Fasting and exercise

• pilates great exercise during extended fasts

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• exercise during water fast?

  is it ok to exercise during a water fast - if so, what sort of exercise do you recommend? 5'0 female btw!!

• What kind of exercise do you do while fasting?

  Please share what kind of fast you’re on, your goals, and the exercise you do while on your fast.

• What do you guys do for exercise on your fasts? Or do you even?

• Are there benefits to doing a 24hr fast per week with regular exercises ?

  24 hour of not eating anything, and exercising every day of the week

• Start my 72 hours dry fast with exercise?

  Basically just to deplete my muscle glycogen and excess water quickly. Is this safe enough?

• Is it worth exercising during a 7 days long fast? Especially during the second half

• Exercising tips for extended fasting

  I would like to start doing strength training to tighten everything up, but I want to make sure I don't do more harm than good

• Exercise during dry fasting

  I know the common advice is to walk 10km a day while DF. What about other exercises that are more intense such as cardio or cycling? I’ve tried cycling for 30 minutes each time on the first and third day...

• maximise fasting weight loss with exercise

  As a man, how much of an impact does exercise have on weight loss during dry fasting? Should I focus on cardio, or strength training, or both? And to what level/strength?

• Exercising during Intermittent fasting

  I decided to add a small workout to my IF. I get a couple barbells and do a 20 minute HIIT. Hardly even 20 minutes because I rested a lot. Two days of this and I can barely walk. What...

• Dry fasting and exercise?

  Today is day 1 of a 7 day soft dry I’m planning on doing. All I plan on doing is walking for an hour or two every day of the fast. I’m sort of concerned about sweating and not replacing...

• Are you supposed to exercise while fasting?

• What's the most exercise you've done while fasting? Experience running while fasted?

  I've been a runner for a while. I also do plenty of calisthenics and weight training. I'm not addicted to exercising, but with running in particular consistency is important. So I don't want to stop completely if...

• Does blood sugar spike caused by exercise have any affect on fast?

  Today is day 30 of 18:6ish for weight loss and I’m down about 10#. I was curious what my blood sugar was doing and started checking. Shortly after working out I see a spike from ~75 to almost 100! Within...

• Is doing body exercises during a dry fast ok?

  Currently on day 1 of a 7 day soft dry fast and was wondering if doing push ups, sit ups, and squats every day is ok. I know lifting while dry fasting isn't a wise move. Hell I even tried once...

• what's the weight loss difference between water fast, dry fast, and snake juice fast?

• When is the best time to exercise? Do you have small meals during the non-fasting period?

  Does it matter whether one exercises during the fasting window or during the non-fasting one? I'd imagine that exercising when one is hungry would result in more fat burn. But that's just my personal, non-scientific assumption. During the non-fasting period,...

• Intermittent Fasting and Exercise

  I’m interested in following the 5/2 plan of intermittent fasting (restrict calorie intake 2 days of the week) and am wondering how exercise affects the amount of calories you can take in on fasting days. If I am limited to...

• What is your anecdotal experience with exercise and extended fasting??

  I'm no stranger to extended fasting, however, I have never really added exercise beyond my daily physical activity at the shop. I hurt my back a few months ago. No pain, and I'm functioning otherwise 'normally', but I've got crazy...

• Exercise to start a fast?

  I do IF but am planning to start doing 36hours plus. Is there any benefit to doing cardio to start a fast, or will expending my energy maker it harder to stick to but without the benefits? I can easily fast...

• Safe to fast during exercise?

  How long is it safe to fast if I’m doing thirty to sixty minutes of weight training every day?

• mild exercise whielle fasting?

  I'm on day 5 of a planned 7 day water fast. And I'm also seeing a physiotherapist for my back issues. He has me do some exercises everyday to strengthen my back I'm just wondering if the exercises would even...

• Dry fasting 20 hours + exercise

  Hi everyone, would like to do dry fasting for 20+ hours daily and would still keep exercising during the fasting hours. Currently i alternate between hot yoga and strength training and walk on the treadmill everyday (6 incline 3mph speed)....

• What exercise routine do people do with fasting?

  I was just wondering what exercise people do alongside the intermittent fasting? I want to get into the habit of fasting, starting on a 16:8 or as close as I can. Eventually, I want to start exercising alongside, but I don't...

