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5x5 Fasted 4/27/09
Thirty-one hours fasted, I did:
5x5 70 lb. kettlebell push-press, superset with
5x5 70 lb. dumbbell row
Rest 1.5 min (All of these were single-arm)
Rest 5 minutes.
5x5 2x53 lb. kettlebell front squat, alternating with
5x5 2x53 lb. kettlebell swing
Rest as needed between each single set.
Started getting completely gassed and felt a bit like I was going to puke after the first two sets of the lower-body exercises. I attribute this to:
- first intense workout since 4/11/09
- being fasted 31 hours and first long-fasted workout in awhile
I forgot how intense alternating double-kb front squats with double kb-swings was. I am beat!
Total time: 40 minutes
Day 116 of Week 18 — 
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Categories: weight lifting, kettlebell
Tags: double-kb-swing, fasted-workout, front-squat, kb-rows, kettlebells, push-press, weight-lifting, weights
Permalink Monday April 27 at 06:32:59 pm, by Justin — 2 comments » 2 comments
And, more importatnly, workout without nutrition is suboptimal. At least, some Amino Acids (BCAAs) should be taken.
I actually feel like I get the most "bang for my buck" at a 30 hour fast, which is equivalent to skipping three full meals. I've experimented with a huge variation of fasting methods, and for the sporadic longer fast (i.e. longer meaning >16 hours), I like 30 over 24. Just preference I guess.
>workout without nutrition is suboptimal.
I agree that after a long fast my glycogen stores are a bit depleted, which can impair power/performance. I don't normally workout so fasted, but I like the nutrient partitioning impact of a heavy workout prior to breaking a fast (sends the nutrients to muscles preferentially - at least, so goes the reasoning). I think the most optimal fasting/nutrition combo may be what Martin Berkhan suggests over at leangains.com -- daily IF with most of the nutrition coming PWO. I had some good results with that method when I was doing crossfit last summer.
More testing is required though.
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