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I am a little slow ...and when I read LeanGains website I am soooo lost. I understand the basics --carb cycle/ IF etc. BUT are there any blogs/websites that really put it in black and white terms. E.G. Eat XYZ at so and so a time---exercise is ABC . Thanking you in advance.

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I believe part of the leangains.com guide is reading his website and thus thinning out purely due to the frustration it causes. – AlohaSpeck Jan 9 2012 at 15:03
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Thought it was just me that was thick. Thanks! – Gary Jan 9 2012 at 15:10
I will admit I have a very hard time understanding it too. I want to try IF but since I don't feel like I am "getting it", I have held off on trying since I don't want to do it wrong. Thanks for sharing! – typeogirl Jan 9 2012 at 17:46
SO glad someone gets slfjnchelafued by that blog too. – Cacktus Wayfinder Jan 10 2012 at 0:36
Part of it is because Martin Berkhan keeps some of the items secrets, presumably "they will be in the book" which he has been promising since (at least) 2009. It appears he's too busy shoveling the money from training Hollywood types, so others, mainly Andy Morgan of rippedbody.jp, have had to pick up the slack. Andy's guides on macro ratios and timing are excellent, and work for me. – Wisper Jan 10 2012 at 11:41

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Agreed. I've found a couple of personal blogs and tools to be helpful. Try this, this, and this.

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I was definitely going to link your first link, rippedbody.jp. That calculator (your second link) was also a definite help. – Casey Jan 9 2012 at 16:32
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Yeah that calculator is great - thanks to the guy that took the time to put it together. – Riveted Jan 9 2012 at 16:57
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that IF calculator is one of the best things I have ever seen online ever – Bill1102inf Jan 9 2012 at 22:27
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Those are the best links, in addition to Martin's here: leangains.com/2010/04/leangains-guide.html – Wisper Jan 10 2012 at 11:38
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From what I have gathered its dont eat for about 16 hours. Eat within a 8 hour window. Largest meal is post workout on training days. On none training days the first meal is the largest. If you can train fasted do it with a BCAA drink, approx. 10g. Thats the basics. You will get results. The rest is just the "science" behind it. At least this is how I understand it.

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and count your calories! – Lars Jan 9 2012 at 16:07
his samples on the site show 9 hour windows, has anyone else noticed this? I cant be the only one actually counting here... – PaleoVenus Apr 30 2012 at 15:26
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Here is a thread on Marks Daily Apple: http://www.marksdailyapple.com/forum/thread31230.html

Macro Calculator for women: http://www.fatceliac.com/calculator/macroswomen.html

Macro Calculator for men: http://www.fatceliac.com/calculator/macrosmen.html

AND here is a blog/site from a previous client of his: http://rippedbody.jp/2011/10/23/how-to-calculate-leangains-macros/

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I recently started reading LG and managed to glean about this much information so far.

I find it difficult to workout first thing in the morning and have not tried working-out fasted yet. My pre-workout meal is simply 1 egg + 1 banana. The percentages are probably meaningless, but I use them as a visual indicator for me.

07:00 - 14:00 : Fasted (1 x double espresso) [7hr].
14:00 - 15:00 : First Meal (40% calorie intake) [1hr]. 
15:00 - 19:00 : Fasted [6hr].
19:00 - 20:00 : Pre-workout Meal (10% calorie intake) [1hr].
20:00 - 21:00 : Workout [1hr].
21:00 - 22:00 : Post-workout Meal (50% calorie intake) [1hr]. 
22:00 - 07:00 : Fasted (slept) [9hr].
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Dunny13 hit the basics head-on. IF is about when you eat and within your eating window you eat what works best for you.

I can confirm that my body performs much better in a fasted state. The more I push myself while fasted, the longer it takes to get hungry afterward (and I do wait) and the more it stokes up my metabolism overall. I still have excess body fat and to keep it melting away, particularly the remaining belly fat, working while fasted is the cat's meow. In fact, for removal of body fat I do best to trigger release/burning of body fat without exhausting or out-pacing my ability to replace stored energy. Apparently this succeeds, because I am much less hungry after days in which I reach a good "working" state (increased but not labored breathing, slight fatigue signals but no overt stress) for about an hour. Today it was nearly 4 hours before I got hungry and that put me at about 18 hours of fasting.

If you're happy with body fat, then I assume you'd probably focus on more intense exercise to work on muscle mass.

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My first exposure to Intermittent Fasting was Free The Animal. You can read about his training and habits surrounding it here

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