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Body for Life Book also recommends doing workouts in the morning on an empty stomach. Supposedly plenty of people have had great success with this book, but from my research it is not favorable to work out on an empty stomach as for one your energy levels are low at max and you cannot lift as much and it doesn’t seem right to lift without nutrition (protein).
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Then your experiences and research are the same as mine.
I would NOT workout on an empty stomach, ever, even when cutting.
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Other question is that lifting so many sets seems wrong per recommendation for HST cycles. I do like the intensity of lifting heavy (to the max) with more sets—definitely this exhausts muscles more.
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Anna, I don't know about BfL or HST specifically, but I do know that for fat loss, heavier weight is better because you'll see larger spikes in your heart rate. Also, if you're trimming away fat, you'd like nice hard muscles underneath, not hypertrophied, bloaty water filled muscles that come with higher rep lifting.
Have you considered doing workouts that combine heavy weight and low reps with fewer sets? I think Chad Waterbury has a workout like that at t-nation, but i can't find it. I remember reading it though:
It was three total body workouts - you would do one workout of 4 or 5 excercises at 3x5, and then a second workout of 3x8, and then back to 3x5 maybe, rounding off the week?
I wish i could find it, hope that helps a little though!
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