I received this great question over the weekend that I thought you might find it interesting –
My question for you is, even though weight training is a primo form of resistance training, do you exclusively recommend the use of weight training with Eat Stop Eat?
This was my answer –
With Eat Stop Eat ANY FORM of resistance training will do. I realize that when most people hear ‘resistance training’ they automatically think ‘weight training’ however, resistance can mean so much more than simply weights.
Really, it should be called something more vague, like muscle-stress training, since what we are really trying to accomplish is adding an acute stress to the muscle. Isometrics, weight training, contact sports (think a football line or a wrestling match), and body weight exercises (gymnastics) ALL accomplish this.
Even with weight training there is still a lot of variety with what you can do and use to stress your […]
Original post by Brad Pilon
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