it's Ramadan ! How do you eat work out ?
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Hey guy's to all my Muslims Bros/Sister, and also all my other religion bro's and sisters who likes Fasting with us in this month !
Ramadan = Fasting half of the day or more then we can eat :P
i live in Kuwait so im fasting 16Hours a day xD Easy
non the less people i'v been wondering how do you people tend to work out and eat ?
here is my way
Fast all day and do my work and everything normal before Fotoor " Feeding time " in like 1-3hours i work out lifting weights for about an hour or an hour a half, then after im done i'd relax till we can eat, then after i eat i relax for an hour or less then i go for 30-70min Walk then get back home pray and sleep and repeat the whole thing
my advice do NOT over eat because it will be night and u will want to sleep after words so u will gain weight if u eat alot, just eat simple dates soup salad chicken breast and that's it
that's what i do i'v been wondering if there is anyone else fasting what do you guys do ?
Ramadan = Fasting half of the day or more then we can eat :P
i live in Kuwait so im fasting 16Hours a day xD Easy
non the less people i'v been wondering how do you people tend to work out and eat ?
here is my way
Fast all day and do my work and everything normal before Fotoor " Feeding time " in like 1-3hours i work out lifting weights for about an hour or an hour a half, then after im done i'd relax till we can eat, then after i eat i relax for an hour or less then i go for 30-70min Walk then get back home pray and sleep and repeat the whole thing
my advice do NOT over eat because it will be night and u will want to sleep after words so u will gain weight if u eat alot, just eat simple dates soup salad chicken breast and that's it
that's what i do i'v been wondering if there is anyone else fasting what do you guys do ?
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Heya not completely certain myself but would it be possible to wait until you've had a small snack, after sunset, like an apple or some nuts, BEFORE you started working out? You might wanna check it up but if you exercise on an empty stomach - one that's been so empty for so long compared to normal - I think you'd end up losing precious calorie consuming muscle? A lot of my friends fast and I have done it twice out of respect and curiosity but never worked out during. Food was ok, but lack of water oh my gosh I have never appreciated water so much in my life! good luck!
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Nope. Exercising in a fasted state is better for fat loss than eating first.You might wanna check it up but if you exercise on an empty stomach - one that's been so empty for so long compared to normal - I think you'd end up losing precious calorie consuming muscle?0 -
Nope as long as you support your workout with adequate protein & carb intake.You might wanna check it up but if you exercise on an empty stomach - one that's been so empty for so long compared to normal -I think you'd end up losing precious calorie consuming muscle?0 -
I'd faint going 16 hours & being awake without food & then I'd want to stuff my face when I could eat... how the hell does anyone manage that
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Thank's for the Replys and ya working out while fasting burns more fat than muscle ofcourse im working before Fotoor " Feeding time " in like 30min to an hour XD
as for Paige it's super easy it's all about faith XD it's easy to say the truth XD
and for peopel who do fast, don't be lazy and sleep the whole day move around go to work clean the house you know live your life normal but move more, it's better to do so in this month
i THINK fasting in Canada is 20hours or so ?0 -
Forgive me if I'm wrong I'm still learning but I thought if op is planning on doing an intense workout before consuming any food or water in the last 16 hours, 1 she'd be dehydrated and 2 if it's intense wont it reduce the effectiveness in the workout? She might burn tons on an empty stomach during the workout but I thought considering her situation she'd want something a little more sustained? We're not talking about an overnight sleep, this is fasting all day without food or water AND going about our day as normal in potentially in hot weather for an entire month.
From my personal experience and those of my friends I'd say if I didn't have a drink or something to restore my energy before a workout my performance would be affected for sure. I hope you find a safe way to work around this it's definitely not easy but very inspirational 0 -
Ramadan Mubarak!0
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not at all, hey i might be even more wrong ofcourse u can always eat + drink before the fasting time begans like around 3am or 4pm then go back to sleep and wake up again and start ur day its better to do it that way, but i don't do it because i can like be with out water or food it's normal for me !
as for being Dehydrated you know your rite you will beb Dehydrated but not like bad Dehydration that will effect your body or anything wrong not at all just don't do intense HEAVY work outs like a 3hour walk om the hot blazing sun XD ? that would kill you :P unless ur trained for it or ti's easy for you !
As for work out last year i used to go to the gym while i was fasting i was able to lift more than on my normal days i had more energy to work out , our body adapts to anything and improves to a better situation to get better result to survive ;3
and thank you, and ofcourse it might be difficult for you to start fasting+ work out and stuff like, but i'v been fasting each year since i was a child " maybe 13years old " so like 10years of fasting maybe that's why it's easy for me and other people who has been fasting for years
like if a new person wants to fast and he/she is 20years and it's her first time fasting it MIGHT be hard, compared to another 20year old who has been fasting his/her whole since they were a child !
non the less i hope i get to lose weight in this month0 -
Ramadan Mubarak!
