mardi 15 avril 2014

Facts About Fasting For Muscle Gain

By Deborah Singer


Many people would think it ironic to undergo fasting when looking to gain muscles. This is because it is common knowledge that to increase muscles, an individual has to eat a lot of calories and do a lot of heavyweight lifting daily. So how is fasting for muscle gain even possible? This article discuses this issue to give a perspective on how this can be possible.

The normal routine which people do to get muscles involves constant calorie intake, regular heavy lifting and then recovery. The weights lifted are constantly added depending on how much muscles one wants to gain. Apart from the heavy lifting, an individual also does other exercises of the body to tone the muscles.

As for nutrition of such persons, there foods include vitamins, carbohydrates proteins, fats and also minerals. These foods are burnt down during the heavy lifting to build the muscles. At recovery time, persons ensure to get sufficient amounts of sleep and also avoid stressful situations at all times as this might lead to weight loss. Adhering to this routine will lead to an individual building the muscles he wants.

Back to the issue of fasting and this process is usually known for clearing the body off its toxins. It can be incorporated successfully into muscle increase procedure where the individual consumes food only when training. This exercise is also known as nutrient timing and the calories one gains will be burnt down during the heavy lifting. Once the training days are over, it is recovery time and one can use this time to go on a fast.

In many cases, people usually think of junking and lazing around when in recovery period. But instead of eating junk, a person can take this time to eat nothing at all, just drinking water. For people wondering where the body will get energy to carry out its normal processes the answer is that the stored fats will be broken down to release energy. Once the recovery is over, a person can get back to the routine of nutrition and progressive overload.

There are those individuals who during the process of muscle gain add fats. For such persons, incorporating fasting in their routine will be very advantageous as the fats from foods will not be allowed to accumulate but rather used up all for energy. The reason for this is the fat stored will be used in energy provision when one is not eating and when eating, all the food nutrients will be used up for muscle gain.

The fasting interval can vary in people. There are those who might decide to fast on those recovery days while others can decide to fast daily during the heavy lifting procedure. Such persons might have a 16 hour fast period and 8 hour feed program for their muscle build up procedure. This means that they will be having 1 to 2 heavy meals per day. This process will enable one get lean muscles.

Intermittent fasting is all that has been explained in this article and this routine has gained popularity among many people. Muscle increase and fat burn is now possible. But more research and consultation with a professional trainer should be done by all persons thinking of getting into this routine.




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