LYLE MCDONALD: CONTEST PREP USING INTERMITTENT MODIFIED FASTING | HOW TO GET STAGE LEAN WHILE PRESERVING MUSCLE | EP. 238
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Lyle McDonald discusses advanced contest preparation strategies using intermittent modified fasting to preserve muscle while achieving stage leanness.
How do you take a physique athlete from a productive Building Phase all the way to stage condition while preserving as much muscle, training performance and recovery as possible? And does the traditional approach of continually cutting calories, adding cardio and pushing harder as the show gets closer actually make sense? In Part 3 and the final installment of my Intermittent Modified Fasting series, I’m joined once again by Lyle McDonald to take the IMF framework into one of its most advanced applications: contest preparation. We start by discussing something that often gets overlooked before the diet even begins: how to transition intelligently from gaining into fat loss. Rather than treating Building and Fat Loss Phases like an on/off switch, Lyle explains his Pre-Diet or Transition Phase and why temporarily moving toward maintenance, adjusting resistance-training volume and gradually introducing cardio may better prepare an athlete for a longer dieting phase. From there, we get deep into contest prep and discuss how IMF allows us to think differently about where we place the calorie deficit across the week. Instead of simply eating less every day, IMF allows RFL days…
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