Just curious as to any experiences you guys/ gals have had with Intermittent Fasting..  
 
I tried doing an 8/16 cycle for about a month during a cut but dropped it cause I felt as if I were losing too much muscle...

There is never enough time to do everything, but there is always enough time to do the most important thing

 

From what I've read about it people either seem to love it or hate it.
 
Did you gain strength on it? Cause from what I read it's supposed to up your strength also.

Failure isn't falling down... it's staying down.

I only tried it for about a month.. and yes.. I did notice some strength loss.. I never really experimented with my macro level.. which could have easily been the cause.. i was cutting and avoiding high carbs.. Rather than continue, I decided to dump the program...
 
As I think back.. the structure of the dieting time could have played a role as well.. ?   just curious to hear from those who have given it a try for longer than a few weeks...
 
 

ORIGINAL: dapunisher

From what I've read about it people either seem to love it or hate it.

Did you gain strength on it? Cause from what I read it's supposed to up your strength also.

There is never enough time to do everything, but there is always enough time to do the most important thing

 

I have no idea what Intermittent Fasting is??
 
lol.  I am assuming by 8/16 that you mean you only ate during 8 hours of each day tho.

Yes.. you're correct...
There are all types of methods.. but for BBer's they tend to go with 8hrs eating.. 16hrs fasting....
 

ORIGINAL: NBSFighter

I have no idea what Intermittent Fasting is??

lol.  I am assuming by 8/16 that you mean you only ate during 8 hours of each day tho.

There is never enough time to do everything, but there is always enough time to do the most important thing

 

lol why

working on explosive phase
vertical: 35
weight: 206

Big 3: 300/440/515

Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle.

Sounds too catabolic to me.

never heard of it but it sounds like a way to lose a lot of muscle lol, i guess it depends how its applied

As DP said.. there are guys who live and die by it as the absolute perfect solution to losing fat, while gaining muscles.....
 
 

There is never enough time to do everything, but there is always enough time to do the most important thing

 

helifino?

ORIGINAL: RollingStone

lol why

There is never enough time to do everything, but there is always enough time to do the most important thing

 

 I have a friend who I went to highschool with (he's 3 years older than I am) and he did 16 hour fasting, 8 hours eating.  He had very good results with it, he wrestled somewhere around 180 pounds, and was around 6% bodyfat year round.  He's been eating that way in the five years I've known him, and has always looked good, except for now, but he broke his back in a wrestling match so that's a good excuse.

President of the Emancipation Detoxification. DBB's oldest forum group, punching baby seals since 2/12/08

Those are pretty much the same type of responses I've seen others report having with this type of dieting.. 
 
so with knowing he had those results.. were you never tempted to give it a try? 

ORIGINAL: Yet

 I have a friend who I went to highschool with (he's 3 years older than I am) and he did 16 hour fasting, 8 hours eating.  He had very good results with it, he wrestled somewhere around 180 pounds, and was around 6% bodyfat year round.  He's been eating that way in the five years I've known him, and has always looked good, except for now, but he broke his back in a wrestling match so that's a good excuse.

There is never enough time to do everything, but there is always enough time to do the most important thing

 

ORIGINAL: smoundzou

Those are pretty much the same type of responses I've seen others report having with this type of dieting.. 

so with knowing he had those results.. were you never tempted to give it a try? 

ORIGINAL: Yet

I have a friend who I went to highschool with (he's 3 years older than I am) and he did 16 hour fasting, 8 hours eating.  He had very good results with it, he wrestled somewhere around 180 pounds, and was around 6% bodyfat year round.  He's been eating that way in the five years I've known him, and has always looked good, except for now, but he broke his back in a wrestling match so that's a good excuse.

I never really thought about it to be honest.  At that time I wasn't into bodybuilding at all, more into football, and I was on some dumb pb+j diet my coach gave me (eat 12 pb+j sandwhiches a day as well as your regular meals, I guess it kept me anabolic).

I totally forgot about intermittent fasting until I saw this thread though.  I may give it a shot.

President of the Emancipation Detoxification. DBB's oldest forum group, punching baby seals since 2/12/08

It can work for cutting, but if you are a bodybuilder, you are better off with more of a Warrior diet than a intermitent fasting.  Most fasting diets are a water diet followed by gorging, whereas the Warrior Diet is an undereating phase followed by an overeating phase.  It is a really easy diet to stick to, because you actually do get to eat during the day, but you eat for purpose, vitamin, enzyme, and amino acid loading.

fasting is for terrorists.

