This 2017 review surveys 16 clinical trials testing the metabolic effects and health benefits of three intermittent fasting variations: alternate-day fasting, modified fasting regimens, and time-restricted feeding. The authors conclude intermittent fasting can improve metabolic markers related to chronic disease.

The speed and force with which the clean (and, yes, the snatch) drives loads give it developmental properties that other weight training movements cannot match. Deadlifts, squats, and bench presses will never approximate the speed and force and consequently the power required of a clean at larger loads. For this simple reason, while these are important movements, they are not the clean’s peers. Power is that important.