{"id":17678,"date":"2016-06-07T12:44:54","date_gmt":"2016-06-07T12:44:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/turnaroundfitness.com\/?p=17678"},"modified":"2017-03-18T13:33:49","modified_gmt":"2017-03-18T13:33:49","slug":"hodgetwins-eat-fast-food-stay-lean-make-gains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/turnaroundfitness.com\/hodgetwins-eat-fast-food-stay-lean-make-gains\/","title":{"rendered":"Hodgetwins Eat Fast Food To Stay Lean and Make Gains"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hodgetwins Keith and Kevin are making all kinds of gains eating fast food while staying lean.\u00a0 Here are 3 of their techniques they use on a daily basis.<\/h2>\n

The Hodgetwins Keith and Kevin are known for their comical routine on YouTube along with their infamous eating challenges while making all kinds of gains.<\/p>\n

I would not recommend children watching any of their videos due to the graphic nature of their comedy routine.<\/p>\n

However, for those who want to eat their favorite cheat foods and still be able to make all kinds of gains while staying lean, here are 3 techniques you may want to use the next time you have an urge to drive through your favorite fast food joint.<\/p>\n

\"chest<\/a>Hodgetwins Technique #1<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 Intermittent Fasting<\/h3>\n

\"Hodgetwins\"<\/a>Through trial and error the Hodgetwins have had their ups and downs with intermittent fasting.<\/p>\n

Presently they seemed to have had some success with intermittent fasting and continue to use it to this day.<\/p>\n

Intermittent fasting is a method in which you only eat withing a particular time frame.<\/p>\n

Once the window of eating closes, the fasting begins until the eating window opens up again.<\/p>\n

How Your Body Utilizes and Process Food<\/h3>\n

When you eat, your body immediately begins producing energy from the foods you are eating.<\/p>\n

If you have just consumed foods high in carbohydrates and sugars your body is even more receptive to these, as it prefers to use energy produced from these sources.<\/p>\n

Your body will spend a few hours producing energy this way, instead of burning the fat that is stored on your body, this does not help with fat loss.<\/p>\n

Insulin, The Body’s Most Powerful Hormone<\/h3>\n

\"Hodgetwins\"<\/a><\/p>\n

When you are fasting however, your body will use the fat on your body to produce energy because there is no readily available energy from food.<\/p>\n

So when you fast, you are in essence forcing your body during a period of your choosing, to use the fat that it has been stored to produce the energy it needs.<\/p>\n

While fasting may go against the conventional wisdom that advises that you eat six small meals a day for weight loss, there is a lot of logic behind why this kind of approach to weight loss makes perfect sense.<\/p>\n

When you eat, your body releases the hormone insulin in order to keep your blood sugar level safe.<\/p>\n

Insulin carries any excess glucose that the body produces out of the bloodstream to your liver, your muscles or fat cell storage.<\/p>\n

Insulin, however is a double edged sword because not only does it take sugar out of the blood, it also increases the amount of fat that is stored.<\/p>\n

So when you diet by choosing to eat six small meals a day, as is often recommended, you are essentially giving your body license to produce a hormone that increases fat, six times throughout the day.<\/p>\n

\"Hodgetwins\"<\/p>\n

By fasting intermittently you select the window during which insulin will be released, herein lies the advantage spoken about earlier.<\/p>\n

This essentially puts the power of weight loss fully in your hands unlike so many other methods.<\/p>\n

Also, when you fast the amount of growth hormone released is increased while you are sleeping and in the period immediately after fasting.<\/p>\n

This release of growth hormones helps you to grow and build strong muscles.<\/p>\n

\u00a0There are several ways to do intermittent fasting.<\/span><\/h3>\n
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  1. A.M. Fast –<\/strong>\u00a0 You may choose to skip breakfast and only eat from midday to maybe seven or eight in the evening. Others may choose to eat only in a four or a six hour period.<\/li>\n
  2. 24 Hour Fast –<\/strong>\u00a0 You may also choose to eat as you normally would and then not eat for twenty four hours after that.<\/li>\n
  3. Two A Day Intermittent Fasting –\u00a0<\/strong>With this method, one takes restricted amounts of calories during two days and normal eating is done on the other five days.<\/li>\n
  4. Alternate Day Fasting –\u00a0<\/strong>This method involves total abstinence from all kinds of food for 24 hours followed by 24 hours of normal eating.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Hodgetwins Technique #2<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 Train Fasted<\/h3>\n

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    Many people think that training fasted is when your stomach is empty but it\u2019s much more than that.\u00a0 It has a lot to do with how your body breaks down and absorbs food.<\/p>\n

    When you consume food they\u2019re broken down into different kinds of molecules.\u00a0 These molecules are released into the blood stream and causes insulin to spike as well.<\/p>\n

    Insulin\u2019s job is to shuttle theses molecules into the cell. \u00a0 Insulin levels can be elevated for several hours depending on how much food you consume.<\/p>\n

    As soon as you consume food your body processes and absorbs them resulting in being in a fed state.\u00a0 When your body is finished processing food, insulin begins to decline to a lower level or base line level.<\/p>\n

    Once insulin drops, your body goes back into a fasted state.\u00a0 So in a sense, your body goes from fasted to fed all day long depending on how much you eat throughout the day.<\/p>\n