0 day water-only fast completed
07-01-2018, 08:29 PM
I’m up for it.
If only you knew how bad things really are.
Quote: (07-01-2018 08:07 PM)Bain Wrote:
ONE DAY WATER ONLY FAST CHALLENGE
Sunday July 8, 2018
Are you guys up for it. If so post a reply.
More details and helpful tips to be given the day of.
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Quote: (07-03-2018 11:48 AM)Bain Wrote:
This is the ideal -- but some will have a strong tendency to freak out on food -- avoid that if you can but if you can't at least you got your one day fast in and the cleanse will benefit your body.
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Quote: (07-05-2018 03:02 PM)asdfk Wrote:
What about exercise and fasting? I train 2-3 hours every day. Can I do a 23-hour fast while in training or is this not recommended?
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Fasting is a great tool to maximise natural hormone optimisation – it increases testosterone and HGH.
A study (4) in 2012 found that consuming food (a 550 calories standard meal) before a morning testosterone blood test reduced by testosterone by 30% for u to 2 hours after compared to the control group.
Another study (5) found that healthy males luteinizing hormone (LH) – the precursor to testosterone – increased by 67% from an overnight fast.
Testosterone means more muscle and manipulating this variable will maximize your gym efforts.
Does Fasting increase HGH?
Intermittent fasting for more HGH works.
A well known study (6) found a 2000% increase in HGH after a 24 hours fast that lasted for a couple of days after.
These HGH responses occurred as huge individual pulses from the pituitary gland.
The authors suggested that the response may be some evolutionary response to starvation.
Other older studies have found HGH spikes from fasting.
A study (7) in 1982 looked at a patient undergoing a 40 day fast for religious reasons. HGH levels went from 0.73 ng/ml to 29.2 ng/ml by day 5. By day 26 it was up to 9.86 ng/ml – a 1250% increase.
A study (8) in 1988 recorded a 5 day fast doubled GH Pulse frequency and amplitude.
A study (9) in 1992 found a 5 fold increase in HGH after a 5 day fast.
Some of this will likely be the result of no insulin spikes from eating which drives down HGH.
The Verdict
The intermittent fasting HGH effect is one of the most powerful tips you will learn from this website.
Anyone interested in HGH optimisation should make this one of their first priorities to incorporate if they don’t already.
Generally – Longer fasts = More HGH pulses.
Daily fasts of up to 20 hours work well for maximising IF HGH pulses.
Another approach would be to do more infrequent 24 hour fasts or more.
Quote: (07-05-2018 03:18 PM)Tail Gunner Wrote:
Quote: (07-05-2018 03:02 PM)asdfk Wrote:
What about exercise and fasting? I train 2-3 hours every day. Can I do a 23-hour fast while in training or is this not recommended?
It has already been discussed in this thread. Intermittent fasting can, among other things, increase human growth hormone by up to 2000%. So, you would eat at noon and 6:00 p.m. and then fast from 7:00 p.m. until noon the next day. Here is an article with the PubMed links atatched:
Quote: (07-05-2018 09:09 PM)Arado Wrote:
Quote: (07-05-2018 03:18 PM)Tail Gunner Wrote:
Quote: (07-05-2018 03:02 PM)asdfk Wrote:
What about exercise and fasting? I train 2-3 hours every day. Can I do a 23-hour fast while in training or is this not recommended?
It has already been discussed in this thread. Intermittent fasting can, among other things, increase human growth hormone by up to 2000%. So, you would eat at noon and 6:00 p.m. and then fast from 7:00 p.m. until noon the next day. Here is an article with the PubMed links atatched:
Is strength training better in the fasted or the fed state?
Quote: (07-06-2018 10:19 PM)Bain Wrote:
Quote: (07-05-2018 09:09 PM)Arado Wrote:
Quote: (07-05-2018 03:18 PM)Tail Gunner Wrote:
Quote: (07-05-2018 03:02 PM)asdfk Wrote:
What about exercise and fasting? I train 2-3 hours every day. Can I do a 23-hour fast while in training or is this not recommended?
It has already been discussed in this thread. Intermittent fasting can, among other things, increase human growth hormone by up to 2000%. So, you would eat at noon and 6:00 p.m. and then fast from 7:00 p.m. until noon the next day. Here is an article with the PubMed links atatched:
Is strength training better in the fasted or the fed state?
