Fasting: Fast Track to Fat Loss

by Josh Bryant, Adam benShea

Eat the foods you love or stay lean. This played-out dichotomy has plagued dieters since the first fad diet in the 1830s and it has only become worse. Who wants to give up milk shakes and fried rice? If you want to get lean while indulging in some of your favorite foods along the way, welcome to intermittent fasting. Look, you already fast daily. Depending on your sleep patterns, most people fast 10-12 hours a day. By extending that window by a few short hours, you will achieve greater fat loss, improve health markers, and become mentally sharper. This will all be achieved by doing less, not more. World religions and great philosophical traditions both include the universal element of fasting! So, whether your goal is to shape that dad bod into a physique of raw steel and sex appeal that turns the heads of coeds at your local community pool, improve your mental acuity, or take your spiritual awareness to the next metaphysical plane, you need to give " The Fast Track to Fat Loss" a go. This plan is backed by science and proven in the trenches.

62 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 19, 2020

About the author

Along with ISSA certifications in fitness training, nutrition, and conditioning, Josh has been awarded the prestigious title of Master of Fitness Sciences (MFS). He was also recently named the ISSA Director of Applied Strength and Power Development. In addition to being certified by the NSCA as a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) and by NASM as a Performance Enhancement Specialist (PES), Josh completed his Master’s degree in Exercise Science, with an emphasis in Performance Enhancement and Injury Prevention at California University of Pennsylvania. He is the co-author of the elitefts™ best-selling eBook, Metroflex Gym Powerbuilding Basics.

As an athlete, Josh won many national and world titles in both powerlifting and strongman. At 22 years of age, he was the youngest person in powerlifting history to bench press 600 pounds raw. He squatted 909 pounds in the USPF, officially bench-pressed 620 pounds raw, and officially deadlifted 810 pounds raw. In 2005, he won the Atlantis Strongest Man in America competition.

Reviews

[Spencer Scott Holmes · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another Solid book from Josh Bryant

Got all the details and questions you ever need to know about intermittent fasting for workout, muscle building, health and weight loss benifets.

[Michael · Rating 3 out of 5]

Well, 3 stars for anything which promotes fasting with even moderate intelligence. Ponce de León didn't find the fountain of youth of course, but we have the next best thing. Best of all it requires literally doing nothing — specifically doing nothing with food. Just stop. There are nuances to everything and devils to all details, though, and Bryant promotes calorie counting in this book, an approach that is, to my mind, antithetical to fasting. It leads me to believe that however great the author's research, his understanding of intermittent fasting is incomplete, and his understanding of nutrition out of date. Given the proper environment, the appetite can perfectly regulate itself. This is one of the primary benefits of IF. Doing without food resets the body to a healthy relationship to food. What's more, calorie counting itself, whether fasting is included or not, has been proven ineffective. Calorie counts for almost all foods are way off and vary greatly. Beyond that there is the understanding that calories in/calories out is just bad science. The biological processes which comprise digestion are astoundingly complex and not at all quantifiable from such a binary and simplistic perspective. The long and short of it is that the body will tend to increase metabolism with more calories and decrease it with less. It's only the ingestion of excess calories continually over time that contribute to obesity, and even here it's only a sliver of the story. See “Nature Wants Us to Be Fat” by Richard Johnson for a more sophisticated understanding of weight loss.

Intermittent fasting absolutely works and represents perhaps the most natural, perfect way of eating, something in line with how we've evolved to deal with food. This isn't a bad book on the subject; it's just not a particularly good one. As with most things, your best bet is to read many books and not latch onto any one particular theory, at least not until your education is more complete.

[Mo'In · Rating 5 out of 5]

Clear, Concise, and Complete Guide to Intermittent Fasting

This is a wonderfully clear, concise, and complete book on intermittent fasting (IF). I’ve sought out and read many books on this subject. The authors here did a great job at presenting it in a manner that, when I concluded the book, left me with the feeling and knowledge that I could immediately initiate my own IF plan.

[charles lindsay · Rating 4 out of 5]

Useful to the next generation,very insightful, and useful

This is a good beginners guide. Don't get overwhelmed with the information that is presented here.
Going to try this more often than I am now.

[Sammie Hargrave · Rating 3 out of 5]

Basic

Good read. I don't know if the science really back up the claims. I like Josh Bryant a lot. This book probably just reinforced some previous biases of mine

[Alan Pershing · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good intermediate info

Great book for anyone who has already read the fundamentals of IF and are looking for more information on the subject.

[Aiden Joseph Flay · Rating 4 out of 5]

Bam! It’s easy and straightforward!
It’s perfect for anyone interested in the fasting diet. 🍲