am or pm cardio?

[gymtime]

Which is better, half hour in the morning (empty stomach) or an hour at night.

And yes, I already know an hour in the morning is best. And yes, I know all about HIIT and all that. Just if you had to pick one, which would it be?

 

[Strider]

My vote. 1/2 hour in the morning if you are going for weight loss. If you are after better cardi-vascular ability, then an hour at night (but we are bodybuilders, we don't care about that ).

 

[gymtime]

Ah, good point strider. Should have mentioned I'm going for fat loss here. Not concerned with this cardio-vascular nonsense .

 

[Cackerot69]

Why do you people insist on wasting so much time and energy on cardio? Up the intensity a bit, bust your ass for 15-20 minutes, and go eat.

 

[gymtime]

Why do you people insist on wasting so much time and energy on cardio? Up the intensity a bit, bust your ass for 15-20 minutes, and go eat.

Cack, what did i just say? I know about HIIT already. Just because it works for you doesn't mean it works for everyone. Now shut your pie hole.

 

[Cackerot69]

If you knew about it then you would use it. Of course it works for everyone, are you inhuman? Go waste your time, I don't give a shit...lol

 

[Robboe]

Any time you can fit it in.

really though, who cares as long as you do it.

 

[Cackerot69]

You must do it at 6:07pm and 34 seconds on every third day to burn the most fat.

 

[DanielBishop]

Okay, so I read here once that your body stops burning glycogen and starts burning fat after about 12 minutes....

.... then I also read that it stops burning glycogen and starts burning fat after about 30 minutes, first thing in the morning.

I thought the purpose of doing it in the morning was to make sure your body was burning fat, no food. But if it takes 12/30 minutes (whichever) either way to get into fat-burning mode, what difference does it make when you do your cardio?

That probably made no sense.

 

[mlomker]

Doing cardio on an empty stomach sounds logical but it isn't very practical. How many people have time to drive home from the gym and have a good meal before work? Not me. I already get up at 5:30 and any earlier is B.S. as far as I'm concerned.