1) Intermittent Fasting - good or not?
I've asked around on this, and responses have been mixed. The theory is you starve your body for a set period of time (usually 16-24 hours) then have a 6-8 hour window where you eat whatever you would normally eat across the whole day. Your workout can take place in the fasted state, or during the eating window.
Many people have recorded huge fat loss results using this technique. It's not for everybody though.
2) Cardio before or after weights?
Again, my responses to this question have been mixed. I'm usually quite tired and my form is pretty bad after the cardio session, but many people believe that's a good thing, if you concentrate enough you should achieve a near enough good form. That sounds like a load of BS to me, personally. I'm going to try and do weights before cardio now.
Also, just as an aside - Innocent Smoothies ? What's the deal with these? Surely they can't just be 100% pure fruit, they taste waaay too good.
Share your experiences guys, there's plenty of Youtube videos out there (particularly on Intermittent fasting, maybe you can watch them and see if it's all a load of crap.
A couple of questions
posted on 25/11/13
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posted on 30/11/13
Dnt get too excited a lot of early loss is water. As for Casio b4...suicide IMO. Lifting is ur priority cardio after.
posted on 12/1/14
Santi in terms of intemritant fasting if suggest following a bloke called Scott Alexander on twitter. Guy seriously knows what he's on about.
I haven't tried it yet.
posted on 15/1/14
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posted on 15/1/14
Vik I mainly watch the Hodgetwins and Elliott Hulse. Not just for fasting, but general stuff too.
posted on 15/1/14
Oh, and IF definitely works for me. Within a month, people were visibly noticing a big change.
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posted on 16/1/14
Hi. apologies for the late response:
1) Intermittent Fasting - good or not?
Intermittent fasting is just about the best thing for you out of the 'in' fads atm. Whether it be the 5-2 or the 16 hours fasting, 8 hours eating variations. It has had good results, not only for weightloss, but also for stress and cholesterol and testosterone levels. My friend does the 8-16 variation and managed to cut his BF% from 20 to 10 in about 2 months.
2) Cardio before or after weights?
Depends really. You should always warm up for 5-10 minutes doing cardio before hand, and stretch up as well.
If you want to gain muscle quickly it is probably best to do them at different times each day. This as you will start to convert your own muscle to energy, plus you will be more tired for the exercise anyway.
If you want to counter this, it is probably worth having a snack to fill you up in between cardio/weights (100g of almonds and a banana for example), and drink a BCAA powder supplement throughout.
Hope you are enjoying uni mate
posted on 16/1/14
Edin Long time mate. Uni's decent, hows yours?
Interesting you write that about Edin, lots of people tend to ignore the benefits of I.F because it sounds too good to be true, but as you pointed out it has lots of extra benefits.
I personally found it a lot easier to wake up in the morning, I also felt like I had a lot more energy. My skin became clearer, my bowel movements were a lot easier (although I think these was more down to the actual exercise ).
I've unfortunately been recovering from surgery the past month, so I've pretty much gone back to the shape I was, and I'm due for some more next month . Would've been nice to see the results if I'd carried on.
And on the cardio thing, I just do/did a half hour of various machines after my lifting session. Rowing, cross-trainer, treadmill (although I prefer to just go for a jog outside), pedal bikes etc.
posted on 16/1/14
Yeah unis ok thanks. Fifth and final semester of engineering though, looking forward to being done as am sick of it.