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I didn’t even realize this forum had a fitness section! I’m a coach/group fitness instructor/personal trainer. I was formally a USA Boxing National competitor, I moved here from NY a few years back. If any of you need boxing/fitness/nutritional advice definitely hit me up!
 
Glad to have you aboard!! Prepare to be inundated, questioned interrogated (mostly by me!).

We have a great group of guys who routinely post here, and we are all building each other up, encouraging, supporting. We're all on different levels and abilities but we're in it together.

Edited to add, most of us are not experts but contribute how we can. If we put up stupid advice, let us know. We don't want anyone getting hurt.
 
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Chuckshane said:
I didn’t even realize this forum had a fitness section! I’m a coach/group fitness instructor/personal trainer. I was formally a USA Boxing National competitor, I moved here from NY a few years back. If any of you need boxing/fitness/nutritional advice definitely hit me up!
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Welcome aboard. Here’s an open question for you and anyone else that may want to chime in. I’m trying the intermittent fasting thing to drop some weight. Eased in the last few weeks with a few cheats. I also try to get a 6-8 mile rick in every weekend with a 30-40 lb pack or so. But I usually do the ruck on a Saturday or Sunday morning. Any pro’s or con’s to rucking hard on an empty stomach? I did one this morning in the mountains, but that ruck is only 3-4 miles. Steeper climbs than what I normally do but less distance. Damn I was hungry by the time I got some lunch.
 
I’ve done powerlifting programs of progressive overloads, going up 15-25 pounds a week completely fasted. I’ll usually try and get some Whey in my system shorty after. For the protein and BCAAs. All that to say, I’ve made considerable power gains fasted.
 
CZfool68 said:
Welcome aboard. Here’s an open question for you and anyone else that may want to chime in. I’m trying the intermittent fasting thing to drop some weight. Eased in the last few weeks with a few cheats. I also try to get a 6-8 mile rick in every weekend with a 30-40 lb pack or so. But I usually do the ruck on a Saturday or Sunday morning. Any pro’s or con’s to rucking hard on an empty stomach? I did one this morning in the mountains, but that ruck is only 3-4 miles. Steeper climbs than what I normally do but less distance. Damn I was hungry by the time I got some lunch.
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Rucking, like distance running, needs calories to burn to get better workout results. Yeah, you burn calories on an empty stomach but performance will suffer. The proverbial car trying to perform on no gas. The con is you run out of fuel. If you do it, stay hydrated. A pro is you burn calories faster when you do eat.

trainright.com

How Endurance Athletes Can Decide If Intermittent Fasting Is For You

Intermittent fasting is good for some things and not for others. Here is how endurance athletes can decide whether it is right for their performance goals.
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www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Exercise Training and Fasting: Current Insights

Fasting is defined as the abstinence from consuming food and/or beverages for different periods of time. Both traditional and modern healthcare systems recommend fasting as a therapeutic intervention for the management of several chronic, non-infectious ...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

RE: fasting, there is no evidence it works better than any other calorie restrictive 'diet' (https://www.inverse.com/mind-body/intermittent-fasting-no-better-than-dieting), but if you have the discipline to stick with it and it works for you, then stick with it!

 
Chuckman said:
Rucking, like distance running, needs calories to burn to get better workout results. Yeah, you burn calories on an empty stomach but performance will suffer. The proverbial car trying to perform on no gas. The con is you run out of fuel. If you do it, stay hydrated. A pro is you burn calories faster when you do eat.

trainright.com

How Endurance Athletes Can Decide If Intermittent Fasting Is For You

Intermittent fasting is good for some things and not for others. Here is how endurance athletes can decide whether it is right for their performance goals.
trainright.com trainright.com

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Exercise Training and Fasting: Current Insights

Fasting is defined as the abstinence from consuming food and/or beverages for different periods of time. Both traditional and modern healthcare systems recommend fasting as a therapeutic intervention for the management of several chronic, non-infectious ...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

RE: fasting, there is no evidence it works better than any other calorie restrictive 'diet' (https://www.inverse.com/mind-body/intermittent-fasting-no-better-than-dieting), but if you have the discipline to stick with it and it works for you, then stick with it!

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I’m gonna have to disagree with you on that. Unfortunately in the fitness world there are many biased stances and studies done. Just from a google search I can find pros and cons of fasting with each site swearing by it being good for bad. I generally try and stay away from .com sights and look for direct clinical findings if any. Even then, those can be heavily biased. Fasting done right, boosts your metabolic rate and taps directly into fat stores. (Sometimes muscle unfortunately)
Working out a few times on an empty stomach isn’t the same, your body will feel like garbage and I’d completely agree on the car needing fuel argument in that case. However when you enter a fast correctly, (letting your body adjust to fasting and eating windows) your body will follow suit. It’s a completely different feeling that “being hungry”. For example when I’m fasted correctly I’ll literally start sweating in secondary settings, as a result of my metabolic rate being increased.
 
Chuckshane said:
I’m gonna have to disagree with you on that. Unfortunately in the fitness world there are many biased stances and studies done. Just from a google search I can find pros and cons of fasting with each site swearing by it being good for bad. I generally try and stay away from .com sights and look for direct clinical findings if any. Even then, those can be heavily biased. Fasting done right, boosts your metabolic rate and taps directly into fat stores. (Sometimes muscle unfortunately)
Working out a few times on an empty stomach isn’t the same, your body will feel like garbage and I’d completely agree on the car needing fuel argument in that case. However when you enter a fast correctly, (letting your body adjust to fasting and eating windows) your body will follow suit. It’s a completely different feeling that “being hungry”. For example when I’m fasted correctly I’ll literally start sweating in secondary settings, as a result of my metabolic rate being increased.
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That's fair. I am not new to research or lit searches for the science, and recognize that .com (or even google scholar) has limitations. So I try to read everything I can and make an informed decision from there.

