weight training and fasting

baab · Post by **baab** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 3:35 am

Hi again , i just wanted to ask that i am keeping fasts these days ! I hit the gym in the after noon and fasts opens in the late evening! Now is it okay for me carry on with the usual routine of any hour of weight training and cardio?? Does keeping a fast has any effect on weihht training ?

swanso5 · Post by **swanso5** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 3:54 am

you'd want 3 meals after working out for freplenishment so make them small - moderate one's so you can get them all in...why the fast???

baab · Post by **baab** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 4:22 am

Why the fast?? Well basically because its the muslim's holy month of ramadan that why! actually i asked wether i can exercise (do cardio and wt training) during fast , in a sense that i get to eat at 4 am and after that the fast starts and end up at 6 pm... And i hit the gym in the afternoon, having not eaten since 4 am!! So like whats the answer now?

swanso5 · Post by **swanso5** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 6:53 am

probably fair enough then...

i would stick to wts only, keep wts moderate volume then eat like a horse avter it getting 3 good meals in after working out before going to bed

could you possibly gym at 6:30 - 7ish? that would make things easier

(Rage) · Post by **(Rage)** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 1:43 pm

Eh, I feel for you baab.

I'm going what you are going through with the fasting and all..and honestly..I'm putting the gym aside, until I really feel like I need to hit the gym during this month, cause body is too weak to walk, mind excersizing.

Plus I learned..cardio don't do shit! No treadmill, no ellptical machine matters.
For the past 3 weeks, no make that about 2 months, I've been doing only "muscle training" and barely any cardio.

And I still see the same results if not better, and I used to workout only 3 times a week. I swear..somedays, even 2. It worked okay for me.

I'm not gaining that huge hips I had, and comes and goes. Shit happens and it gets on the way for me, like...fasting causes me to bloat a lot, and ther is nothing I could do about it..

But after Ramadan is over...I'll hit the gym a bit hard, just for the sake of this one month, then I'll ease down again..

Mainly..I say stick to Muscle training, Cardio doesn't do a thing if you're in a good shape already.

Boss Man · Post by **Boss Man** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 5:56 pm

Cardio can help to burn some calories, and create a Metabolic environment for you, so it shouldn't necessarily be overlooked, but it should be controlled not done to death, in the case of some people who use Treadmills like a second home