Can I fast after I have breakfast today?
I still have noticeable muscle soreness from 2 days ago when I was doing some heavy weight lifting, yesterday my muscle soreness was painful, now it’s not but it’s still noticeable if I stretch my upper body.
Also, I don’t workout THAT often, it’s normally 2-6 times a month. I was wondering if I could start a fast of atleast 24 hrs, more like 36 up to 48 hours. I have done fasts that long, (48hrs twice) but I always wait until I have no muscle soreness so I wait about 3-4 days after I workout.
This time I also worked out harder hence I’m sure I’ll still have some soreness tomorrow.
The thing is I know I could just wait but I want to know how SAFE it is to dry fast in this state, I want to now because of a stressful situation which could get worse and dry fasting really removes all my fear. Is it possible that I’ll actually burn some muscle off if I do this now? Or will it make it very hard for me to fast due to hunger? Also I have been sun gazing and doing semen retention and I believe these things really help with a DF so I wonder if I’ll be okay right now if I proceed with this?
I wait 36 hours after my last workout to start a dry fast however I workout regularly, on my last dry fast for my next workout (36 hours post fast) I managed more reps in the initial set however stamina took a few days to get back so the sets after that suffered. I was probably low in carbs.
For you though, saying that you don’t workout that often, it could take up to 3 days to fully recover in saying that I reckon you will be right back to were you left off (and leaner) after another workout post fast even if you did start the fast a little early. It doesn’t really matter how long you dry fast for your HGH raising will protect you from significant muscle loss and after 24 hours your post workout protein synthesis increase will be around baseline so no point in cutting your fast short to try and fully recover IMO. Muscle memory is also on your side where you’re able to regain what you’ve lost a lot quicker than the first time you gained (the muscle).
For a whole month I used to DF for 16 hours a day and hit the gym during my fasting period.
It works amazing,the reps were lower a bit but I increased the sets so the overall volume was the same .
Recovery works for my advantage
I wouldn´t worry much about it other than not working out again during the dry fast unless you are already used to it. But if you can get a Magnesium spray I would recommend trying it for the sore muscles, they tend to recover a lot better with enough magnesium. When applied on the skin it is absorbed fast but only the amount you need, I think pills and stuff needs to be taken regularly for a while for it to work as good.
The body is usually good at utilizing the nutrients we have stored and it usually feels a lot worse than it actually is with muscle soreness aquired after not having worked out in a while or not often enough to get adjusted to it. I am no expert but logically it should be more of the bodys way of telling you that you overdid it and should rest, not that the damage necessarily is proportional to the soreness. I mean - there is no danger working out while stiff/sore but you should lower the intensity and stay there until it goes away. 1/3 of the time and/or intensity is often recommended as a recovery workout.
I mean any noticable extra amount of nutrients needed for the recovery will be done already by now. And you have more in reserve, even the glucose stays for a day or so and the rest is usually no worry even if going on for long unless you already have a pronounced deficiency to start with.