Cardio after weight lifting

[Smokescreen]

Am I wrong for doing this? Is this burning up my muscle? Or hindering me from gaining muscle?

I do 60-75mins of weight lifting followed by 60mins of cardio. All I do is put the treadmill on a 3.5 incline and a 3.5 speed and speed walk for 60mins. Once I'm done, I go to my car and eat my meal.

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[Zyglamail]

60 minutes of cardio? As in just plain steady state cardio? If thats the case, I dont care when you do it, its a waste of time.

If your not doing cardio to build endurance or improve a metabolic pathway then all your doing is burning calories and putting unneeded stress on the body. If all your doing is burning calories, then just eat a little less.

 

[Smokescreen]

60 minutes of cardio? As in just plain steady state cardio? If thats the case, I dont care when you do it, its a waste of time.

If your not doing cardio to build endurance or improve a metabolic pathway then all your doing is burning calories and putting unneeded stress on the body. If all your doing is burning calories, then just eat a little less.

I just recently as of like maybe 6 weeks ago been doing 30mins of cardio upon rising and then doing 30mins of cardio after weight training. No lie, this has caused me to lose 10lbs while still keeping my muscle. My belly has gone down A LOT!

Yes, I can cut down calories, but this just meant me being more hungry throughout the day. I go to med school so my brain needs to be functioning at 110% at all times. When I was cutting the calories, I also had to cut down on the carbs. By doing so, I was suffering pretty badly in my studys. Getting bad grades etc etc. The brain needs glucose at all times and cutting the cals made my brain performance suffer.

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[Zyglamail]

I just recently as of like maybe 6 weeks ago been doing 30mins of cardio upon rising and then doing 30mins of cardio after weight training. No lie, this has caused me to lose 10lbs while still keeping my muscle. My belly has gone down A LOT!

Yes, I can cut down calories, but this just meant me being more hungry throughout the day. I go to med school so my brain needs to be functioning at 110% at all times. When I was cutting the calories, I also had to cut down on the carbs. By doing so, I was suffering pretty badly in my studys. Getting bad grades etc etc. The brain needs glucose at all times and cutting the cals made my brain performance suffer.

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My point is steady state cardio serves little purpose other than to burn calories so if thats what your doing you could easily get back an hour of your life by simply eating a little bit less.

Hunger comes partially from exercise demands, if you werent doing that hour of cardio you may not feel so hungry with a few less calories.

I havent added any cardio at all, actually cut some out, and in the last 90 days and I havent lost any weight BUT I have dropped approx 4% bodyfat without changing my diet at all and not using any drugs not to mention I feel a lot more alert and sleep much better.

A brisk walking pace of about 3.5 mph for a 200lb guy burns about 260 calories an hour, what a waste of an hour. I dont buy for one second you cant cut 260 calories out of your diet without having problems, especially if you werent doing the extra cardio. Your life, do what ya want and believe what ya want, but you asked for opinions and I gave you mine.

If you were a couch potato I would encourage the walking but your not a couch potato so the extra work serves virtually no purpose at all, especially an hours worth.

 

[ha1a1]

60 mins on a treadmill is too much. You would be better off doing Intervals for 20 min. 1 min on 1 min off or 30sec on/off or similiar with higher intensity. Or do some jump rope/kettlebell work for 20 min same format. A 10 min light jog is ok to warm up, although I prefer to do light workout specific movements / foam rolling / mobility. Also cardio can interfere with strength gains in some people.

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[RickRock13]

I pretty much agree with what the others have said already. Excessive steady state cardio is a pretty redundant waste of time. If fat loss is your goal HIIT is superior to LISS. 15-20 minutes of that will burn more fat than 60 minutes of steady state. Limit it to about 3-4 times per week with a slight caloric defecit (preferably on non workout days) and the fat will come right off

 

[Smokescreen]

I pretty much agree with what the others have said already. Excessive steady state cardio is a pretty redundant waste of time. If fat loss is your goal HIIT is superior to LISS. 15-20 minutes of that will burn more fat than 60 minutes of steady state. Limit it to about 3-4 times per week with a slight caloric defecit (preferably on non workout days) and the fat will come right off

What should I do? I ask this because I'm in a position right now in which I cannot run due to an injury.

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[rustilldown]

What should I do? I ask this because I'm in a position right now in which I cannot run due to an injury.

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Can you bike/ or row?

 

[Smokescreen]

Can you bike/ or row?

My gym doesn't have row. Bike? Yes, but I hate it. Lol. My legs hurt like hell doing the bike. Lol

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[rustilldown]

My gym doesn't have row. Bike? Yes, but I hate it. Lol. My legs hurt like hell doing the bike. Lol

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I do bike intervals . Stand up pedal hard for 1 min then relax then peddle hard 30 seconds then relax then I'll do some 10 second all out sprints