Every few months I revert to intermittent fasting to improve athletic performance and accelerate recovery. The key points I summarized in many posts.
The main point is that fasting with weight training unleashes immense energy and a sixfold increase in growth hormones to help with both strength development and recovery. There are endless resources for those who want to read up on the topic.
My two favorites are Eat Stop Eat and LeanGains.
It is critical to do training in fasted state, or in a multiple WOD setup like SealFit, at least do the resistance or work capacity sections fasted.
A part of the resistance training was visiting Hershey Chocolate Factory with the family…
Baseline: [Fasted]
Run 400m, 15x burpees, run 400m, 15x pull ups.
[5:10]
Work Capacity: [Fasted]
“Gallant”. Complete the following for time:
* Run 1 mile with a 20# medicine ball
* 60x burpee pullups
* Run 800m with a 20# medicine ball
* 30x burpee pull ups
* Run 400m with a 20# medicine ball
* 15x burpee pull ups
[36:50]
Durability:
5 mile walk
Strength:
Squat Clean – 135 x 5 reps, 145 x 5 reps, 155 x 5+ reps
Stamina:
Not timed: 25x Hang Clean (95#), 50x KB goblet squats (40lb) , 100 walking lunges
