After reading the wealth of information on fitness and fasting at Lean Gains I tried an implementation last spring. I can't I say I did exactly what Martin Berkhan would have recommended, but adapted the info he provided to a version I knew I could commit to. It worked. I lost body fat while maintaining the ability to lift large loads long distances rapidly via CrossFit programming.
I got even more than better body comp and excellent physical performance, though; I also got liberty. Liberty to get up and get going without worrying about eating. Liberty to be unafraid if I miss a meal. Liberty to know that I can eat when I want to and not have a blood sugar crash. Liberty to train when I want to, not around some notion of a pre-training fuel requirement. Time is money, time is relationships, time is the only truly limited commodity - having more time and flexibility in how I spend it is truly the gem of intermittent fasting.
And I never would have tried IF except for Martin's testimony - and the convincing photos - that one can both lean out and maintain the muscle needed to perform well, even perform better, through demanding high intensity workouts. Farewell to the specter of fasted training leading to muscle catabolism - I won't miss you.
I think IF is nearly mainstream now, as even Precision Nutrition is onto the game - as evidenced by the PN IF Guide. PN has not always struck me as an avant guard institution - although it is a very, very well run business and does a tremendous job for clients - so when they took the time to validate IF, I think it's a reasonable sign that IF is no big secret.
Bottom line - IF works, it benefits health as well as body composition, and I think it is self evident why the news is spread mostly via the web, and not via some print monstrosity that makes all its money via advertisements for junk that folks don't need - which people buy anyway due to the poor quality of science in diet and nutrition. Because so few of the opinions asserted in the muscle rags can be tested, folks fall for anything and everything.
Ignorance leads to fear and poor choices, universally as far I can tell.
Folks argue that there's more mis-information now that ever due to the web - but there's also an amount of knowledge one can gain, in exchange only for time and effort, that was never before accessible to many for so little. Amazing times!
I got even more than better body comp and excellent physical performance, though; I also got liberty. Liberty to get up and get going without worrying about eating. Liberty to be unafraid if I miss a meal. Liberty to know that I can eat when I want to and not have a blood sugar crash. Liberty to train when I want to, not around some notion of a pre-training fuel requirement. Time is money, time is relationships, time is the only truly limited commodity - having more time and flexibility in how I spend it is truly the gem of intermittent fasting.
And I never would have tried IF except for Martin's testimony - and the convincing photos - that one can both lean out and maintain the muscle needed to perform well, even perform better, through demanding high intensity workouts. Farewell to the specter of fasted training leading to muscle catabolism - I won't miss you.
I think IF is nearly mainstream now, as even Precision Nutrition is onto the game - as evidenced by the PN IF Guide. PN has not always struck me as an avant guard institution - although it is a very, very well run business and does a tremendous job for clients - so when they took the time to validate IF, I think it's a reasonable sign that IF is no big secret.
Bottom line - IF works, it benefits health as well as body composition, and I think it is self evident why the news is spread mostly via the web, and not via some print monstrosity that makes all its money via advertisements for junk that folks don't need - which people buy anyway due to the poor quality of science in diet and nutrition. Because so few of the opinions asserted in the muscle rags can be tested, folks fall for anything and everything.
Ignorance leads to fear and poor choices, universally as far I can tell.
Folks argue that there's more mis-information now that ever due to the web - but there's also an amount of knowledge one can gain, in exchange only for time and effort, that was never before accessible to many for so little. Amazing times!
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