Depends on what you’d like to achieve. Fasting is traditionally used to cleanse and „reset“ the body. If memory serves, it goes back centuries in Christian history and of course there’s Ramadan, celebrated in Islam. Depending on the type of fasting there’s claimed benefits around glucose and insulin regulation and flushing out toxins, better sleep, increased energy, etc. YMMV and DYOR though.
Regarding weight training, it again depends. Intermittent fasting (e.g. 20:00-12:00 and alike) works well with weight training or exercise if you want to lose fat, provided your diet and caloric intake is balanced. I did it for about 8-10 months or so and felt great. I haven’t done multi-day fasts though, so no idea how well that works with exercise.
If you need a good intro resource, check out the Zero app. Lots of good content around all types of fasting, longevity etc. and their tracker is quite good. IIRC the basic version is still free. hth, friend.
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