"A severed foot is the ultimate stocking-stuffer" "Obsession is what the LAZY use to describe dedication" "You put your faith in Christianity. I put mine in artillery"

ORIGINAL: David1991

never heard of it but it sounds like a way to lose a lot of muscle lol, i guess it depends how its applied

 
^^^ agree

Its working for me particularly it don't matter what time you eat as long as is consistent and its 8 hours feeding getting in your proper macros and calories of the day and then fast 16 hours which also includes your sleep time too.

It supposed to be that you should start your workout after your first meal which on workout days it is not big just a pre-workout meal and then post workout meal is the biggest. In workout days the calories is slightly higher because the carbs are higher but on non-workout days it is less carbs which in total it is less calories that day.

Meals consist of whole foods obviously and messing any up will not get results. Strength has been going good for me and feel great throughout the day and not stressing about eating 6 meals a day. It's not super easy but easier than 6 meals a day just still got to pay attention to the macros and calories *I repeat calories* so don't starve yourself that is the biggest mistake people do on intermittent fasting.

Just letting people know about more options to try...

"When your strength gains plateau, if you been training exclusively for limit strength/power, you'll need usable muscle mass to progress further."

felonyr301


Its working for me particularly it don't matter what time you eat as long as is consistent and its 8 hours feeding getting in your proper macros and calories of the day and then fast 16 hours which also includes your sleep time too.

It supposed to be that you should start your workout after your first meal which on workout days it is not big just a pre-workout meal and then post workout meal is the biggest. In workout days the calories is slightly higher because the carbs are higher but on non-workout days it is less carbs which in total it is less calories that day.

Meals consist of whole foods obviously and messing any up will not get results. Strength has been going good for me and feel great throughout the day and not stressing about eating 6 meals a day. It's not super easy but easier than 6 meals a day just still got to pay attention to the macros and calories *I repeat calories* so don't starve yourself that is the biggest mistake people do on intermittent fasting.

Just letting people know about more options to try...

How many calories are you eating a day and what are your goals for this?

I eat about 2500-3000 calories depending on either a workout day or non-workout day. Obviously workout days I have a little more calories consumed because of the extra carbs but that's about it.

MY goal right now is to find something that I can get used to and integrate into my life since I won't be able to do 6-meals a day and half assing it by bringing little snacks here and there is not a good idea for me. Hell given by that chance I'll run the chance more likely to eat too much sugary junk by this way.

Tried this and so far my strength has not went down instead I feel more great in the day and not having to worry about eating this or that right after I just ate.

The thing is if given both methods had the same macros and calories done if 6-meals a day or doing intermittent fasting with 16 hours fasting and 8 hours eating and both gave the same results in fat loss and strength which would you pick? The intermittent fasting is a lot more stress free and I feel great.

The whole point is not everyone is the same plus not everyone might not be best at 16 hours fasting/8 hours eating most females seem to do better at 14 hours fasting/10 hours eating by what this guy doing. This is talking about people who lift weights.

Personally like this method much more that what I seen with other ones since it is meant for people who are active basically lifting weights. I don't know much about 'bodybuilding' exactly but just lifting them heavy weights trying to up your strength this works.

Don't take my word for it look at this big ass thread of people doing it themselves and feeling great in their workouts and these are people who don't give a **** about the guy who created the leangains method people in there just took his method and tried it how it works best for them...

http://forum.bodybuildi...p?t=3587831&page=147

Suggestion I didn't even bother going thru it all just skipped some pages along the way and went to see people's post who tried it for a long time already...

"When your strength gains plateau, if you been training exclusively for limit strength/power, you'll need usable muscle mass to progress further."

I'm thinking of trying to do an lower carb day on non-workout days and slightly lower carb day on workout days while keeping the same calories the same.

Not some dangerously low carb people be doing since I heard too much negative things about bodily functions being messed up but got to experiment on how far can I take it where my strength won't go down but my fat loss specifically will go down.

I'll throw up a thread and have people look at what I'm talking about if it is a good thing or not.

"When your strength gains plateau, if you been training exclusively for limit strength/power, you'll need usable muscle mass to progress further."