"Eat Stop Eat" vs LeanGains for Body Recomposition

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WillHappen

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Hey guys,

What do you think about using "Eat Stop Eat" Intermittent Fasting vs LeanGains IF for:

Body Recomposition (loose fat, gain muscle slowly over many months)

using "Eat Stop Eat" Like this:

- Fast on 2 non-workout days (non-consecutive)
- Eat 15-30% above maintenance on workout days

I am currently 160lb @ 18-20% bodyfat (5'9")

This also seems to tie in with Tom Venuto's calorie/carb-cycling recomposition method from "Holy Grail of Body Transformation"

I would be really interested to see what you think? Thanks!
 
Full 24 hr fast (only water okay) as prescribed by the"Eat Stop Eat", which is one of the form of Intermittent Fasting.

Thanks.
 
Any more thoughts on trying to put on muscle mass (using high intensity exercise) with 'Eat Stop Eat' to keep fat gain in check?
 
Eat Stop Eat sounds like an idiotic fad diet.

I'd rather see someone on the cabbage soup diet than fasting two days in a row.

Humans are not meant to fast all the time.

If anything look in to carb cycling to facilitate fat loss during muscle gain. Don't eat a lot of carbs on days you can burn fat with cardio. Eat moderate carbs on days you need glycogen for weight training.

It doesn't need to be any harsher on the body than that.

Factoid: The brain needs almost 100g of carbohydrates per day or it becomes impaired.

How do you think the brain feels about 0 grams of anything for a day or two?
 
Thanks buddy, you make some points there.

Carb/Calorie-cycling seems a like a great idea for body recomposition (lose fat, gain muscle albeit slowly).

Have you had any experience losing fat while gaining muscle over a period of a few months?
 
That's completely a fad diet, site is junk, testimonials are junk... junk I say! Not eating and doing high intensity exercise would work for maybe 1 day and from there you'll feel like crap, lift no where near as what you could completely replenished. Think of your body as a machine and food is the oil. Can you operate with no to low oil? Sure you can, but it's hard on the machine and will eventually break.

There will NEVER, EVER, NEVER, EVER be a easy solution to fitness. If it sounds too good to be true, it's usually a fad. All infomercials on TV are fads and the fitness professionals selling it know it!
 
WillHappen said:
Carb/Calorie-cycling seems a like a great idea for body recomposition (lose fat, gain muscle albeit slowly).
Have you had any experience losing fat while gaining muscle over a period of a few months?
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Only for about 6 weeks, because I was on a lipolysis diet that just got to be too much to maintain. It was built around carb cycling, and slow/steady state cardio on a fasted stomach first thing in the morning, and then real cardio or weight training in the evenings (due to my schedule).

I never had more than two low-carb days in a row which helped me stay sane. On low carb days I got about 30g of starch carbs and 25-30g of fiber. Fat intake was constant, adn protein fluctuated to keep my calories consistent. so yeah on 'cardio' days I ate like 250g of protein I think.

I pretty consistently lost 1.5lbs a week, lifted heavy/low reps in the gym and didn't feel like i was on a cutting diet.
 
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