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I do it after to tap into stored fat reserves which are used for energy since my glycogen levels are so depleted from lifting. I want to put all my effort into my weight workout first.
CARDIO before or after workout?
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#1 early AM empty stomach. This gives you the complete night to delepte glycogen stores by using them for the metabolic process.
#2 After resistence training
theory here is that resistnace exercise uses glycogen as it's primary energy source and cardio (when it an aerobic state) uses lipids(fat) for its primary energy source.
So if you do a warmup5-10 minutes light cardio to warm the blood up and get your head into the workout. then do your weight training you will have the fuel source to power thru the wrokout. Then you get on your cardio after. youve already depleted your glycogen stores so will be in a fat buring enviornment faster after the workout, get in your target Heart range and youre burning fat!!
If you do cardio first, you use up glycogen and dont buurn as much fat, then you try and do weights w/ no glycogen...defeats the purpose.
Bottom line. Do cardio first thing in the AM or after your resistance training.
#1 early AM empty stomach. This gives you the complete night to delepte glycogen stores by using them for the metabolic process.
#2 After resistence training
theory here is that resistnace exercise uses glycogen as it's primary energy source and cardio (when it an aerobic state) uses lipids(fat) for its primary energy source.
So if you do a warmup5-10 minutes light cardio to warm the blood up and get your head into the workout. then do your weight training you will have the fuel source to power thru the wrokout. Then you get on your cardio after. youve already depleted your glycogen stores so will be in a fat buring enviornment faster after the workout, get in your target Heart range and youre burning fat!!
If you do cardio first, you use up glycogen and dont buurn as much fat, then you try and do weights w/ no glycogen...defeats the purpose.
Bottom line. Do cardio first thing in the AM or after your resistance training.
momwarndu said:
Yeah exactly what I'm doing.... and I'm seeing good results... bf% going down, gaining weight = muscles!!!
Tha One CrumCake
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Hey tallchinese u silly bastard. i like ur handle.
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I remember reading somewhere, I think it was in MD where their was a study done that said doing cardio after weights makes you more likely to lose body fat as opposed to vice-versa. I always do my cardio afterwards. Their is no way I'll be able to lift anything after my cardio workout. I'm just too damn beat.
Lord_Suston
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Some good info here.
When I prepared for competition i would do cardio in the morning before breakfast then eat all dy long then workout the weights at night.
But it really epends on what your body can handle. Sometimes you need to just do the old trial and error.
When I prepared for competition i would do cardio in the morning before breakfast then eat all dy long then workout the weights at night.
But it really epends on what your body can handle. Sometimes you need to just do the old trial and error.
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