• Extended fasts and exercise?

  I'm not sure if I want to kick off with a 21-30 day fast (I have done 21 before) and then transition into 72s, or just start off with 72s. I'm leaning towards trying the 21-30. So, now.. I am far...

• Exercise during fast or during eating window?

  I’m doing 18-6 IF 2pm-8pm eating window, and have been exercising in between my meals. I’ve read somewhere that the fat burning process happens within the 14th-16th hour. I was wondering if it’s generally normal for people to exercise within that...

• Best way to intermittent fast but exercise in the morning

  My current eating window is 12pm - 8pm and I only have lunch and dinner. I'm being about 90% consistent with this window. My goal with intermittent fasting is to lose weight. I am not exercising or being consistent with it....

• Exercising during my dry fast 😬

  Ok so I’m a pretty experienced water/dry faster and I’ve decided to try and implement some very light workouts/sweat sessions into my current routine. I don’t want to do anything too taxing on my body but I’m thinking some basic...

• Exercise + Cold shower to finish off a fast ?

  Anyone have some info on how well this goes together? Fasting for 36+ hours, exercising for 15-20 minutes, having a normal shower but finishing off with 1 min on coldest, before immediately breaking the fast with some food. Not entirely sure...

• How to get heart rate high enough when exercising while fasted

  Hello fasting friends. I fast 20:4 every day, and eat from 2-6pm. If I exercise after I have eaten something, I can do a moderately intense workout. However, if I exercise before I eat, my heart rate barely creeps up to...

• Fasting and not exercising

  Hi everyone! Im new to this journey im so excited. I will be doing a 1 week water fast and from then on progress and build my endurance. Im such a lazy person and i like to utilize my time...

• Do you combine fasting with exercise?

  Hey ladies! Would love to learn about your workout routines here :)

• What do you guys do if you're fasting but have a heavy exercise workout that night?

  For further info, I had an amazing experience with omad but I wasn't exercising at the time, now I am. What if I need the energy for the night e.g. spinning

• Need some reassurance about a forced break in fasting and exercise

  Hello, I was doing a 14/10 fast and working my way back up to a 16/8 with 7 days of workouts- swimming and body weight training - for the last few months. I was finally starting to feel good about...

• Can I exercise and workout during the water fast?

  I just started a 7 day water fast and I worked out today. But I'm not sure if I should keep exercising throughout the fast.

• Can you dry fast and drink very small amounts of water while you exercise?

  I want to dry fast and don’t want to give up on my current exercise regime or pause it. Will just drinking a little bit of water during exercise fuck up the whole fast? My interpretation is that I’ll sweat...

• Going back on a 72hr fast - what exercises can I do?

  I don't own a car, so I walk twice a day to get to work and get home, usually for an hour each time. Can I do that or should I be doing more extensive workouts? I'm thinking of doing...

• What level of exercise to prevent/mitigate muscle loss on a 21 day fast?

  From what I've read, you want to do weight lifting but not hard enough that it'l break down the muscle fibers, just enough to engage the muscles. How does this translate exactly into a workout? Would one set of bodyweight stuff...

• Exercise and Fasting

  I have been searching and reading a lot about exercise and fasting, but I seem to be in a gray area with what I'm finding. I'm a sports referee and in the past I've tried to fast only during times...

• Should you perform strenuous exercises while fasting?

  In general, I've read that it's not advisable to perform strenuous exercises while fasting because the exercise may be too intense (even dangerous) to perform if you don’t have the energy to execute movements with proper form. And you may...

• Blood Sugar rising during fast and exercise

  I am doing IF not just for losing some pounds but to also work at reducing or even reversing my type 2 diabetes. I have had some success over this last month, as I have done away with my use...

• What is the most exercise you’ve done during a prolonged (at least 3-day) fast?

• Exercise whilst extending fasting

  Hello 👋🏿, I’m kinda new to fasting. Last year I was hospitalised and lost my appetite so unintentionally fasted for 3 weeks. Since then I have gained more than my usual weight so have started to do IF (16:8), my weight...

• Water 💧 Fasting before a Dry Fast

  Should one Water 💧 Fast before starting a Prolonged Dry Fast.

• I thought I was dying after almost fasted exercise. Tips on not almost dying?

