Does Training Fasted Make You Stronger? 

My job is 9-6. I find lifting in the morning fasted best fit my schedule, if not I’ll be thinking about my workout all day at work. Def not worth to sacrifice another 2 hours of sleep to eat a pre workout. Sometime just gonna do the work that works. Feels amazing too

Another thing to consider is the meal you had for dinner the night before. I find that if I didn’t eat a good nutritious meal before sleeping, I absolutely cannot perform fasted in the morning.

I’ve only lifted fasted. The mind muscle connection is immense, it gives you a performance boost.

I've only been training for 3 years. I use to train fasted and noticed that increasing the weight took me a while. Now in my 3rd year I find that eating, even just a banana, before a workout. I can push a lot more weight and have seen my numbers increase dramatically.

I love training fasted! It takes way too much time in the morning to eat, let it digest and then go workout. I just drink electrolytes, black coffee and I am good to go. I will say when I train fasted I have to do it within the first couple hours of waking up because anything after that I start to not feel so good.

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I think the individual variance is due to some people being more fat adapted than others. People who are used to fasting can pull from their fat stores more readily. So it’s probably more to do with metabolic flexibility than anything.

I do both. Yesterday I ate before my workout (leg workout). But this morning I took my pre-workout and that was it. I think it depends what you ate the night before. If you ate light, then you may wake up starving- then eat. But if you ate a lot of calories night before… fasted and pre- workout could be ok. Also 1/4 - to 1/2 gallon of water before a workout helps me a lot more than fasted versus fed before working out.

Fasted cause that preworkout goes wayyyy crazier lol

I’ve been doing my morning weight training sessions fasted for a few months now and I must say that I feel great! It did take my body some time to adapt but the human body is designed to adjust. I’m more of a bodybuilding type of trainer and I don’t do cardio. My strength is good, recovery is no different then when fed, and I feel as if I detoxify after every session. Not training fasted for any specific reason but just wanted to try something different. I have noticed that my appetite has increased for the remainder of the day and I’m not a big eater. Now I eat more in a smaller window than before.

I think you guys mentioned it in another video but our body's satiety level is already hardwired to bad eating habits from the past. Fasted workouts helped me reset it and I feel much better throughout the day. Also having the stored glucose from the day before helps like you guys mentioned previously. Great informative video!

I am glad this topic came up,many people talk about fasted cardio than fasted training…

I wake up, drink my pre-workout, and hit the (home) gym at 5 am fasted. I love it. Then anabolic french toast is my reward after a brutal workout.

Yep, listen to your body! I loooove training fasted, it works really well for my body.

same here.., I feel much more clear, and focus, fasted

i just have a beer before workout. no problem

Ouff like nr 600! Fasted 16/8 since 2009 and Leangains, now I'm doing more like 48-72h fasts 1-3 times a week and it's awesome. Uncommon Sense Fitness also helped me a lot with longer fasts and what to think, must say it's the best help I ever had. Love to fast!

I train before iftar. Allhumdullilah it feels good. The endurance ain't as good as when you are topped up but I still have a productive workout. Once you get going you are fine allhumdullilah.

I've been doing IF for a few years (17/7) and recently started doing weight training near the end of my fast. I take only 1,000 mg Taurine in the AM. I then take electrolytes, 2.8 grams Beta Alanine and 600 mg DMG during my work out. Because all the lactate buffering I get, the limit during my work out is a BODY HUNGER that is UNREAL. It is a totally different "HURT" then a muscle burn that is normally felt. The only issue is that it makes you CRAVE more sets... as intuitively my body something GREAT is happening. I just started doing my leg work out fasted and I am surprised how strong I am getting. At 67, I am squatting 480 lbs. When I turn 70, I am planning on breaking the world record of 365 for a 70 year old at 198 lbs. TRY FASTED WEIGHT TRAINING!

I have hit a lot of PRs fasted and I usually feel better in general. More energy, focus, strength.

Sparkling water or Yerba Mate first thing when you wake up if plan on training fasted .. Works for me and I always had to eat before a workout . Try it out .

It comes down to that novelty effect, if u do it long enough, u lose its effectiveness, cycling through fasted as well as non fasted training in a reasonable time frame(monthly for me) works best

I do a hybrid approach to fasting and workouts: I love to do alternate day fasts and do workouts through the day (10-15 min KB circuit 2-3x) and it has DRASTICALLY made me so much stronger and feel really good! Recommend getting some kind of electrolyte pills (especially potassium and magnesium) and ACV for Hunger reduction. They're lifesavers

I think it’s the time you eat like how long you give the food time to digest if you work out right after full stomach it makes it harder which why people like working out on empty stomach but if you eat an allow the food to digest it does give you more energy for the workout it’s my personal experience because I always like working out or doing physical activity without eating because eating makes me feel like crap doing a workout translates why people prefer not eating but allowing it to digest after you eat then hitting weights actually gives you better energy for high intensity and after the workout you won’t feel like crap because you had something before I noticed that if I go empty and work out I feel good during but after is when your gonna feel weak without food so I think eating allowing it to digest is probably the best before workout

