I like to binge eat so IF fits my lifestyle pretty well my first meal
Usually is 1-1.5k in calories and I snack on random foods to bring macros in line.

Coffee and green tea when feeling abit hungry and will let you go abit longer, my strength has steadily increased but endurance is shit.

>>36222237
Do you ever experience problems with failing sets? How do you time your workouts with it?

>>36222194

I've done something I never even thought was possible in recomping my body whilst IF. I've put on quite a bit of solid mass and I'm 25 pounds lighter than I was 5 months ago.

>>36222271
Could ya gimme some pointers? Looking to do this as efficiently as possible.

Been thinking about doing IF as well. Waiting until I put on some more weight thought. I'm still quite skinny right now and I need to bulk.

The most bearable from what I've read is 16 hours with an 8 hour window for eating.

I do it. I wake up around 7 or 8 for classes and don't get home until like 9 or 10. Makes not having to eat at uni much simpler

Is this some troll?

DONT DO CARDIO when intermittent fasting

Do your normal weightlifting routine, but at 80% or so

And anything after the 16th hour doesnt matter. It's too hard to plan around a 24 hour fast, and it's much easier to say, fast after dinner, go to bed, then lift at around 4 or when ever you reach 16 hours

I do it like this, and it works wonders

>>36222696
I do cardiovascular when intermittent fasting, tell me why that's so bad

>>36222696
Why shouldn't I do cardio??
And your saying that my 4 hour window would be inefficient? Do 8 hours instead?

>>36222772
No it's fine for your 4 hour window

Cardio isnt terrible, but you arent utilizing the second reason, and preferably the main reason we, as in /fit/ do it. Sure if you cardio, it will utilize the fat burning, but it's also for protein synthesis. If you do cardio there is no way in hell you'll be able to lift while fasting, it's one or the other

So the true answer is, if you are a landwhale, cardio while IF, but like most of /fit/, if you want to see sick gains, weightlift while doing IF

And even so, you still get pretty good fat burning benefits while lifting on IF. Might as well utilize the other part too

>>36222890
What if I wanna get dem sick aerobic gains? Like running 2 miles in 12 minutes. Or muscular endurance?

>>36222890
Thanks for the advice, friendo. I'll keep that in mind

I'm doing IF and I'm hungry as fuck right now, nothing worse than trying to sleep with a hungry belly m8
1800 calories :-/

>>36223070
doing it wrong m8. Use the sleep to your advantage. Eat then use your sleep to get through half of your fast

>>36222194
The best IF for me so far has been a day cycle

>Day 1: afternoon
lunch to get some energy

>Lift

>Day 1: dinner
Big dinner of 3500 kcal

>Day 2: morning
nothing

>Day 2 dinner
small salad less than 200 kcal

It worked great, im actually going to start it again next week since I haven't done it since I broke it for Christmas

>>36224228
*2 day cycle

ive been doing leangains for some time now. i eat 20% caloric surplus/high carb on lifting days (3xweek) and 20% caloric defic/low carb on off days. have been steadily effortlessly losing fat on this plan while progressing on all lifts but push press. from 84-85 kg in late november to 73 kg yesterday morning.

Any sort of health/fitness benefit assosiated with IF is a meme/broscience. I do 18-6 IF protocol during cut just as means of controlling my hunger and making calorie counting more simple (since you only have 2 meals a day). Fasting for 24 hours seems unnecessary, and working out during that time is a dumb fucking decision

>>36222890
Lift after first meal and cardio after the 12th hour you fucking pleb.

>>36224266
how can you lose weight if you're supposedly not in a caloric deficit?

Eating 12-8 okay? Can I workout in the eating time or has it to be in the fast? Carbs all throughout the 8 hour window cool?

>>36224943
no problem

http://www.leangains.com/2010/04/leangains-guide.html

>>36222194
Does anyone else get constipation during IF?

>>36224905
No idea, im not an anthropologist

do 16/8 and stop being such a fag about it,

The underlying mechanic is still "calories in, calories out". Intermittent fasting is just a different way to get there.

If it works for you, do it. For me personally, I'd get headaches if I went 16 hours without eating.

>>36224986
yep, doing 18/6 and I only shit every few days.

It doesn't work. You will only lose water and muscle mass, and you will regain it in a couple of days. It's a fad, don't do it.

>>36227128
>losing muscle mass
>from fasting for 24 hrs
Dude your body isn't that self-destructive

>>36227128
your an idiot