  So I recently started a new anti depressant as well as a new birth control. The next week I start a 16:8 fasting schedule. I ate about 1 oz of hummus and 3 oz of carrots maybe 10-15 min before...

• Does IF work as a fasting window only exercise and not incorporating an eating window?

  Will IF work as well (for insulin resistance specifically, but also overall health) if I simply wait 16 hours to eat again from my previous cutoff? So rather than only eating 8 hours, just marking when I stopped eating...

• Exercising while fasting..

  What is you guys’ experience with this? Would you recommend it, and if so, how much? I’m technically not new to fasting, though the longest i’ve ever gone is only four days (96h). Recently, I feel like i’ve found a...

• Can Long intense fasted exercise while being lean increase visceral fat?

  I'm sorry if the question sounds stupid but I've noticed that if I do lots of exercise with intermittent fasting I lose weight sure but my waist to hip ratio actually worsens, could it be that burning too much calories...

• fast & exercise ?

  How do you guys fast AND workout ? I intermittent fast (19-5) and if I don't have at the very least a protein bar right beforehand, I'll be lightheaded very quickly during my workout, my ears will start...

• Does exercise maximise weight loss during fasting?

  I plan to do rolling 72s for the next month, purely for the weight loss, that’s all I care about. Does exercise make any difference when water fasting for 3 days, and if so, what type of exercise? Like walking...

• Exercising while on a 36-hour fast

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• special diet and exercise while fasting?

  When you began your journey with fasting did you eat your regular diet, just only during the time alloted or did you eat healthier? What about exercise? Did you try and bump up what you had been doing?

• Is exercise while fasting okay as long as I supplement electrolytes correctly?

  Hi! I am on day 8 of what I hope to be a 35 day water fast. I was wondering if as long as I take in the proper electrolytes throughout the day, it would be okay if I went...

• Fasting, exercise, and Adderall

  TLDR: I want to get back into extended water fasting to lose weight, but am not sure about how much and how intense I should exercise, as well as how my taking prescription Adderall will affect things. Any resources would...

• Extreme fatigue fasting exercise

  M30 SW: 220 CW: 202 GW:185 I was able to lose 18 lbs fairly quickly doing 24s, 48s and 72s However every time I get close to breaking the 200 mark I get this horrible wave of fatigue that lasts for 2-3 days that throws...

• 30 Days Fasting + Exercising at the Gym

  Hello, Taking: 4.4g of sodium 3.1g potassium 400mg magnesium 3L water a day Height: 178 cm Weight: 85kg Body fat: \~22% Is that ok to train 6 times at the gym while fasting? I do low weights...

• How to do fasting combined with exercising?(male)

  Hi. I am interested in intermittent fasting after reading about the anti aging theoretical benefits. Do you have any advice on how to combine intermittent fasting with exercise? I feel completely fatigued and worn out after exercising without a meal before...

• Women: Tell me your routine (calories, exercise, fasting period, etc)

  Hi, just getting started and I am interested in hearing from other women on what is bringing you the most success. Specifically would like to hear about what your fasting window is, how many calories you eat on avg....

• Multivitamin intake during water fast. Exercise. Brain fog. And anything else I should be doing?

  I started my water about 80 hours ago. I actually didn't plan on doing a water fast, I basically didn't eat for a day(only drank water), and I though, well I'm already 24 hours in. I really don't have an...

• Intermittent Fasting / Calorie Deficit while exercising?

  Hi guys. It's been a few months since I've decided to lose weight. I'm 23, 170cm and I started at 100kg now down to 88kg, and I plan to keep going until I hit 70kg. So far what I've been doing...

• Why is exercising more popular than fasting?

  Fasting is cheaper, more accessible, doesn't require hours upon hours of training. Exercising is great if your goal is to become fit and have a nice looking body, if your goal is to loose weight is a slow (even dull)...

• Has anyone had success doing Intermittent Fasting with minimal or no physical exercising?

  Just curious…

• Just completed a 244 hour water fast. Previously my longest fast was 50ish hours.

• How long should i wait after fast to start another?? And how do I break my fast

• Fasting and exercise over the long term.

  Just looking for input on your experiences. I'm no stranger to fasting, nutrition and exercise. I've been heavily involved in the aforementioned and was in great shape for years, but since a string of injuries and some other issues, I've fallen...

