Note: The following is an interview with Brad Pilon, who?s best known for his work on intermittent fasting and his book Eat Stop Eat. I?ve been a huge fan of Brad and his approach to fitness for years now ever since I read the first edition of Eat Stop Eat back in 2008 so it?s pretty awesome to interview him on my site. Hell, without Brad I would still probably be eating 6-8 meals per day.
1) So for those that don?t know, can you give us a super quick rundown of what intermittent fasting is and what your approach (Eat Stop Eat) is all about?
Intermittent fasting is really nothing more than learning to take periodic, planned breaks from eating. Eat Stop Eat is a system of Intermittent fasting where those breaks are 24 hours long, and are taken once or twice a week?
2) We know intermittent fasting is very effective for weight loss, but what about muscle building? Are there any benefits to fasting and building muscle?
I think so.
Calories are permissive to the muscle building process, but not the driving force, especially if you are not undergoing juvenile growth. Meaning there is an amount of caloric energy that is needed for muscle growth (I have no idea what this amount is), but it is not a driver, meaning you can?t just add more calories and get more muscle (Otherwise, we wouldn?t have an obesity epidemic, we?d have a bodybuilder epidemic.)
So truthfully, we don?t really have an exact number for how many calories you need to build muscle.
This is where IF can come into play? you can slightly overeat in the name of building muscle, while throwing in the occasional 24 hour fast to help alleviated some of the body fat build up that occurs during bulking.
3) I know you?re super flexible with your diet, but what does a sample day of eating look like for you when you?re not fasting?
I?m usually up by around 7 ish. Kids are out of the house an off to school/preschool by 9. I?ll have my first coffee between 9:30 and 10 AM.
If I?m working out it normally happens around 10 or 11 AM.
Then I?ll have lunch around 12 or 1 pm. (Usually coffee number two happens around lunch time)? I pick the kids up from school at around 3. We?ll usually snack from 3 to 4 (This is really just whatever is around the house, apple slices yogurt, apple sauce?you name it).?Dinner at 5 or 6 pm for the kids?we may eat with them, or my wife and I may eat later at 7?ish. Kids are in bed by 8 (hopefully)?I have a Guinness, maybe some snacks, then bed by 11? wash and repeat.
It?s really just eating when hungry.
We have ?date night? every Thursday night so on Thursday I?ll almost always have steak at my favorite restaurant. And at least once on the weekend (maybe twice) we?ll have pancakes and bacon for breakfast.
I have creatine, protein powder and a pre-workout supplement in my house ? I?ll use them when I feel lazy and can?t be bothered to cook for myself, or go grocery shopping.
Realistically I probably have some form of chocolate every day, probably ice-cream once or twice a week, alcohol probably 2-3 times a week. Red meat once or twice a week? It?s really nothing fancy nor outrageous.
After almost 7 years of fasting once or twice a week I know when I?m hungry vs when I want food. I know the amount that is dieting, the amount that is neutral and the amount that is overdoing it. I adjust as needed.
4) What?s your take on fasted training, yay or nay? And do you believe that there?s any benefits to taking BCAA pre-workout like so many gurus say?
I used to like fasted training, but now I tend to view my fasts as recovery time. I like training legs on an empty stomach, but not necessarily ?fasted?.
Actually when I think about it I usually like training on a fairly empty stomach, but I don?t go out of my way to be fasted.
I think the massive benefit of recotmmending pre-workout BCAA is the money you can make recommending pre-workout BCAAs. Truthfully It?s not like they?re going to hurt your training or your weight loss.
And, I understand the rational, but to me it?s the equivalent to waking up in the middle of the night to have a protein shake?sure it makes sense on paper?but really?chances of 7 grams of BCAA or a 2 AM shake are not what?s holding you back from making progress.
5) What would you say is the #1 benefit of Eat Stop Eat as opposed to more conventional ways of eating?
Flexibility. Hands down.
People like to look past the flexibility, looking for complicated hormonal pathways or metabolic loopholes to say it is the major benefit, but really, learning to go without food, and being flexible with your diet is the biggest benefit in my opinion.
6) 2012 is arguably the biggest year so far for IF, with the BBC documentary and more major news outlets like Huffington Post covering it. But IF still hasn?t really hit the mainstream. Do you ever see IF becoming ?6 meals per day? popular?
It will become Atkins big, and it will suffer the same fate.
People will take it to extremes and become zealots, then it will be labeled it as dangerous.?This seems to be the fate of all good ideas or theories in health and nutrition.
The best way to get attention is to rally against something that gets too popular. See Bodybuilding, Powerlifting, CrossFit and Paleo as examples
7) Awesome thanks for taking the time to do this Brad. So before you go, what?s next for Brad Pilon, do you have anything exciting coming up?
More updates to Eat Stop Eat, How Much Protein and possibly a rewrite of Anabolic Again. My goal is to keep these as cutting edge as possible.
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For more info on Brad Pilon:
Brad?s blog: BradPilon.com
Brad?s books: Eat Stop Eat,?How Much Protein, Anabolic Again
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