fasted workout finish it with perfect aminos
is a great way to build muscle if you're trying to lose weight
it's amazing to work out in this fasted state because you're going after the stored sugar
Dr. Mindy here and all this week we're talking about fasting and exercise and on this video I'm
going to answer the question that I get so much which is should I exercise when I fast so if you
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my heart so grateful for you I love being on this fasting journey with you okay should you
exercise when you're fasting now I've got newbies listening to this for the first time I've got some
of you been with me for a while so bear with me as I give you the principle and then I'm gonna
walk through the answer to the question the first thing is that when you are exercising i
want you to remember that exercise is a hormetic stress what's a hormetic stress hormetic stress is
anything that will raise cortisol okay well guess what fasting is hormetic stress and exercise is
a hormetic stress so one of the challenges we have if we have an extreme exercise
lifestyle if we pair that with extreme fasting that is not a great combo
because what you've done is you've created two hormetic stressors you've put them together and
now you're going to cause potentially adrenal fatigue you're going to overstress your body if
you're a woman you may tank your progesterone so if you are an extreme exerciser adding fasting on
the days you're going on long distances with your exercise pushing your body really hard not a fan
of that so that would be the first thing I would say the second thing I would say is that you have
to remember when you go into some of these longer fast like three and five-day water fasts the
idea in those fasts is we are literally backing away from the body and we are saying okay body
I'm going to trust you that there's an intelligence inside here and you know what to do
so if you're going three days or longer I don't recommend that you exercise
I don't recommend you take supplements because what you're doing is you're telling your body
like okay I'm just gonna step back and let you do the healing I'm not gonna manipulate it all
so I'm not a fan of exercising on longer fasting days and if you're doing something
like a 24 hour fast, I'm not a fan of an extreme exercise on that day but intermittent fasting
13 to 15 hours autophagy fasting 17 hours that's actually really an awesome time to be exercising
so what happens when you exercise in a fasted is you're going after glycogen stores first
you're going after it in the muscles second you're going after it in the liver so a lot of you
guys were doing the standard american diet doesn't matter where you live the standard
american diet went worldwide unfortunately but you you just didn't know about the habits around food
and you've been putting on a lot of weight over several months or several years and so you come
to fasting and you start to lose weight but you want to accelerate your weight loss
well this is where exercise can come in because if you go into a workout a in a fasted state
you are creating a very focused energy at those glycogen stores those excess that
excess sugar that you stored years ago you're using fasting to go for it and you're using your
exercise to go for it as opposed to if you eat a power bar or you drink a smoothie before you go to
exercise you're not going after the stored sugar you're only burning the energy of the food that
you just ate so I love with intermittent fasting I love with autophagy fasting
you guys doing that in a fasted state so that you can lose more weight now I know what some
of you guys are thinking like well what if I don't want to lose weight I know this happens in fasting
we lose so much weight that then we have this issue of like I don't want to lose any more weight
so if you don't want to lose any more weight I still recommend that you exercise in a fasted
state I'm going to ask you to think about what you break your fast with and this is how
it would look let's say you run in the morning or you do weight lifting in the morning you're fasted
you come back into your house it's been maybe a half hour since your workout
I really like if you're trying to build muscle that you eat some protein doesn't matter how
much just a protein shake you know you can do sausages you can do eggs if you eat meat
I love fasting exercising and then eating protein that's one of my favorite if you are training for
a marathon you're looking for endurance you want and you are the weight that you already
want to be then work out in a fasted state and then when you go to break your fast or post
workout you're gonna do a carb load you will be the most insulin sensitive then so lean into your
carbs your fruits so that you can replenish those glycogen stores because you're going to need them
you need the glycogen stores for the longer workouts if you are looking for better brain
cognition like a lot of times I go running because I want to get that bdnf and I want that I love
having my mind work really sharp then you would exercise in a fasted state and then you come back
and you're going to break your exercise with fat and when you do that your you that fat is going
right up into the brain and it's nourishing the brain if you are already the weight you want to be
you can use this tool of glycogen and use the tool of breaking your fast post-workout
and really be able to start to build your health in new ways so when you hear this and you're the
weight you want to be or you're too thin I'm not saying don't work out in a fasted state I'm saying
think about what you're going to break your fast with after your workout in your recovery meal
another thing for those of you that are trying to build muscles by the way I'm a huge fan of amino
acids so perfect aminos is my favorite amino acid that will help you that's a great routine fasted
workout finish it with perfect aminos is a great way to build muscle if you're trying to lose
weight it's amazing to work out in this fasted state because you're going after the stored sugar
so a lot of little tricks there let me know if that's helpful again if you guys have transformed
your weight your muscles with fasting put it in the comments you guys are a little dubious of
fasting you're new to fasting go look at those comments I really want to start a movement of a
world that is adopting fasting as our go-to health habit to be able to overcome chronic disease
weight loss resistance to be able to get better mental clarity, to slow down the aging process you
name it fasting has the capability of doing it you just got to customize a fasting lifestyle for you
and if you need more customization come join me in my reset academy just put reset academy in
the comments and my team will give you a link but there you go should you exercise well intermittent
fast fasting the answer is yes and I just gave you the and as always hope that helps