why is it more important to train while fasting???
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Thread: Lifting while fasting
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08-20-2012, 06:55 PM #1
Lifting while fasting
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08-20-2012, 07:11 PM #2
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I train while fasted all the time and I prefer it to training fed. The scientific basis, from what I understand, is that training fasted is more beneficial than training fed because the fed state is a rested state and the fasted state is a "search for food/hunting" state and you should actually have more energy. I always feel sluggish and bogged down when training fed.
Originally Posted by Martin Berkhan, Top Ten Fasting Myths Debunked
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10837292Some people just don't want to hear the simplicity of it all, because then there's no excuse when they fail.
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08-20-2012, 07:23 PM #3
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08-20-2012, 08:24 PM #5
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You're face is so close that you can't see the forest for the trees. Don't start nitpicking what constitutes a fasted state and a fed state. Just train when you are able to train, it's really not that big of a deal at all. I highly doubt the most successful bodybuilders and powerlifters practiced IF anyway, which would go to show you that fasted training isn't what makes people great.
You certainly could try Eat, Stop, Eat (36/12) fasting if you REALLY (rolls eyes) want to train with your maximum metabolic rate. I've never tried 36/12 fasting but I imagine it would be difficult.Some people just don't want to hear the simplicity of it all, because then there's no excuse when they fail.
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08-20-2012, 08:33 PM #6
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Let's try and clear some things up. Fasted training is not inherently better then training fed. Some people prefer to train fasted. I am one of them. If however you train better after eating then by all means EAT! Afterall, two of the 4 meal plans Martin lays out at leangains.com involve a pretraining meal. Furthermore, it doesn't matter if you drink a protein shake as you walk out of the gym or wait 2 hours to eat. What counts are your macro nutrient totals for the day. Leangains is about flexibility and you guys are trying to make it rigid. Just do whatever works best.
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08-20-2012, 09:13 PM #9
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08-20-2012, 09:22 PM #10
But its a bad study, so its results are irrelevant.
And the one study had them hooked up to an IV giving them epinephrine.
So unless you walk around with an IV in your arm, the results probably arent exactly applicable to you.
Plus how many studies were there that suggested no difference ?
I mean you could of had 2 studies 10 years apart that said the same thing, but 100 others that said something different.
You either got to go with a statistically relevant properly designed study with proper controls, or a metaanalysis.
Not to mention I dont see any control groups, which is really damn important.
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