WD main meal and exercise
From: SteveFreides
Subject: Nutrition
Date/Time 2008-07-11 12:08:17
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For what it's worth, I almost always try to workout on an empty stomach, and for a simple reason - I enjoy my workouts more that way. Lifting weights with food in my stomach usually finds me feeling sluggish.
That said, much depends on the sort of workout one does, e.g., for my usual workouts, which are relatively short, intense, and strength-focused, lean and mean going in works best. If, OTOH, I'm doing something like an ETK heavy day, with lots of volume that I know may take me a couple of hours to complete, then I will adjust accordingly - I found that, particular when starting up a new ETK cycle, I did better having some food an hour or two beforehand. (I've been doing pullups along with the presses, and it really can take quite a while, especially if you are trying to minimize hypertrophy by taking long rests, to get through the whole thing.)
At the risk of stating the obvious, if you understand what makes the WD the WD, then you'll figure out when and when not to eat and what. The whole _point_ of the WD is, at least on some level, to get you back in touch with what real hunger feels like as opposed to eating from habit. That accomplished, everything else will follow.
So, to our original poster, I say simply that there is no one right answer, and that you must strike a balance between trying to keep to the WD idea of undereating during the day on the one hand, and making sure you are providing your active body with what it needs on the other. A 20-hour fast is not advisable on a regular basis for anyone, IMHO, or if it is, then it's not the WD. And 20 hours without protein is not advisable for a strength trainee who lifts at a time other than shortly before his main meal. Do note that many recommended undereating-period foods, e.g., almonds, contains significant protein. Dry-roasted almonds continue to be my favorite under-eating period food.
-S-
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