It’s becoming popular as a fat-loss tactic, but is it effective long-term for a lean physique? Trainer and nutrition expert (and MF cover guy this issue) Scott Baptie takes a look. What is intermittent fasting? Intermittent fasting (IF) means restricting the amount of food you eat for a given period, followed by a period of normal eating.
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10 Flares10 Flares × What are some reasons that people fast? For religious traditions or disciplines? To break eating habits? What about fasting for legitimate weight loss?I started intermittent fasting about three months ago and have seen some pretty good results. Now, roughly 10 pounds lighter, I’ve felt that the short bursts of fasts have allowed me to branch out from some eating habits like the 2nd cup of morning coffee, the afternoon sugar kick or the late night browsing in the fridge.The simple break in routine has helped me learn just how hungry I’m not and how often I eat when I don’t need to.The weight loss and diet industry can seem cluttered with new and trendy ways to keep off the extra pounds, but few of these suggestions actually stick
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Home / Diet & Nutrition / How Does Intermittent Fasting Work?How Does Intermittent Fasting Work?byFiora StevensonMarch 6, 2013Fasting has been a dieting strategy for decades, and a common spiritual practice for even longer. In terms of dieting, there has been little consensus as to whether calorie restriction is helpful or switches your body into fat-saving survival mode. In recent years, however, a new diet-minded fasting technique has become more popular: intermittent fasting. Read on to find out if it works, and how it works. The DietIf you’re not in the know, intermittent fasting (IF) involves strategically planning for periods where you do not consume any food other than low-calorie liquids (water and black coffee, for example).There are many proposed ways of structuring this diet.
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Chris Beardsley is a co-founder of Strength and Conditioning Research, a monthly publication that summarizes the latest fitness research for strength and sports coaches, personal trainers, and athletes. The views expressed herein are his and are based on the studies in the publication.The fitness industry can be a confusing place, with many experts providing conflicting opinions. Scientific research is our best shot at providing objective and effective approaches to fitness. Studies likes these are essential reading for all strength and sports coaches, personal trainers, and dedicated athletes.Strength and Conditioning Research is a monthly review service that covers new and interesting scientific studies on fitness topics. The studies included help answer difficult questions about optimal fitness, training, and body transformation.Here are the summarized results of three recent studies that were covered in the review along with what these results mean for you.Strength Training Improves Endurance Cycling PerformanceRecently, a group of researchers led by Ernst Hansen from Norway found that strength training improves the 5-minute time-trial performance at the end of a long ride in national-standard competitive cyclists .What did the researchers do?Several studies have recently confirmed that strength training can be included in endurance-training programs without causing any interference to endurance sports performance in untrained and recreationally trained individuals. However, these researchers wanted to see whether strength training could benefit the endurance performance of national-level cyclists.To study this, the researchers recruited 20 Norwegian national-level cyclists who had not performed any strength training in the previous six months. The subjects were divided into two groups: a strength-training group and a control group
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