Ramadan Mubarak to you brother !
Ramadan Kareem
may we all be blessed in this holy month XD0 -
Ramadhan Kareem everyone and Assalamu Alaikum Salue!
Thank you for your post because I too was curious as to how everyone will manage their fasting and exercise, I am planning to do as you are God willing! I am in the UK so it will be a long day too but I am really looking forward to it 0 -
Ramadhan Kareem everyone and Assalamu Alaikum Salue!
Thank you for your post because I too was curious as to how everyone will manage their fasting and exercise, I am planning to do as you are God willing! I am in the UK so it will be a long day too but I am really looking forward to it
wo alykum al salam Shahad !
ya i had to do it i saw no one opening a thread so im like let me start and share my way of eating and working out XD
Good luck with you and inshallah " in gods well " you will lose weight and get better in health !0 -
It's basically like intermittent fasting. You're just restricted to not eating for specific times of the day (i.e. sunrise till sunset). Therefore just follow a similar plan of intermittent fasting and you should be good. Just make up for the calories when you can eat. And no eating before bed doesn't "turn into fat", eating in a surplus will do that.0
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It's basically like intermittent fasting. You're just restricted to not eating for specific times of the day (i.e. sunrise till sunset). Therefore just follow a similar plan of intermittent fasting and you should be good. Just make up for the calories when you can eat. And no eating before bed doesn't "turn into fat", eating in a surplus will do that.
yup true to what you said, i did say to eat u have to eat :P it's liek u said dont eat in surplus
like i said before, EATING ALOT XD because it will be night time it will be like 7pm when fotoor starts " Feeding time " so some people tend to eat like there is no tomorrow and watch tv a little then sleep which will cause weight gains in this month thats most peoples mistake X_X
and thank's again ! for pointing out everything 0 -
Just because you eat at night or eat before sleeping does not mean you would gain any more weight as you would of eaten in the day time. A calorie is a calorie.0
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Just because you eat at night or eat before sleeping does not mean you would gain any more weight as you would of eaten in the day time. A calorie is a calorie.
Thank's !
but are u guys reading what i said, i said do not over eat :P i did not say do not eat XD people tend to eat alot and trust me i used to eat alot and gained weight due to that0 -
Forgive me if I'm wrong I'm still learning but I thought if op is planning on doing an intense workout before consuming any food or water in the last 16 hours, 1 she'd be dehydrated and 2 if it's intense wont it reduce the effectiveness in the workout? She might burn tons on an empty stomach during the workout but I thought considering her situation she'd want something a little more sustained? We're not talking about an overnight sleep, this is fasting all day without food or water AND going about our day as normal in potentially in hot weather for an entire month.
From my personal experience and those of my friends I'd say if I didn't have a drink or something to restore my energy before a workout my performance would be affected for sure. I hope you find a safe way to work around this it's definitely not easy but very inspirational
^^^^ this
Intermittent fasting type diets are NOT the same as fasting for Ramadan.... Ramadan you refrain from food AND DRINK. Working out while dehydrated is not a good idea!!! Intermittent fasting diets people drink water and many take BCAA supplements to preserve muscle mass during the fast. Both of these would break the fast during Ramadan.
also the fasted thing only goes for cardio, and it doesn't suit everyone. fasted cardio does not work for me, it messes up my blood sugar. doing weights with no carbs in your system = rubbish workout and no benefit.
Best time to workout is after you've given iftaar (post fasting meal) time to go down, so you're well hydrated and have sugar in your system. If you're going to try the fasted cardio thing (there is some evidence you burn marginally more fat doing low intensity cardio after not eating for a long time, although if your workout intensity/duration suffers that can offset the advantages of it), then break your fast with 1 or 3 dates and water (as per the sunnah) then pray, then workout then eat iftaar.0 -
Ramadan Kareem!