I am glad you on the board so you can contribute to these discussions; learning from SMEs is the only way I can navigate. Up until having you on here I have to hit up a friend of mine Will Brink (https://brinkzone.com/) for information.
 
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Chuckman said:
That's fair. I am not new to research or lit searches for the science, and recognize that .com (or even google scholar) has limitations. So I try to read everything I can and make an informed decision from there.

I am glad you on the board so you can contribute to these discussions; learning from SMEs is the only way I can navigate. Up until having you on here I have to hit up a friend of mine Will Brink (https://brinkzone.com/) for information.
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Always happy/enjoy talking about these topics. Research is extremely hard especially in this age of information we live in. Im always open to discourse/debate. Theres always the possibility I could have missed/be ignorant to counter information. I’ve seen reasonable studies with sited control groups later retract findings on a variable they overlooked. Objective science never changes but we humans are often off the mark which is why you’ll hear people say “the science is changing” well no not really lol
 
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Chuckshane said:
I didn’t even realize this forum had a fitness section! I’m a coach/group fitness instructor/personal trainer. I was formally a USA Boxing National competitor, I moved here from NY a few years back. If any of you need boxing/fitness/nutritional advice definitely hit me up!
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I used to do some sparring in a college boxing club so looking for something more than the "boxing for fitness" gyms that are popular these days. Trying to get back into boxing and rebuild / maintain skills (especially defensive). On the other hand, I don't exactly have to time to train frequently like someone who is actually competing. Any recommendations on gyms in the area that would be a good fit?

I tried starting a local Meetup group once but there didn't seem to be much interest.
 
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I fought with chronic tendonitis before finding Tumeric. It changed my life.
1000mg a day. I like the gummies from Costco. They seem to work best for me before a workout and on an empty stomach.

If anti inflammatory is the goal, give them a month! You will thank yourself!!!
 
CZfool68 said:
Welcome aboard. Here’s an open question for you and anyone else that may want to chime in. I’m trying the intermittent fasting thing to drop some weight. Eased in the last few weeks with a few cheats. I also try to get a 6-8 mile rick in every weekend with a 30-40 lb pack or so. But I usually do the ruck on a Saturday or Sunday morning. Any pro’s or con’s to rucking hard on an empty stomach? I did one this morning in the mountains, but that ruck is only 3-4 miles. Steeper climbs than what I normally do but less distance. Damn I was hungry by the time I got some lunch.
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Chuckman said:
Rucking, like distance running, needs calories to burn to get better workout results. Yeah, you burn calories on an empty stomach but performance will suffer. The proverbial car trying to perform on no gas. The con is you run out of fuel. If you do it, stay hydrated. A pro is you burn calories faster when you do eat.

trainright.com

How Endurance Athletes Can Decide If Intermittent Fasting Is For You

Intermittent fasting is good for some things and not for others. Here is how endurance athletes can decide whether it is right for their performance goals.
trainright.com trainright.com

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Exercise Training and Fasting: Current Insights

Fasting is defined as the abstinence from consuming food and/or beverages for different periods of time. Both traditional and modern healthcare systems recommend fasting as a therapeutic intervention for the management of several chronic, non-infectious ...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

RE: fasting, there is no evidence it works better than any other calorie restrictive 'diet' (https://www.inverse.com/mind-body/intermittent-fasting-no-better-than-dieting), but if you have the discipline to stick with it and it works for you, then stick with it!

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When you are fasting to lose weight working out (Rucking) before breaking the fast is supposed to dip straight into the calorie reserves, ie fat, since the available glucose has already been tapped out.

I saw it on youtube so it has to be true.
 
Slacker said:
I fought with chronic tendonitis before finding Tumeric. It changed my life.
1000mg a day. I like the gummies from Costco. They seem to work best for me before a workout and on an empty stomach.

If anti inflammatory is the goal, give them a month! You will thank yourself!!!
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Do you also take black pepper? I’m not sure how I landed on a tumeric and black pepper regime a year ago for lower back pain/inflammation, but it worked. At the time I was grinding my own pepper and filling capsules, again forget if fresh was important.
 
coronacoofer said:
I used to do some sparring in a college boxing club so looking for something more than the "boxing for fitness" gyms that are popular these days. Trying to get back into boxing and rebuild / maintain skills (especially defensive). On the other hand, I don't exactly have to time to train frequently like someone who is actually competing. Any recommendations on gyms in the area that would be a good fit?

I tried starting a local Meetup group once but there didn't seem to be much interest.
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There used to be a gym in downtown Durham but it closed. It was straight out of Rocky. I trained there for a couple years.

There are a bunch of boxing for fitness gyms in the Triangle, and there are a ton of MMA/BJJ but I can't find anything "regular" boxing. I'd like to get back into it.

Edited to add, almost any gym now is cost prohibitive (for me). I have a ton of stuff and plans so I don't mind going it alone.
 
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JimB said:
Do you also take black pepper? I’m not sure how I landed on a tumeric and black pepper regime a year ago for lower back pain/inflammation, but it worked. At the time I was grinding my own pepper and filling capsules, again forget if fresh was important.
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Never used pepper.
The Tumeric gummy has 50mg of ginger in it also.
 
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