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Fasting and Food Part III - Don't Skimp on your Training

Today we're going to discuss various types of exercise and where each type fits into Intermittent Fasting. What you're about to read is pretty much my own opinion based on about eight years of experience with Leangains-style IF. When I first stumbled upon Leangains and began the training, it felt like I wasn't doing enough. Three to four movements each workout, sets of 5-7 reps, a whole lotta rest time...how could this possibly work? To my surprise, I found that I became freakishly strong and was smaller and lighter than I had ever been in my adult life. I think when I started IF in 2011, I weighed 128 lbs at 5'2" tall. This was not muscle, in case you were wondering, and you can go back to my early blog posts to see the photos here  and a year in pictures here . I don't have any current pics, however, because I tumbled off the wagon after life threw a heap of shit at me. It's 2019 and I'm back on the Berkhan bandwagon again. My left knee is he