• Exercise during fasting

  I’m going to start 16:8 soon eating from 12 pm to 8 pm. My goal is to lose 10 lbs but I also want to build muscle mass. I can only workout at 5 am (lifting for 30 mins and...

• feel more satisfaction while fasting

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• I drank masala tea during my fasting window, have I broken my fast? 😭

  Hi everyone, I just drank masala tea during my fasting window, have I broken my fast? Ingredients: Masala Cloves Ginger Water

• Would it be beneficial to dry fast for the first 24 hours of each 72-hour fast?

• When should i do intermittent fasting vs prolonged fasting?

  Is one more beneficial than the other?

• Is collagen good to take to prevent muscle loss during prolonged fasting (14 day water fast)?

• Going for a 48 Hour fast. Last feeding window is tonight. Fasting Tuesday and breaking on Wednesday.

• Exercise

  How often do you exercise when on a water fast? Not so much weights as there is no protein to repair but other exercise?

• Questions regarding exercise before fast breaking, and sleeping to avoid eating

  For the past week I have been doing 16:8 (8pm to 12pm) with a daily allotment of 1,200 calories. It has been going well, but the following issues have come up so far. 1. I like to swim for an hour a...

• Is there a theoretical limit to fat you can burn and exercise you can do while fasting?

  Hi, I am currently on day 7 of what I hope to be a 21 day water fast. I supplement with electrolytes, and honestly feel pretty good. I read up on the science of fasting, and how as your body...

• Safe for me to do a 96 hour water fast?

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• Is 13 hours fasting enough to begin fasted cardio and achieve increased fat burned?

• Intermittent 7 day fasts vs Prolonged 30 day fast?

  Do they yield the same results? Would the 7 day fasts be more tolerable and safer? This is what Dr. Jason Fung said on the topic: “Longer fasts have more power, but more risk. To me, there is no reason to fast...

• What makes you lose weight faster water fast or dry fast or is it the same ?

• Cutting vs fasting bodybuilding

  Which one will preserve more muscle? 7 day fast or 1 month cut? (if i were to fast, I'd still workout, but way lighter)

• Dry fast how to make your body temp hot??

  Yea it’s winter

• Long walks & _ hours of fasting daily. Results?

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• Starting my first fast, is there any advice or tips that would be beneficial?

• Any tips on fasting?

• 5 day dry fast then 2 day water fast for 21 days how much should I lose?

  •I am female 5’10 around 210 pounds

• Rotating dry fasting and water fasting for 30 days… DF 7 days rehydrate 1 day …

• Is stevia ok during fasting?

• I am new to fasting - does preworkout kick you out of a fast?

  I’ve just started 16:8, with my first meal at 12pm. I generally like to work out in the morning. I’ve want to start resistant training again and usually take 1/2 a scoop of prework beforehand and protein after. I can...

• 36-hour fasts M,W,F or one 72 hour fast each week?

  Ignoring that one may be easier than the other (all dependent on personal preference), is there a benefit to one slightly longer fast over 3 ‘medium’ fasts? (Or vice versa)

• What’s a good fasting app to use to track fast?

  I was using Zero, but it got all buggy on me. So instead of just reinstalling it after uninstalling, I’d figure I would check out something new. Any tips?

• is it possible to lose 20KG in 30 days doing 48h fasting protocol?

• 12 days water fasting & no bowel fasting

  Just checking is this normal? Has anyone experienced something similar. Sorry mean bowel movements

• Tired after my fast

  I did a 36h fast, not my longest but its up there. Its been more than 4 hours after breaking it yet I feel wayy too tired to exercise properly, is that normal

• how do you properly prepare for a dry fast?

• exercises?

  I know you can not do intense exercises but what about isometrics?

• Back-to-back 7 day fasts?

  Has anyone ever done this with one day refeed? Will this spare a bit more muscle than a 14-day one?

• Is a 6 Day Dry fast really a 7 when already in ketosis when entering a dry fast

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• Best Intermittent Fasting / fasting lifestyle books in 2022

  Anyone have recommendations for the best / classic books recommending a fasting lifestyle from the last couple years? I’m looking to get back on track and looking for a good book to inspire me

• About to start a 55 hour water fast- shoot me your best tips/tricks!