Sunday, April 27, 2014

Information About Fasting For Muscle Gain

By Deborah Singer


When working out to gain muscles fasting is the last thing that would cross the minds of many people. This is not shocking because most people understand that in order to put on muscles one will require to eat lots of calories and do progressive overload exercises regularly. But the idea of fasting for muscle gain was introduced and a lot of people want to know how this is possible.

Before starting on the issue, it is good that people understand how muscles are built. Muscle build up depends greatly on progressive heavy lifting, diet and recovery. An individual ought to lift the heavy weights daily and ensure to add weights the bar more often. But care must be taken not to tear the muscles thus one should put weights that he can lift.

The diet for such persons should be one full of calories. It should compose of carbohydrate foods, proteins, vitamins, fats and even minerals. Also there should be ample recovery tie for a person after the training. This is because the muscles will need to relax and recover. During such time, the individual should try and avoid stress.

When an individual fasts, he allows his body to get rid of the accumulated toxins. This procedure can be successful during the process of muscle gain where a person will practice what is known as nutrient timing. This routine entails eating only when exercising and when not exercising and doing the heavy lifting, an individual is fasting.

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.

For people prone to accumulating excess fat when trying to put on muscles, this procedure will be particularly beneficial to them. Because they will not be eating, the fats stored in their bodies will be now used as an energy source when burned down. This way, when they will get back to the eating and heavy lifting routine, their bodies will be more likely to use the food consumed as an energy source to build muscles rather than store it as fat.

There is another routine where an individual might decide to set a time daily for fasting rather than doing it during the recovery time. Therefore in a day, a person might do 16 hours of without food and 8 hour re feed and working out time. These hours of course vary depending on what an individual manage a day as some people might not be able to go without food for 16 hours.

This procedure is more like eat stop eat and is commonly known by people as intermittent fasting. People are now able to get muscles and burn fat at the same time. Individuals thinking of starting out in this procedure should however research more about it and consult with a trainer to find out a plan that works for them.




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