Exercise, fasting shown to help cells shed defective proteins

Re:Exercise, fasting shown to help cells shed defective prot... by theatraine on Tuesday February 26, 2019 @03:11PM (#19257914)

Personally I haven't noticed any reduction in strength doing 8 hour time restricted eating. I've hit my most recent PRs doing this. For reference I'm decently strong with squat/bench/deadlift being 470/320/545 lbs.

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Re:Exercise, fasting shown to help cells shed defective prot... by cgh on Tuesday February 26, 2019 @04:22PM (#19258403)

A 500+ lb deadlift is no joke, nice work. Conventional or sumo?

Regarding the fasting time, I think there's a big difference between the IF you are doing and eg the multi-day fasts people here are talking about. They don't sound helpful for strength sports.

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Re:Exercise, fasting shown to help cells shed defective prot... by theatraine on Wednesday February 27, 2019 @05:14PM (#19267438)

Thanks! I pull conventional, I'm no good at sumo.

I would agree that multi-day fasts would not be good for strength sports. There doesn't seem to be a authoritative source but LeanGains states you won't lose muscle if you're fasting less than 24 hours. (https://leangains.com/top-ten-fasting-myths-debunked-major-u...)

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Re:Exercise, fasting shown to help cells shed defective prot... by matwood on Wednesday February 27, 2019 @07:06AM (#19262696)

I agree. IF is something I think people can just fit into their lives. It appears to have tons of benefits with little downside.

Longer fasts are something different entirely. They have their place, but are more of an event that must be planned. Personally, I like things I can do for life and turn into habits. I don't see how I could make 3-7 day fasts a habit.

Oh, and I'm not the person you asked, but my best DL was conventional 525lb weighing 199 :)

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