For me 45 minutes to an hour post meal is my best performance. When I was younger in college days I used to eat 20-30 min before workout chasing a pump and it did work but it just wasn't ideal when i got older. I found the sweet spot is eating about 30-40 min before going to the gym and by the time i get there I'm about 50 min to an hour post meal. I always start with 6-8 min of walking on treadmil to get the blood flowing. Maybe 3 egg whites and a packet of organic flax oatmeal and half a protein bar will be my breakfast. I give my self 45 to an hour to digest that and then weight train. Works best for me that way. Cardio days where I go on a 3 mile jog I'll do with only a clementine tall glass of water and maybe a pre workout drink 30-40 min before I start running first thing in the morning.

Used to do summer football practice fasted. We did 4 hour sessions in the morning. I preferred it because i prevented me from throwing up. And i used to not get hungry until a few hours after the practice

I agree that everyone has different levels of effectiveness in working out fasted. I find that fasted cardio works while lifting on an empty stomach leaves me dragging through the workout.

I feel mentally better when i train after a meal. Its a psycological thing. Eating makes me feel like i have the strength to lift weights, whereas when i dont eat, i just want to get the workout over and done with so i can eat and feed my starving self. I cant focus, i cant take my time with it etc. So its all mental more than anything i think

I work in warehouse doin manual labour for 8-12hrs a day. I have water or coffee in morning, work all day with water. Get home and do hiit twice week before I eat, 3 days ill do strength before I eat. I only eat once a day mon-friday an twice a day on weekends. Went from 230 down to 169 an iv been between 169-174 for 5 years. I never wanna workout after work all day but I get a burst of energy about 10min into my workout an feel great

I always train fasted. I feel sluggish if I eat anything before. I lift or cardio (or both) between 1-4, first meal at 5. Done by 8-9.

What works for you, keep using it. You may copy from others but make it your own afterwards. Stay in between both sides of being fed and fasted. Just that right timing before you feel fasted works!

I can do both, but I feel better with at least 1 meal under my belt before I lift

When my blood sugar is low , I don't know my last name. I don't understand how people can talk about clarity in that state...

I eat huge meals, i cant train after ive eaten unless its hours prior because im bloated and can't brace properly in the mid section for heavy lifts

I fast for 20 hours mon-Fri. It works well for me to fast all day while working, then I head for the gym after work, then I’ll eat my first meal. I drink water consistently throughout the day.

I’m fasting we in Ramadan time eat mornings 4 am break fasting 7.30pm . During the fast no food or drinking water 🚰. I go to gym late night after breaking fasting and back from 🕌 mosque. I feel more mentally focused no brain fog , feel lighter.

Fasted 5am gym session works best for me. Cardio right after lifting FTW. Wake up and go straight to the gym

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I believ it depends on the person's body fat% and if they are fat adapted aka in ketosis. Anyone who is not fat adapted and run off glucose for energy will struggle greatly doing anything strenuous. They call it keto flu in the keto ketovore carnivore world. These gentlemen are in shape and definitely run off carbohydrates for fuel so they will feel as they described, now ask a seasoned fasting carnivore and you'll get a completely different answer. So their answer is right, it all depends on the individual and the lifestyle they live. BBBE PhD ❤

I don’t like to eat before working out because I don’t to risk throwing up.

Training fasted is using your stress hormones for additional energy. I feel more energized fasted because of these stress hormones.

When I eat I get tired

Adapt a exercise routine before starting fasting, fasting takes time and effort for the body to be okay in this state. If you have a routine already working out will be easy while fast but if you fast and don't work out make sure you listen to your body when u decide to start working out. Stop if your feel dizzy, headaches, cramping but not hungry pains tho fight thru those lol

I got all my pr’s done fasted

Heavy lifting eat, Light lifting abs running fasted.

I feel more energetic fasted

I notice that I recover faster from an exercise when I’m fasted. I usually stop eating at 8pm or so and then workout at 12-2:30-3:00pm. I’ve lost a lot of weight in one week but maintained my muscle. It may be because of the amount of protein I consume after the workout.

Since I have severe LPR (reflux) I absolutely HAVE to train fasted. I do however feel like I have enough energy and I quickly drink an oat/protein shake after my workout. Before training fasted I would have severe reflux during and after the workout.

I love training fasted, but saw somewhere that it was due to an adrenaline response, so not necessarily a good thing to do every time.

Training fasted helps me to not vomit all over the place after a big lift

He’s right you have to listen to your body before my competitions I do fasted weight training In the off-season I eat the same I stay clean I just do less cardio my cardio consist of hiking in the forest. PRO Natty Classic Champ Tony Zen

I feel sluggish weight training after eating in the morning

I'm the same. I genuinely feel better training fasted.

What if you are enhanced? Would you suggest fasted too. I usually workout fasted. So much stronger.

