Fasting???

I've never heard of fasting being nutritional or safe. Though because my sister has stomach problems she will fast to get her tummy back in order. She also will do it for religious reasons. I myself have not found a good reason to fast. Do you drink water while fasting??

It is absolutely NOT necessary for weight loss or health. Lots of people do it (like in the primal/paleo community) to imitate the eating habits of ancient homo sapiens, and there's some merit to the idea that you don't *need* to eat every 4-5 hours. If you really want to try intermittent fasting, that's your choice, but know that it is completely unnecessary.

athletes dont fast...spec ops soldiers like myself would never fast, why do people even want to anyway theres nothing fun about starving yourself ive never written a meal plan that has nothing on it but hey if theres someone out there who fasts all the time and can out-perform me then damn I would like to meet that person

that is fantastic for you, really wonderful... however i and others gave many reason's why we would want to fast and do you honestly think someone is going to starve because they don't eat for a couple hours more than the next person? really?


oh and many many athletes fast for religious reasons without it affecting their performance...

if by and large the worlds athletes dont do it, most people with the best body compositions dont do it then why do it if you can have the same results with a solid meal plan oppsed to being hungry all the time then why not. personally I eat 4000 cals a day and train twice a day and I have 7% body fat and can deadlift around 500 lbs bench 315 and still run a half marathon in less than 90 minutes, these results are true with almost every other spec ops soldier I work with. but hey if people wanna not eat just to keep calories low because they dont wanna train right then hey go for it, do what works for you

athletes dont fast...spec ops soldiers like myself would never fast, why do people even want to anyway theres nothing fun about starving yourself ive never written a meal plan that has nothing on it but hey if theres someone out there who fasts all the time and can out-perform me then damn I would like to meet that person

that is fantastic for you, really wonderful... however i and others gave many reason's why we would want to fast and do you honestly think someone is going to starve because they don't eat for a couple hours more than the next person? really?


oh and many many athletes fast for religious reasons without it affecting their performance...

if by and large the worlds athletes dont do it, most people with the best body compositions dont do it then why do it if you can have the same results with a solid meal plan oppsed to being hungry all the time then why not. personally I eat 4000 cals a day and train twice a day and I have 7% body fat and can deadlift around 500 lbs bench 315 and still run a half marathon in less than 90 minutes, these results are true with almost every other spec ops soldier I work with. but hey if people wanna not eat just to keep calories low because they dont wanna train right then hey go for it, do what works for you

If I could eat 4000 cals a day I wouldn't IF either. Have your opinion, thats fine however don't presume to know anything about how I train or how much I eat. I do the same cals as I would normally eat in a slightly smaller window than you and if we really have to go throwing numbers about I deadlift 280 which is aight for a girl I think

I wasnt trying to compare men athletes to female Im just saying that I cant imagine fasting is exactly a fun thing to do, and by and large of all the people ive trained and trained with Ive always seen better numbers in the gym when they had fuel opposed to being in a fasted state, morning cardio being the exception. but I also openly acknowledged "do what works for you" my own view is that its overated and theres more pleasurable ways to achieve goals. but I can tell having someone oppose your own view is frustrating you so i wont respond again, best of luck with your fitness journey I honestly mean that

Thanks good luck to you too.

if by and large the worlds athletes dont do it, most people with the best body compositions dont do it then why do it if you can have the same results with a solid meal plan oppsed to being hungry all the time then why not. personally I eat 4000 cals a day and train twice a day and I have 7% body fat and can deadlift around 500 lbs bench 315 and still run a half marathon in less than 90 minutes, these results are true with almost every other spec ops soldier I work with. but hey if people wanna not eat just to keep calories low because they dont wanna train right then hey go for it, do what works for you

IF isn't about calorie restriction. I IF and eat 3.5k calories/day on workout days when bulking (I think most people on LG do at least 3k+). There are a lot of health advantages to IF, even putting body comp advantages aside. I don't think anyone denies that you need to eat a substantial caloric surplus to put on muscle mass.

Also, if you are special forces, chances are very good that you are already genetically gifted, as the selection criteria would weed out at least 99% of the population. Still, mad respect for that, and the lifting stats.