Fed state.
You need to rest when fasting so digestive system can take a break and body uses the energy to clean, rejuvenate and heal itself. Muscles are also weak after a fast and can tear.
But when a fast is completed and you have eaten some healthy fruits, vegies and nuts - and drank water - and then do strength training after a day or so -- you will be doing strength training with a light and clean body -- and it will be so much more effective. The work out will be smooth and painless with joints working like they have been lubricated.
Quote: (07-06-2018 10:28 PM)Tail Gunner Wrote:
Quote: (07-06-2018 10:19 PM)Bain Wrote:
Quote: (07-05-2018 09:09 PM)Arado Wrote:
Quote: (07-05-2018 03:18 PM)Tail Gunner Wrote:
Quote: (07-05-2018 03:02 PM)asdfk Wrote:
What about exercise and fasting? I train 2-3 hours every day. Can I do a 23-hour fast while in training or is this not recommended?
It has already been discussed in this thread. Intermittent fasting can, among other things, increase human growth hormone by up to 2000%. So, you would eat at noon and 6:00 p.m. and then fast from 7:00 p.m. until noon the next day. Here is an article with the PubMed links atatched:
Is strength training better in the fasted or the fed state?
Fed state.
You need to rest when fasting so digestive system can take a break and body uses the energy to clean, rejuvenate and heal itself. Muscles are also weak after a fast and can tear.
But when a fast is completed and you have eaten some healthy fruits, vegies and nuts - and drank water - and then do strength training after a day or so -- you will be doing strength training with a light and clean body -- and it will be so much more effective. The work out will be smooth and painless with joints working like they have been lubricated.
That is true for a normal fast, but while doing intermittent fasting you want to work out near the end of the fast when testosterone and HGH is still elevated.
Quote: (07-06-2018 10:40 PM)Bain Wrote:
Quote: (07-06-2018 10:28 PM)Tail Gunner Wrote:
Quote: (07-06-2018 10:19 PM)Bain Wrote:
Quote: (07-05-2018 09:09 PM)Arado Wrote:
Quote: (07-05-2018 03:18 PM)Tail Gunner Wrote:
It has already been discussed in this thread. Intermittent fasting can, among other things, increase human growth hormone by up to 2000%. So, you would eat at noon and 6:00 p.m. and then fast from 7:00 p.m. until noon the next day. Here is an article with the PubMed links atatched:
Is strength training better in the fasted or the fed state?
Fed state.
You need to rest when fasting so digestive system can take a break and body uses the energy to clean, rejuvenate and heal itself. Muscles are also weak after a fast and can tear.
But when a fast is completed and you have eaten some healthy fruits, vegies and nuts - and drank water - and then do strength training after a day or so -- you will be doing strength training with a light and clean body -- and it will be so much more effective. The work out will be smooth and painless with joints working like they have been lubricated.
That is true for a normal fast, but while doing intermittent fasting you want to work out near the end of the fast when testosterone and HGH is still elevated.
Which I think means you need to eat right after your workout? And then fast until the next eating period.
Quote: (07-09-2018 07:38 PM)Bain Wrote:
For those who fasted, how was your experience?
Quote: (07-09-2018 08:06 PM)Tail Gunner Wrote:
Quote: (07-09-2018 07:38 PM)Bain Wrote:
For those who fasted, how was your experience?
I fasted for forty hours (Saturday at 7:00 p.m. until Monday at 11:00 a.m.). Oddly enough, I had a vicious headache last night (and I ordinarily do not get headaches). Application of a hot water bottle finally enabled me to sleep. Of all the fasts that I have done, that was only the second time that I experienced a headache. It has been a year since my last fast. Perhaps I am not eating quite as clean as I thought (perhaps too much sugar from fruit and too much cheating). A fast can also indicate when to take corrective action, so I will endeavor to improve my diet. I also took a long walk in nearly 100 degree heat (but drank plenty of water). I am thinking about doing a 2-1/2 day fast in the next few weeks. I would like to see if the headache reoccurs.
Quote: (07-16-2018 12:16 PM)TigerMandingo Wrote:
Would a water fast help with constipation and bowel movement issues?