Dante, since you're in here, I gotta pick your brain...
What's your opinion on any sort of maximum amount of protein that can be absorbed and utilized per meal? What do you think of protein consumption in the context of intermittent fasting, for instance? I know what my own experience has been, and that's that the timing is less relevant than just consuming enough protein, in general. Personally, it hasn't seemed to matter a whole lot - i.e. I can take in an average of 300g in two meals and everything seems hunky dorey - but I would love to hear your input on this.
I dont think this is going to answer your question the way you want me to but i will say this. I still help people from time to time (certain guys i used to train back in the day) and alot of them have different goals now....so when it comes to intermittent fasting i do the following with them because i think its highly important. You fast them directly after their strongest/best bodypart and the fast
proceeds and happens on a day off. So for example lets say US Muscle's best bodypart was his back or his legs. You would do your normal offseason diet all week and then you (lets use legs)....you would train legs and immediately after legs for the next 24 hours you would fast and during that fast take in a good amount of water or flavored water. After at least 24 hours of that you would break the fast and start eating your offseason diet again.
Reasoning:
1) Its a strong bodypart (legs or back) and you would NOT want to fast after a bodypart that you are desperately trying to gain muscle with...and you will still gain on legs and back albeit slower but whose counting? They are already strong bodyparts for you.
2) You place the off day of training after this strong bodypart so your strength levels are not effected at all. As soon as you break the fast you go back to offseason eating and with the salt and water load you never have an ebb in your strength levels and your weights will not be effected in the least during the week. So lets say you train legs on tuesday morning and get done at 9 am. You fast immediately after legs and drink water/flavored water all day and overnight until at least 9 am and then you start chowing again in your regular offseason diet. You will load back up with water/salt/carbs so by the time you train again on thursday morning, your strength will not be impeded in the slightest
3) Anyone who tries this - this is what i promise you. You will never look as awesome in the offseason as you do after the end of that 24 hour fast. NEVER. Your waist will be sucked in the most it has ever been in the offseason. You will drop alot of water and be as lean and vascular as you have ever seen yourself in the offseason. And you will still make gains in muscle due to the offseason eating for most of the week but over weeks of time you will get see yourself get a leaner and leaner offseason look than you have ever had before.
I think you were talking more about a 2 meal 6 hour window of everyday intermittent fasting US Muscle but thats how i would push someone to try it (above). If you really wanted to push the envelope you could do that 2x a week with the other strong bodypart (day off)....but i would start someone out with it 1x a week to get them used to it and reacess
Again anyone who tries the above, tell me i wasnt telling the truth about the best look you have ever had in the offseason after that 24 hour fast (waist sucked in...will be a crazy vacuum, but not flat because you havent carb depleted all week, water will be completely off of you)