Fasting and Bodybuilding

One of the most famous bodybuilders of his generation Sergio Nubret was a strong advocate of intermittent fasting way back before it was popular. Sergio Nubret had a fantastic physique and whether or not he built that body using steroids is not the question here, what his nutritional methods were are.

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Bodybuilding and Intermittent Fasting : How to Make It Work for You

Is it just a flash in the pan or is it here to stay ? Intermittent fasting seems to have come out of nowhere in the past few months. It has been popularised by the likes of Brad Pilon, Dr. John Berardi, the Hodge Twins and Martin Berkhan but in actual fact, intermittent fasting has been around a lot longer than that. Intermittent fasting which is actually a pretty fancy (sometimes off putting) phrase for what is essentially two windows - a window when to eat and a window when not to eat.

Intermittent fasting and bodybuilding can work for you if your goal is to build muscle and to get lean and here are 3 reasons why.

1. Recent studies have shown that it is in actual fact total macros and the total amount of daily calories that account for muscle growth and not the amount of meals and the timing of them. Essentially what this is saying is that as long as you get the required amount of calories in the 24 hour period it doesn't matter when you get them. So as long as you get you required amount of calories (a surplus of your TDEE is needed in combination with a progressive training routine) in your eating window you will gain muscle.

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