Hey everybody, Ryan Flaherty here.

I'm the Senior Director of Performance at Nike and Host of Trained, our podcast exploring

the cutting edge of holistic fitness.

We're starting our next season in a couple of weeks, and so I wanted to take a minute

to let you know about a few of the experts that you'll be hearing from.

But I also wanted to give you a little more than just a preview.

Every week you emails with your questions, comments, and requests, and we read every single

note.

So today, I'm going to answer just a few of the questions that I've received.

So first off, I've got an email from Maria, and she says, I'm a big fan of the show, and

Ramadan is right now, so I think it'd be interesting to hear people's views and thoughts

on training while fasting.

Thanks, Maria, and I apologize for being late for Ramadan.

But fasting is always a hot topic, especially when it comes to training and performance.

I think what I would do is actually focus on just maintenance, on just trying to maintain

the strength that you had entering into Ramadan or into your fast period as best you can.

And I do that with my athletes by using a concept called deloting.

And really what deloting refers to is a reduction in the amount of weight, the amount of sets,

the amount of reps, the amount of work that you do in a week, and reducing that anywhere

between 30 and 50%.

So for example, if you do strength training, and every day you do three sets of 10 for

six exercises, and that's your workout, I would reduce that maybe by one set, so do two

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