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It's the carbs, man. I am not anti-carb but I consider them a dessert (even if it's a slice of bread). It'll be easy for you since you're already exercising. Don't scale back. Just go for the 24 hours. Folks are unreasonably skittish about longer fasting.Thanks for sharing! I've done keto before and am fully aware of our body's addiction to carbs. A lot of things I used to blame on dairy like sinus congestion, increased allergy symptoms, colds more often, etc. I realized were from carbs and not dairy once I was deep in ketosis. I never got sick or even really noticed my seasonal allergies.
I'd really like to try a multi day fast. Currently I am fighting the cravings during my intermittent fasting because I really let that slide and was binging on ALL the sugar. Once I'm adjusted back to 16:8 I'll try scaling my hours back until I can do a full 24 hours.
I've been doing the Wim Hof method for about 2 years. He explains it here but honestly it's so stupid-simple that you don't need much in the way of instruction.In regards to the cold and breathing training, are there any good resources online? I've heard of the wim hof stuff but if you're familiar with some good youtube channels, blogs or podcasts on the subject I would really love to learn more. I want to increase my oxygen capacity too!
1. 20-30 lung-filling breaths in quick succession
2. Begin timer on your last exhale and make sure to push out as much air as you can.
3. Hold out as long as you can.
4. Hold your first inhale for about 15 seconds.
5. Stretch your limbs.
6. Repeat once or twice, or more if you wish.
I don't keep a journal, but make a mental note of how long you can hold the exhale. You'll see rapid improvement. The next level up is to attempt no-breathing pushups, sit-ups, etc. and to measure how many you can do. I highly recommend a round of breathing before and after any exercise session to pump up your blood/cellular oxygen. The difference will be obvious.
As far as cold training, push yourself until you shiver. Again, it's pretty stupid-simple. After a week of cold showers and some lighter clothing (plus the breathing), I was walking outside shirtless in 20F/-6C without any issue. I never pushed myself. When I shivered (a symptom that your brown fat can't keep up w the drop of temperature), I put on layers since I'm not trying to injure myself. Look up brown adipose fat and the role it plays if you want more info on the cold training. Heat-training works on the same principle: increase core body temp so that your body has to sweat (and burn calories) to cool off.
EDIT: to add to the cold training anecdote, I got down to -10F/-22C shirtless and my "routine" was a walk around a 1 mile loop, about 20m or so. My joints would begin to ache about halfway through but it was bearable. The more surprising thing was that I would get hit by wind and it wouldn't really sting or burn. It's kind of surreal when you experience how low you can go without shivering once you've built up that brown fat.
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