My game plan is to work out about an hour or so before Fatoor ( The breaking of the fast) just to give me enough time to clean up and what not. I'm doing P90x and eating doesn't bother me as much as the lack of water with intense exercise. I think the weight lifting will be fine, I'm just worried a little about the Cardio heavy days.0 -
Thank's Dhkaiyya for ur reply !
as for lifting weights while fast i gained Strength + muscle density while fasting, my work out i did them all all prefectly normal but ofcourse i was not doing any body building exercises like chest + biceps and stuff like that i used to SL 5x5 and the result was good
as for now like today i'll be doing chest + biceps but i'll be doing 5reps 5 sets with weights i can kinda handle so it's pretty easy to do lift weights
just avoid bad food at fotoor " feeding time " and lift weights normal don't do like intense work out that will cause u to break down as i stated before, it's better to train and lift weights and do cardio after fotoor " feeding time " that's my advice i tried and many people tried
but ofcourse i might be wrong im not a doctor or anything im just talking with my experience
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and vtmoon Ramadan KAreem!
Good choice on working before fotoor !
yup weight lifting will be fine with P90x, it's true to what you said i never did P90x but i'v seen it, can u bend it's rules and do Cardio after fotoor " feeding time -Breaking the Fast " after u relax and everything of course ! XD please do reply 0 -
RAMADAN Mubarack! Slowly and Carefully.0
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Yes it's not a set time, so you can do the workouts whenever you have time. I was thinking for cardio heavy days working out around 11ish might be best, just to help with being hydrated0
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Forgive me if I'm wrong I'm still learning but I thought if op is planning on doing an intense workout before consuming any food or water in the last 16 hours, 1 she'd be dehydrated and 2 if it's intense wont it reduce the effectiveness in the workout? She might burn tons on an empty stomach during the workout but I thought considering her situation she'd want something a little more sustained? We're not talking about an overnight sleep, this is fasting all day without food or water AND going about our day as normal in potentially in hot weather for an entire month.
From my personal experience and those of my friends I'd say if I didn't have a drink or something to restore my energy before a workout my performance would be affected for sure. I hope you find a safe way to work around this it's definitely not easy but very inspirational
^^^^ this
Intermittent fasting type diets are NOT the same as fasting for Ramadan.... Ramadan you refrain from food AND DRINK. Working out while dehydrated is not a good idea!!! Intermittent fasting diets people drink water and many take BCAA supplements to preserve muscle mass during the fast. Both of these would break the fast during Ramadan.
also the fasted thing only goes for cardio, and it doesn't suit everyone. fasted cardio does not work for me, it messes up my blood sugar. doing weights with no carbs in your system = rubbish workout and no benefit.
Best time to workout is after you've given iftaar (post fasting meal) time to go down, so you're well hydrated and have sugar in your system. If you're going to try the fasted cardio thing (there is some evidence you burn marginally more fat doing low intensity cardio after not eating for a long time, although if your workout intensity/duration suffers that can offset the advantages of it), then break your fast with 1 or 3 dates and water (as per the sunnah) then pray, then workout then eat iftaar.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19910805Collectively, these results suggest that the RIF has little effect on the performance of experienced Judokas, but Muslim athletes who train during the RIF should carefully periodize their training load and monitor their food intake and fatigue levels to avoid performance decrements.
Nevertheless, attention should be paid0 -
Forgive me if I'm wrong I'm still learning but I thought if op is planning on doing an intense workout before consuming any food or water in the last 16 hours, 1 she'd be dehydrated and 2 if it's intense wont it reduce the effectiveness in the workout? She might burn tons on an empty stomach during the workout but I thought considering her situation she'd want something a little more sustained? We're not talking about an overnight sleep, this is fasting all day without food or water AND going about our day as normal in potentially in hot weather for an entire month.
From my personal experience and those of my friends I'd say if I didn't have a drink or something to restore my energy before a workout my performance would be affected for sure. I hope you find a safe way to work around this it's definitely not easy but very inspirational
^^^^ this
Intermittent fasting type diets are NOT the same as fasting for Ramadan.... Ramadan you refrain from food AND DRINK. Working out while dehydrated is not a good idea!!! Intermittent fasting diets people drink water and many take BCAA supplements to preserve muscle mass during the fast. Both of these would break the fast during Ramadan.
also the fasted thing only goes for cardio, and it doesn't suit everyone. fasted cardio does not work for me, it messes up my blood sugar. doing weights with no carbs in your system = rubbish workout and no benefit.
Best time to workout is after you've given iftaar (post fasting meal) time to go down, so you're well hydrated and have sugar in your system. If you're going to try the fasted cardio thing (there is some evidence you burn marginally more fat doing low intensity cardio after not eating for a long time, although if your workout intensity/duration suffers that can offset the advantages of it), then break your fast with 1 or 3 dates and water (as per the sunnah) then pray, then workout then eat iftaar.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19910805Collectively, these results suggest that the RIF has little effect on the performance of experienced Judokas, but Muslim athletes who train during the RIF should carefully periodize their training load and monitor their food intake and fatigue levels to avoid performance decrements.
