I intermittently fast, both by increasing eating windows, and intermittently not eating for a few days at a time. I feel great when I do these, and I've not noticed any impact on my lifts, aside from the first day or so.
I take my BG pretty religiously (not diabetic, just for general health observation), and before I started intermittent fasting, my fasting BG seemed to sit around 95 or so. Now it sits at a steady 71. I took it after consuming a Muscle Milk, and it was 74.
I don't take any refined sugar (except strategic dextrose). I do use splenda in my coffee (which probably isn't good for me) but its hard to drink my espresso without anything in it. My diet pretty much solely consists of: vegetables, fruits, steak, chicken breast, wild game, milk (for my espresso), eggs, and every now and then some rice, oatmeal, or potato. I've noticed its easy to maintain my weight like this, and I enjoy the food. If you eat healthily long enough you get used to it, and like the food more.
If I'm trying to hit a new PR, I do ramp up my carbs beforehand, and take dextrose immediately following my workout. I used to always take in 30g or so of dextrose post workout, and saw better gains, but ofcourse you gain more fat as well.
As far as lifting, I mostly rely on compound lifts (Strict overhead press, bench, deadlift, squat, and row), and sometimes add in supplemental work like Romanian deadlifts or machines like the cable row etc if I feel like something is lagging. Rarely I do some isolation work, which I actually love, but if I go overboard, I find my my strength progress stunted.
I don’t think it’s physically straining but apart from the Othro one, all others I talked to say they workout after shifts to keep themselves sane.
