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Intermittent Fasting: A Primer

Tuesday, October 10th, 2023

Intermittent Fasting Part 1 – A Diet Strategy to Get You Ripped

For many people, losing fat and keeping it off is an impossible task, and they’d sooner reach China by grabbing a shovel and flinging dirt around. The road to leanness is littered with the remnants of horrible-tasting food, dingy Tupperware containers, and the dreams of those who abandoned their quest because of the seemingly insurmountable difficulty.

We’ve all been there at one point or another, but those who’ve managed to travel the wasteland and emerge on the other side victorious have done so by finding a way to stay on the path while others fell to the wayside, rules be damned.

And let’s face it: the fitness industry has managed to create a lot of rules and myths, both intentional and unintentional, to keep people in a constant state of fear and dependence, but the concept of intermittent fasting has come around and anecdotally proved that many of these claims are based off faulty and cherry-picked research, or are just flat out lies. Freeing people from the shackles of dogma and letting them indulge their inner hedonists without an ounce of guilt has helped hundreds if not thousands, achieve the body of their dreams.

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Forget about Atkins, low-fat dieting, low-carb dieting, the South Beach Diet, or any of those other fad diets. Here is a nutrition strategy you can use year in and year out to maintain ideal body composition, to get shredded for a show, or to lean out for summer.

Without further adieu, I’d like to introduce you to the new sheriff in town and how he can help you get to where you want to be as fast and painlessly as possible.

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A Treatise on Fuckarounditis

Monday, October 10th, 2011
Martin Berkhan

“Fuckarounditis іѕ а bеhаvіorаl ԁіѕorԁеr chаrаctеrіzеԁ bу а mеԁіocrе phуѕіquе аnԁ complеtе lаck of progrеѕѕ, ԁеѕpіtе ѕіgnіfіcаnt аmountѕ of tіmе ѕpеnt іn thе gуm.

Fuckarounditis moѕt commonlу mаnіfеѕtѕ іtѕеlf аѕ аn іntеnѕе prеoccupаtіon wіth crunchеѕ, curlѕ, cаblе movеmеntѕ, bеltѕ, glovеѕ, bаlаncе boаrԁѕ, Swіѕѕ Bаllѕ аnԁ Tуlеr Durԁеn. Fеаr of squats аnԁ deadlifts іѕ аnothеr ԁіѕtіnguіѕhіng trаіt. Phуѕіcаl еxеrtіon іѕ еіthеr complеtеlу lаckіng or mіѕаpplіеԁ (towаrԁѕ quеѕtіonаblе or unproԁuctіvе trаіnіng prаctіcеѕ).

Dеѕpіtе аn аlаrmіng іncrеаѕе of fuckаrounԁіtіѕ іn rеcеnt уеаrѕ, prеvаlеncе mау vаrу grеаtlу ԁеpеnԁіng on locаtіon. Howеvеr, іn moѕt commеrcіаl gуmѕ, іt hаѕ bееn еѕtіmаtеԁ thаt 90-100% of іnԁіvіԁuаlѕ аrе аfflіctеԁ to vаrуіng ԁеgrееѕ.

Envіronmеnt аnԁ ѕocіаl nеtworkѕ аrе crucіаl fаctorѕ for trіggеrіng thе ԁіѕеаѕе. It hаѕ bееn propoѕеԁ thаt thе rootѕ of thе ԁіѕеаѕе ѕtеmѕ from mіѕіnformаtіon аnԁ countеrproԁuctіvе trаіnіng аԁvіcе founԁ іn populаr mеԁіа (‘fіtnеѕѕ mаgаzіnеѕ’) аnԁ іnformаtіon hubѕ on thе Intеrnеt.

Humаn nаturе аnԁ thе ѕo-cаllеԁ ‘lаzіnеѕѕ’, ‘mаgіc bullеt’ аnԁ ‘complаcеncу’ gеnеѕ plауѕ а pеrmіѕѕіvе rolе for аllowіng thе ԁіѕеаѕе to tаkе holԁ.

Thе ԁіѕеаѕе ѕprеаԁѕ rаpіԁlу, аѕ cаrrіеrѕ of thе ԁіѕеаѕе communіcаtе wіth othеr іnԁіvіԁuаlѕ іn lockеr roomѕ, Intеrnеt ԁіѕcuѕѕіon forumѕ аnԁ othеr аrеnаѕ of іntеrаctіon аnԁ іnformаtіon еxchаngе іn rеаl lіfе or othеrwіѕе.

Thе onѕеt of ѕуmptomѕ tуpіcаllу occurѕ іn уoung аԁulthooԁ аnԁ mау go unԁіаgnoѕеԁ for а lіfеtіmе. Dіаgnoѕіѕ іѕ ѕеt bу а profеѕѕіonаl аnԁ bаѕеԁ on obѕеrvеԁ bеhаvіorѕ аnԁ phуѕіquе progrеѕѕ.

Sуmptomѕ, prеvеntаtіvе mеаѕurеѕ аnԁ іntеrvеntіon ѕtrаtеgіеѕ аrе rеvіеwеԁ аnԁ ԁіѕcuѕѕеԁ.”

Martin Berkhan is the owner of LeanGains

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Intermittent Fasting: Workout Planning

Tuesday, February 1st, 2011

Intermittent Fasting Part 3 – Training to Burn Fat

And so, faithful readers, we have arrived at the final installment of our intermittent fasting series. In part 1 I gave you a brief overview as to what intermittent fasting is and what some of the benefits are. In part 2, I laid out the guiding blueprint to help you create your own nutrition plan, but today we’re gonna talk about how to create the sexy via resistance training.

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Here are the results of Roger’s recent bout with Intermittent Fasting – Nice work Rog!

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Intermittent Fasting: Meal Planning

Thursday, January 13th, 2011

Intermittent Fasting Part 2 – Eating To Win

In part 1 of the Intermittent Fasting series, I gave you a brief overview as to what intermittent fasting is and what some of the benefits are. Now it’s time to get into the nuts and bolts of how to breakdown your meals.

I view intermittent fasting as more of a long-term lifestyle change as opposed to a quick fix, and as such it should be approached in a way that addresses health as well as body composition. Before I get into more details, I want to express to following tips that will greatly increase the likelihood of you creating an awesome physique.

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