Hormones: Insulin goes down, glucagon hormone goes up
Response: glucose goes down and reaches equilibrium, liver glycogen is depleted, fatty acids used for energy go up (lipolysis), ketones goes up. Fasting is easy on low carb (can eat 2-3 times a day w/o snacking and can skip breakfast)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLO4TcBDQck&feat...

Look at this guy who eats a “warrior diet” (once a day)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBrwRiSjd3I&feat...

Like leangains blog (eat in an 8 hr time period, fast the rest) http://leangains.blogspot.com/2010/03/intermitt...

His younger days
http://is.gd/cTwRV

Leangains also recommends book 'eat, stop, eat'
http://imgur.com/Att8z.jpg

New leangains post:
'Intermittent Fasting and Stubborn Body Fat

I have previously hinted that intermittent fasting sidesteps the issues associated with stubborn body fat. Indeed I rarely find any need for advanced strategies to rid my clients of stubborn body fat. I will soon tell you why, but first let me give you some background information to what I'm talking about here.

What is stubborn body fat?

Stubborn body fat refers to areas of the body that hold on to fat the longest. Generally speaking, these areas include the lower abs and lower back in men, and the lower body in women. These areas are damn hard to get lean.'
http://leangains.blogspot.com/2010/06/intermitt...
Comment from link “Interesting post, especially about the heightened fat burning at hours 12-18. Thanks for this.”
My guess is this requires animal protein meal eating (to convert to glucose for gluconeogenesis).
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and of course Mark Sisson
http://www.marksdailyapple.com/fasting/

Mark Sisson:
http://zenhabits.net/lean-tips/
'Intermittent fasting. My last tip is my personal favorite, and it might just go against everything you’ve ever heard about proper fitness and nutrition: fast once or twice a week, preferably before your workouts. Intermittent fasting – going 18-30 hours between meals every once in awhile – can actually stimulate fat burning while maintaining muscle mass and conserving strength. It’s an old holdover from the early hunter-gatherer days, when the hunt wasn’t always successful, but we still had to develop a way to extract enough energy till the next meal. Our bodies always turn to body fat for energy first; in fact, that’s why we store body fat in the first place – to save for energy for later, leaner times. For the person who’s almost lean, but not quite there yet, throwing in a fast once or twice a week can really be the difference maker. I’d even try ending each fast with an intense weight training session and waiting an hour after to eat to really get the full benefit.'
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http://www.marksdailyapple.com/fasting-activity/
“A study out this month sheds even more light on the relationship between lethargy and continuous eating.”

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Check out his 2009 regimen guidelines on this facebook note http://textsnip.com/cc6dfb http://is.gd/cQIJx his facebook photos are full of his young days living in Australia and are great to see and so are his frequent news posts.
“Humans remain healthier by not eating/snacking all the time. Fasting occasionally, for 18-24 hours, is hugely beneficial to human health. (Fasting is easy to do on a paleo diet.)”

Great article! It is amazing the results that are achievable with unlimited time and resources. I do think that us (in the real world) can also produce similar gains if we set our minds to it.

This is by far the most dramatic of transformations I have seen from a Hollywood actor. RR got so shredded for Blade and Amityville, he was nearly unrecognizable from his Van Wilder days. Geez, I think I have a bit of a man-crush on him. 4% BF, it's nutz!

I really enjoy these celebrity transformation posts, they showcase the reward of proper fitness and nutrition in a demonstratable fashion.

If I may, here are some other famous actors who you could spotlight in the future:

* Tobey Maguire (Spiderman)
* Will Smith (Ali / I Am Legend)
* Ed Norton (AHX)
* Christian Bale (American Psycho)

Keep up the great work!
Kevin

Great article! It is amazing the results that are achievable with unlimited time and resources. I do think that us (in the real world) can also produce similar gains if we set our minds to it.

This is by far the most dramatic of transformations I have seen from a Hollywood actor. RR got so shredded for Blade and Amityville, he was nearly unrecognizable from his Van Wilder days. Geez, I think I have a bit of a man-crush on him. 4% BF, it's nutz!

I really enjoy these celebrity transformation posts, they showcase the reward of proper fitness and nutrition in a demonstratable fashion.

If I may, here are some other famous actors who you could spotlight in the future:

* Tobey Maguire (Spiderman)
* Will Smith (Ali / I Am Legend)
* Ed Norton (AHX)
* Christian Bale (American Psycho)

Keep up the great work!
Kevin

Thanks for reading the article man, glad you liked it. I didn't even know
you can surf in Dubai, that is awesome!

As far as whey protein, it's really just an extract that helps you get
enough protein each day. Adding protein, even when you're not lifting
weights, won't really make you fat or have any other adverse side effects.
I'd recommend going with the purest whey protein you can find. When doing
martial arts, you'll still be building muscle, and your muscles need protein
in order to get built.

They say the best measurement is around .5g to 1g of protein per pound of
lean muscle mass. Let's say you way 180 pounds and you have 10% body fat.
That means you have 162 pounds of lean muscle, so you'd want to eat at least
81 grams of protein a day, and probably closer to 162 grams if possible.
Somewhere in the middle is good. If you're a skinny dude and trying to bulk
up, you need that much protein plus enough calories a day for you start
putting on some weight. just keep eating, try to eat healthy stuff.

Email me at steve @ nerdfitness.com if you have any other questions!

-Steve

2010/1/20 Disqus <>

Great article, my aim is to reach a good physical fitness, although RR is not a model to follow in regards of body building for me, but I would like to reach his level of ripped body and abs, however I have started to train in gym for now over 2 weeks, and I plan on sticking to it, because all what I care about now is to increase my level of performance when I go out surfing, I am a skinny guy, and I do not have as much as waves as other spots do (I live in Dubai)

Anyway, sorry for the long introduction what I am interested to know is, whether I should follow the whey protein, and is there any side effects, lets say at some point I stop training, what would happen to me, although during that time, I have taken whey protein, but instead of just building muscles, I went to lets say martial arts…

Thank your for the article and your time!
Arzo