1:20 From a physiological point of view this makes no sense. Muscle glycogen takes about 5 days without eating to be completely depleted. The lack of energy that some feel when fasting is simply psychological or non-adaptive.

I workout fasted with either a black coffee sometimes just water and its rare i see anyone else training as intense as i do, im building mucle and i do either 2 meals within 6hours or 1 meal a day

I used to train before work and it came down to my commercial gym being packed in the evenings, since moving to a different gym and the evenings not being as busy, I have changed to evenings and I definitely feel stronger and able to focus more on my lifts. The odd time I’ve trained fasted recently, the sessions are normally good to be fair but I am dead on my feet by 1pm - sleep > fasted training imo 😂

Pretty surprised you didn’t talk about the anabolic effect of working out fasted. I can’t really work out fasted because of ”life”. But I would if I could.

I get a sookie from one of my wives and then hit the gym right after, that's my morning routine

Waaaayyy more sluggish eating 2 hours before workout opposed to fasted. Feel like I’m on stimulants lifting at the end of a fast on 16:8 or 18:6.

I beat all my lifting PR's on a 72 hour prolonged fast. Only water and tea. I've never fasted longer than 24 hours beforehand, and I've noticed it gets easier instead of harder... I was very confused.

For me it makes nog different. BUT.. I feel better after a workout when I ate before a workout.

I just asked this on another channel abs watched two similiae videos before this one… if it all just comes down to is preference then that’s fine and totally makes sense but if fasted workouts are better are you telling me Olympic athletes as the most extreme example don’t eat during races and only inbtw them if they can fast long enuff before their next race? I mean come on now… ? Not attacking anyone just trying to learn and understand this fasting stuff which I am slowly starting to try and increase times btw my meals and have even carnivore for a few months now with insane progress in terms of weight losss but also def feel weaker or not peak levels in comparison to strength… but helped me drop the weight I’ve been holding onto a few years since I had knee surgery even though I was hardcore in gym same levels the last 4 years I couldn’t ditch the fat… till now.. I don’t fast yet… but carnivore is working and who doesn’t love steak but anyways …. Any responses is welcome !

So what about losing weight or it’s just calorie in and calories out

I run better on a good 24 hour fast, but that's also with a significant carb load the day before. I'm guessing it's because I max out my glycogen stores while getting most of the waste out of my body by 24 hours. I work out better with a fast under 16 or so hours, but I've never needed to eat just prior to lifting to feel good. I'm more in tune with my running though compared to strength training.

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I’ll feel better training fasted but I hit PR’s when fed

Is working out while intermittent fasting ok? My routine is, I dont eat breakfast. I eat a high protein lunch at around 12, after a few hours around 3pm I eat fruits as a pre workout meal, and by 4pm - 5pm I do my workout, after that I eat a high protein dinner at around 6:00 or 6:30pm. Is that ok? My Question is when im fasted in the morning will I lose my muscles?

If you don't define what counts as fasted then there's no point to this conversation. If there's no consistency to the comparisons people make then we can't gather good data. Your glycogen stores won't necessarily be depleted if you're working out after a 12 hour fast from good carbs and protein. You've got to get closer to an 18-24 hour fast before your muscles will be depleted, which is also the point you should start noticing a difference in performance and energy. Whether you personally find workouts better fasted or not is personal, but a 12 hour fasted workout is not going to be notably different than a 1 hour fast, at least not until the glycogen is gone. I think this is why I generally don't notice a difference between carbs 1 hour before a workout, and carbs 12 hours before.

I do a 3 full body workouts schedule while doing a 16/8 fasting schedule. I fast from 10pm-2pm skipping breakfast. I'm curious tho being I workout at 5am on those 3 days will I have any negative results being I don't consume calories until 2pm?

Bowl of protein porridge an hour before my morning workout gets me at the right level, not too big a portion to feel groggy, but just enough to give me fuel I need to get lifting

i lift having eaten a light snack before, but if i ever go to taekwondo having eaten anything in the last 3 hours i'm 100% throwing up if we do physical prep or combat (technic i feel like shit but not to that point) I'm not exactly fasted but usually my last meal before TKD is 6 hours before

Depends on the meal. Shitty carbs make me feel like shit

i m not able to do the conventional deadlift anymore because my gym doesnt have the straight bar and plates, can i still get the same results with dumbells and kettle bells?

Having trained fasted and trained fed, training fasted is inferior for me. Fasted training lowers work capacity and recovery. A few fasted sets of back squats will put me on the floor.

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Seriously = Eat

Your body will use up the stored energy from yesterdays meal and that kind of energy is more efficient when weightlifting. You wont die from eating nothing in the morning as many bodybuilders might believe 😂

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I can just about manager to make my oats at 5am fasted 😂

Enhanced people shouldn't be allowed to give fitness advice. These guys aren't healthy or strong. If they came to the farm and loaded hay all day, they wouldn't make it an hour.