>Doing a 36 hour fast>22 hours in, haven't been hungry all day, haven't felt bad>Yesterday I had an extremely high protein day (150g, ate 9 eggs, a protein shake, and a can of tuna)>Got the urge to lift and hit chest + shoulders today instead of tomorrowShould I break my fast now with some more eggs and tuna, or should I keep pushing and finish the 36 hours? I'm worried I'm missing out on gains if I don't eat during the "anabolic window"I'm around 18-20% bodyfat
>>76701522>Doing a 36 hour fastHow do you not lose every single gram of lean mass in your body doing that?
>>76701546https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34668663/Your body has massive spikes in ketones and HGH to prevent muscle loss during fasts. After the first 18-24 hours there is next to no loss (unless you do 5+ day extended fasts), and because of the spike in HGH you will recover 95% of whatever muscle you lost immediately after refeeding.
>>76701567If you're sedentary for the duration you're fasting your liver's glycogen stores will run out within 18-24 hours. The body will then use both amino acids from muscle proteolysis and glycerol from body fat for gluceogenesis. Some lean mass will be lost.>unless you do 5+ day extended fastsRead the study you posted, it's saying the opposite. It'll actually adapt to using ketone bodies since converting muscle protein to glucose is very inefficient.
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>>76701522Stick with the fast. You'll be fine.
>>76701546By being a woman/faggot who has no usecase for that.
>>76701686>>76701623retards
>>76701546You do. Fasting is catabolic and inefficient for attaining an ideal body composition.
>>76702195caloric restriction is catabolic, moron
>>76702456Yes, we agree.
