Great pics and inspiring story. I was particularly interested in the fact that Dan did not lose strength despite Intermitten Fasting. I am interested in hearing others' experiences with Intermittent Fasting (IF). I am going to experiment with skipping breakfast and lunch MON-WED-FRI as an experiment. Given my work schedule, that would mean approximately 20-21 hour periods of fasting. The only beverages I will have are water, tea, espresso, coffee -- and if it's a sauna day, zero calorie salty broth. I am already normal weight so my experience/results may differ from those of someone who is trying to lose excess weight. It seems that some posters skip the evening meal but that can't work for me on my schedule plus I do not see how eating a large evening meal can have a negative impact so long as one keeps carbs low. But I'll soon find out. It is cold, dark, winter in NYC and I just am not as active now plus very sunlight deficient, so I'm thinking this would be a good way to avoid any fat gain during the holiday season.

Thanks for your contributions, Dan.

Reading the details of various individual EV/IF experiences is very helpful. I am a tennis coach, so the relevance of EF/IF to athletic performance, especially the performance of exceptional athletes like you, is significant. I look forward to your report of your blood work if/when you get that done.

Dan - I was not intending to be critical of how you look. It was just that the photos did not seem to display what Art was talking about. Hope the training continues well.

Chris

I've been having difficulty posting comments so please bare w/ me. If this doesn't work, I'm going to forward to Dr. DeVany.
On a few of the comments...
Murf, most of experience w/ IF has been w/ the overnight fast you mentioned, though I have also been cutting out food immediately after training, for over an hour amongst a few other slight adjustments. Read the archives, it is all there and you have to decide for yourself what fits.
Chris H, I would agree w/ you. I look ok, but the look I'm going for is as Dr. DeVany mentions one of symmetry, athletic efficiency, and grace. I will mention that I was by far and a way the smallest linebacker in the Big Ten at around 205, bulk in my opinion is just that BULK. I only care about function. In addition, this was merely w/ two months of preparation for the season coming off of an ankle surgery b/c of inept athletic trainers at a school I will not mention. Though I'm partially to blame for not voicing my limitations and standing up for myself.
Robb Wolf, Jay is not as secretive as you suspect. I have read the interview; I would argue some of the cornerstones of his training system are there just not on the superficial level. Thus, his comments, "do not expect what you do not inspect". Additionally, Jay does not prescribe wholesale what he does because it’s not possible. It is what he has developed over years and years of work. The integrity of his system would suffer if he attempted to do so. Already, I have met many people who call what they’re doing a Jay Schroeder workout when it is nothing remotely similar. It doesn’t work that way, the system is just that a system. It can’t be auctioned off piece-meal.
Dan, I’d be happy to provide the relevant blood work. Hopefully, I can get it done over the holidays. I’ve been planning on looking into it, but have yet to do so. Also, I apologize if my comments came of self-laudatory I was merely trying to point out the success I’ve had w/ these technologies and objectively comment on position as it relates to sporting success. Position, posture, whatever you want to call it is perhaps the most oft overlooked component of athletic function.

An interesting photo essay called "What the World Eats" is at the following link:

http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1626519_1373664,00.html

Very interesting to see the "right" and "wrong" choices people have made, as well as some people that have no real choices. As well as the vast range of food budgets. And the disparity in the amount of processed vs. non-processed food.

Not anything against Dan, but I second Chris. It's hard to discern exactly the sort of shape he's in with all that gear on. That isn't to say he isn't indeed in great shape. I'd also be interested to hear what the results were from his latest blood test. If you're willing to put yourself out there with pictures and a self-laudatory description, you should be willing to provide a fairly full and accurate representation of your physical health, as Art and Super Mike did. One wouldn't want others to draw false inferences.

Art and/or Dan, I'd love to learn more about how to properly employ IF. I've been doing the weights since May and have added a lot of lean and dropped a bit of fat. A month or so ago I started eating more correctly (meat, veggies, friuts, nuts, 2-3 meals per day).

Last week, I did a 30 hr fast, culminating in an intense 30-40 min workout at the gym. Lunch was my last meal on Wednesday, so I skipped dinner, breakfast on Thursday, lunch, then worked out at 4 pm and had a nice dinner or meat & veggies after.

I was surprised that the hunger was most intense Wed evening, after skipping dinner, but was a cinch all day Thursday, even oddly pleasant. I felt really, really strong and invigorated for the workout.

So, I'm wondering if that's too much, not enough, and how often I can do it. I've got probably 20 pounds of fat to loose, still.

Interesting stuff. I interviewed Coach Schroeder about three years ago but he is pretty tight lipped about his methodologies. No training, no progressions...tough to evaluate what the effective elements of the program are.

I must be missing something. He looks OK, but it is hard to judge with all the pads and helmets that you americans wear. (That is a British rugby fan's opinion!)

Still I'd also vouch for IF - really effective.

Presumably Evosport is at:

http://www.evosport.us/ ?

Interesting - I would also like to know what the minimum method is for IF. Would an overnight fast till lunchtime once a week be enough??
Thanks

Very interesting - however, I'm not quite clear on what Evosport is. Anyone know? Thanks!

Amazing how much changing one pattern can improve your health. Dan looks like a piece of steel.

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