Big Ramy and Hadi Choopan fasted for 1 month during ramaddan. so do 2 BILLION people worldwide. so does every single animal on earth. humans have been fasting for 2M years. it is in our DNA to fast. and you are wrong about muscle loss on a fast. that is not true at all, when you fast your body will tape into fat for energy. you will actually GAIN more muscle implementing fasting for several reasons which i lay out in our podcast. btw i fast all the time, even did a 19 day fast. have done many 5-10+ day fasts. how many fasts have you done? did you get bloodwork? did you get dexa scanned? do you have any anecdotal evidence to back up your opinions on the subject? i have logs with all of the above which are free to look at.
i also suggest listening to the fasting podcast where Rick and I lay out the facts behind fasting and all the evidence
i wish you people would actually learn about it and use it as a weapon instead of bashing it. everyone should fast. whether you are a skinny ass swimmer or mr olympia bodybuilder. everyone can tap into the amazing benefits of fasting
I will take a look at it. I think that there are some things that try and be sold when someone mentions fasting which is stretching things. I look at these things as trying to “sell” it and the misconceptions . For example, as part of the religion, Ramy did “intermittently “ fast. This is not a cut or bulk type of fast. He did not do it as part of his Mr O training, but as part of his religion.
Did he do it, The evidence points that he did. Did this make the difference? I doubt it.
Have I fasted, yes I have. Many times. Bloodwork, etc. No. Is it going to be the difference in my next competition. No. Can it help me get to where I am going. Yes, but so can’t a number of different methods. They are tools in a toolbox and not the magical solution. There is no magical solution.
Are your studies based off of rodents or people.
My opinion is based on experience and medical studies.. on people. I go I to the details of the studies. This does not mean that there are studies out there that are in contradiction to my opinion. I haven’t seen them, but they may exist.
Be Leary of the details. I take 3000 people who haven’t trained and give them a magical pill. The 3000 people gained 10% lean muscular mass. Conclusion: the magical pill is a Miracle. No. They haven’t trained before... of course they will gain lean muscular mass without the magical pill.
Cardarine is another great example. Look at the human studies.... it is beneficial, but not for what it is being sold for. I use it for what the studies show not what salesmen want you to buy it for. Everyone uses the rodents data...... from a cancer standpoint, it was way too much, but for the beneficial results we use that data.
Enough of my rant.
I will listen in. I do listen to the podcasts and I don’t always agree, but it does put me to investigate. They have changed my opinion after investigation in limited instances. I am onboard with most, but I learn things that I didn’t know before. I am also a fact checker. [emoji23]
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