I have been doing IF ala Martin Berkhan's Lean Gains, and I have had really good results with it. I don't supplement with the BCAA like he recommends, but I have a ton a muscle to spare, but haven't seen any muscle wasting because of the weight lifting in his prgram. I started doing it because I was bulking up doing body weight exercises, and when I switched the the reverse pyramid lifting with the IF, my muscles started to get longer while increasing muscle strength. I usually only eat two really big meals a day with the same caloric intake as 3 meals, that way less planning and I get a longer fasting period. Although, it is sometimes a struggle to get all the protein in my diet.

I have done ese twice a week off and on. It is quite effective for me at getting over plateaus and does make me feel quite good on those days. I have done bcaa when I have them and do crank up my protein on lifting days.

I'll have to look into that reverse pyramid.
i do Crossfit and i feel that i have leaned out quite a bit, but would like to look toner. But that might where my nutrition comes into to lose the body fat.
to get enough protein do you drink any shakes? i do 2 max pro shakes a day and then a recovery after a hard gym class.

I did whey protein shakes for a while, and I found that it actually hinders my fat loss. I haven't been able to choke down egg protein shakes (blahhhh). Robb Wolf and Amy Kubal recommend just sticking to real food because they have seen that their clients don't lean out either when using shakes. Although, carrying hard boiled eggs and chicken is not easy for an after workout snack, but it seems to give me better results.

I'll have to look into that reverse pyramid.
i do Crossfit and i feel that i have leaned out quite a bit, but would like to look toner. But that might where my nutrition comes into to lose the body fat.
to get enough protein do you drink any shakes? i do 2 max pro shakes a day and then a recovery after a hard gym class.

Hi, I do crossfit myself now and find that CrossFit is not so different, in weight lifting, than what Martin proposes.

If you look at Martin's reverse pyramid, it is nothing else but a
1-1-1-1-1-1 set with decreasing weight as you can handle it.


As for IF, seems like you are burning enough calories already, if you've leaned out.

My bet would be on higher intensity in your weight lifting.

http://freetheanimal.com/2012/06/no-ones-power-but-our-own-paleo-sexist-woes-and-an-invitation-to-rise-up-and-roar.html

http://freetheanimal.com/2012/06/no-ones-power-but-our-own-paleo-sexist-woes-and-an-invitation-to-rise-up-and-roar.html

I believe this was a guest post by Stefani Ruper ... see also her blog http://www.paleoforwomen.com/category/fasting/
Women are different from men :-)

Great article!!!

Paleo for women doesn't look like it's up anymore? Maybe it's just me?

Paleo for women doesn't look like it's up anymore? Maybe it's just me?

It must have just been a weird day because it's working now. :ohwell:

Thanks for the recommendation! I already love this website