does working out while fasted without eating the entire day before working out impact performance and muscle/strength gain?
does working out while fasted without eating the entire day before working out impact performance and muscle/strength gain?
does working out while fasted without eating the entire day before working out impact performance and muscle/strength gain?
yes because you probably have low or no glycogen reserves by that point
eat several hours before lifting so you can make real gains
this just train during your feeding windows bro, you'll get better results.
why do women take pictures of themselves crying? And why do they post that online?
attention
Would eating a protein bar on the hour long drive home be enough to refill more glycogen if I've been fasting all day up to that point, and working a manual labour job? I usually fast until I get home, and I immediately work out so I don't sit down and fall asleep. I've been drinking a 300mg caffeine pre every day on the way home, but wondering if eating a little bit on the ride home will help? I imagine fasting + manual labour for 8 hours I've got absolutely no glycogen in reserve by that point? I also eat low carb too when I do eat in my 4-8 window, and only 1500 cals on a cut right now.
>fasting all day
it doesn't matter then, glycogen stores last for 24-36 hours since you last ate
but it would have to be an actual meal with plenty of carbs to refill your glycogen, not a little snack
You'll know when you've run out of glycogen when your lifts literally get cut in half all of the sudden
do a proper 48 hour fast and you'll understand what I mean
>fasting all day up to that point, and working a manual labour job
>1500 cals
>and lifting on the side
That must be an extremely aggressive diet.
He's built different.. sounds like OP is gonna make it (or die).
fork putdowns and having a job don't kill you homie
1500 cals plus working outside during this hot fkin summer and heavy lifting is harsh though.
Not OP but you just get used to it.
I'm only losing 1-2 lbs a week doing it, that's the worst part. Tried 1800cals a couple times and gained weight.
Yes, but it's great for cutting if you are doing 20 hour IF. Do it at the end of your daily fast to blow out your remaining glycogen reserves and enter autophagy.
You will lose performance and the losses will slowly stack just like any cut. You will preserve more muscle than a standard cut though.
If you aren't doing IF don't lift fasted. It doesn't cause harm, just suboptimal.
For me I feel like it's increasing performance, but that's because I also take 25mg of Yohimbine on top of my preworkout.
Post more pictures of crying women and I will answer your question.
People who take crying selfies
I lifted for years fasted first thing in the morning. You learn quickly to distinguish between actually being hungry/weak and merely having an empty stomach... the bodybuilding meme of always being fed every 3 hours can over time confuse you into thinking they're the same feeling. The bottom line is that the difference in performance and strength between fasted and fed exercise is probably less than 5%, if even that. Once you adapt to it, you can lift at more or less the same intensity, and I was making consistent growth and PRs during this long time of fasted exercise and had great transformations in my body composition.
There is also a huge boost to your natural release of GH when you are exercising fasted. Men release GH in spikes that are spaced out by 2-3 hours throughout the day, with the strongest pulses occurring at night and in the morning, and getting progressively weaker/shorter throughout the day. If you eat / trigger an insulin release too close to a GH pulse, you basically annul and cancel the release and effect of the growth hormone. However, the longer you fast (up until a certain critical point), the more pronounced these pulses get, and they are amplified enormously by high intensity exercise, in the range of 5-10 fold depending on which studies you consult. This has huge benefits to preventing catabolic states, using fat for energy, and broad regenerative effects. For this reason alone, I like IF and fasted exercise, although there are also tons of epigenetic benefits to health, insulin sensitivity, and longevity that occur from IF and fasted activity.
However it just doesn't work for some people, usually women if they're anemic or have low blood pressure, although IF isn't recommended for women either for hormonal reasons.
ok now fast for 48 hours then lift
why
you aren't actually fasted until your glycogen is gone which takes more than a day, it doesn't happen overnight