Intermittent Fasting for Athletes: Is it Right for You?
In this Find Your Edge podcast, Chris Newport dives into intermittent fasting for athletes with researcher Dr. Matthew Stratton, who just completed his dissertation on the topic at Texas Tech University at the Energy Balance and Body Composition Laboratory.
We discuss:
- What is intermittent fasting (IF)
- Different types of fasting protocols
- The limited research in this field done on athletes
- Why calories and protein matter
- The pros and cons of IF
- How IF can potentially affect your workout
- and more…
Here’s one of Dr Stratton’s published articles: Four Weeks of Time-Restricted Feeding Combined with Resistance Training Does Not Differentially Influence Measures of Body Composition, Muscle Performance, Resting Energy Expenditure, and Blood Biomarkers Read it here. Also, read Physiological responses to acute fasting: implications for intermittent fasting programs here.
