What is Intermittent Fasting?
This is where the individual chooses to eat their daily nutrition in a short span of time while being content not eating for the rest of the time. The key word in that sentence is eat. Intermittent fasting does not mean just stop eating until you make weight it is more complicated than that. It means when you do choose to eat for the day you are eating enough to sustain yourself. In all honesty, the research shows there should never be a window of 24 hours or more between meals at the most and even that should be compensated. There are a few different schedules but here's a link for 6 commonly used for fasting methods.
What to eat
As oxymoronic as it sounds fasting does not mean nothing. Water should still be consumed in a safe amount. I know every young athlete watching this is telling themselves they need to cut more weight to have a better chance competing which is a flawed rational but understandable. Head Coach at Ohio Northern University, Coach Beaschler says that wrestlers are always trying to cut more weight but it’s not until after their senior year of high school did they realize it was too late. In his experience the more athletes do worse their senior year than better as they cut to stay in the same weight class when they should have bumped up. If a majority of your week (4 out 7 days or more) involves weight manipulation it’s time to bump up.
What not to eat
Obviously if your fasting not eating is the goal However, before and after your done fasting you still need to eat. In between fasts your nutritional needs still need to be met especially considering what you'll be missing.
Evidenced Based Benefits
When you fast your blood's levels of insulin drop significantly, there is research to show this facilitates burning fat. Human Grow Hormone (HGH) increase as many as 5 times over. Your body induces cellular repair processes, such as removing any waste material from the cell. fasting can help fight certain diseases when properly utilized.
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