Nevertheless, attention should be paid
Do you have the full artice? That abstract mentioned that they were measured before Ramadan, at the beginning (didn't say if it was before or after iftaar) and at the end of Ramadan (while fasting? on Eid day?) and 3 weeks after Ramadan.... not the effect of training after a 16 hr fast with no food or water. That's a little different. What was their training schedule during Ramadan? Did they train after iftaar, or between asr and maghreb (when they'd be the most dehydrated/glycogen depleted?
As the question is not about exercise during Ramadan itself, but whether you should work out before or after eating iftaar, the above questions are very relevant. Even the bit you quoted about periodisation of training, well what does that mean precisely? Timing training so that it's after iftaar?0 -
To Sum everything up! Easily
Depends on the person him/her self
Some people can Excerise and workout while fasting and some can't
do what YOU can do, do not force yourself or u will fail
so if you see your self fit to exercise during fasting do it, if not do it after fotoor
i found this : http://stronglifts.com/ramadan-weight-lifting-training-build-muscle-lose-fat/ Might be helpful 0 -
What's the evidence that training before iftaar is better than training after iftaar? (I don't mean directly after but give your food time to go down first) - after iftaar you can drink water through your workout and you're not glycogen depleted. Being dehydrated or glycogen depleted affects how much you can lift. Re post workout feeding window - you don't have to eat all your daily calories at itaar, you can still partition them between what you eat at iftaar time and what you eat after your workout, about 2 hrs later. There's no law saying you have to stuff your face at iftaar. However eating a decent pre-workout meal, waiting a bit, then working out then eating a decent post workout meal is surely better?
I'm open minded, btw if someone can show me the science or logic behind it. Also climate is a factor, this time of year it's over 30 centigrade (86F) with the air conditioning on and over 50 centigrade outdoors (122F). Plus iftaar is earlier, i.e. 6:30pm as we're closer to the equator. Maybe those things are factors, i.e worse dehydration for me, much easier to partition the meals through the night, i.e. iftaar, workout an hour or so later then post workout meal, all before bedtime.
I don't see any logical reason why doing a weights workout before iftaar would be better than after?0 -
i don't have any evidence or anything
good to know that your open minded
like i said before it depend's on the person
some prefer to work before fotoor and prefer to work out after fotoor
my advice is try them both and see the result for your self, no harm done rite ? just see for your self
i myself i'd rather work out lifting weights befor fotoor because i see more fit for myself and i put all my potential in it ! i know there is no rule to stuff ur face in food after fotoor, it's just how people are these days they just keep eating like no tomorrow i was like that it's fun and in ramadan in feeding time people tend to get alot of sweets and stuff like that XD so ya it all depends on your self
instead of wanting a scientific answer or a logic one
why don't you try it your self no harm done i tried both Lifting weights before and after
and i saw for myself that before fotoor " feeding time " i saw myself more fit and it's more easy and it's more fun to lift weights and i feel like i gained strength and power while doing so i did it before fotoor " feeding time "0 -
I can't disagree with try it and see
For me I already know I can't do a good weights workout when hungry. Even fasted cardio doesn't work for me (I'm fine during the workout but get cravings for sweet foods later in the day and find it a lot easier to stick to an eating plan when I don't workout when hungry at all) I know quite a few people that do fasted cardio with good results.0 -
i can't do cardio while fasting , well i can but i don't like the feeeling of being to hydrated i can walk 10K with drinking a sip of water but after im done walking i HAVE to drink LOADS of water XD so that's why i keep cardio for after fotoor XD
i'm like you i have Sweet cravings ALOT so far i'v been resisting for 10 days not a single sweet thing in my mouth like sugar and chocolates and ice cream :P i replaced them with fruits nuts dates XD
before ramadan and before i started working i used to wake up have a sip of water then go for a 60min walk then get back home and start my day and eat work out and everything
as for eating within ramdan and after it i try to stay Paleo ! eating everything organic nothing produced and stuff like that0 -
Ramadan Mubarak every one.......and I will be workout before going to bed and try to eat lightly in Aftaar!!!! sahoor will be my heaviest meal!!!!!0
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I am doing Jillian Michaels body revolution and I am on week 6.....I replace cardio day with p90x kempo,plometrics and p90x2 balance and power!0
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thank's for the reply!
Ramdan mubarak to you to
Good choice Shanighias but don't go to Heavy on Sahoor like eat normal or a little less
as for your excerises i dont know michaels body what ever xD
but i do know P90x i'd love to do it but i can't because it requires pull ups chin ups and i can't do those X_X and dimond "military push ups " cant do those too :P0
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