Cardio after weights

[vin01]

I am sure this has been debated many times before....


What do you all think of cardio following a weight workout?

When do you drink your PWO (if you have one)?

Before, during, or after the cardio session?

Does anybody do it like this?

 

[cranny]

Due to time restrictions I do my cardio immediately after training when on the same day. It may not be the best but it's better than not doing any at all IMO. I'll have a pre-WO shake w/ a cup of dry cereal approx. 45min. before working out and a PWO shake w/ a banana right after cardio if it's following training.

 

[vin01]

Thanks Cranny.

I also am going to start my cardio after weights due to time.

I also do a Pre-WO shake, but just wasn't sure when to take the PWO shake because of the newly added cardio.

How does it affect your gains, strength and size-wise?

Anybody else have experience with this?

 

[Protobuilder]

What do you all think of cardio following a weight workout?

Probably "best" if you separate weights from cardio, but it won't kill you or anything. How long are your cardio sessions? 10 minutes? 30 minutes? 2 hours? Assuming you want to eat pretty soon after your workout, you're just delaying it a bit.

When do you drink your PWO (if you have one)? Before, during, or after the cardio session?

There's the tradeoff: if you do weights + cardio, your postworkout nutrients get ingested later (e.g., after your cardio is finished). Does it matter in the long run? Probably not much, if at all. It may have an impact if you're doing something stupid like running for an hour or two after weights. If you're lifting, then drinking a PWO, then waiting so you don't puke (what? 30 minutes?), and then doing cardio, you're not really doing "weights followed by cardio" anymore, IMO. If you're worried about it, sip on some whey during your workout. And if your weight sessions are very high volume and brutal, and you're going to follow it w/ 30-60 minutes of equally brutal high-intensity cardio, sip on whey + some carbs during your workout.

Basically, if you've eaten a solid meal w/in a few hours before working out, and you're not doing anything stupid for cardio, cardio after weights will not have a huge negative impact. If you're really worried about this though, play it safe and keep 'em separate. But if after working out is the only time you can fit in your cardio, then do it. And stop worrying about minutiae. You'll be fine.

 

[Tweakle]

I use a timed carb diet, so there's no inherent advantage in doing cardio after weights for me (I'm already gylcogen depeted) but I do it anyway for time purposes.

 

[vin01]

My cardio after weights would consist of a 20 min. max session, either jumping rope or the elliptical or a short run on the treadmill. Just an attempt to burn some fat.

The reason I bring up this question is, if I am attempting to burn fat this way, but taking in a shake PWO, would the shake be used for recovery or as fuel for the cardio?

What I think I might do is just sip on my PWO toward the latter half of the weights session, and then just do some cardio. And see what happens.

 

[mm107]

Probably "best" if you separate weights from cardio, but it won't kill you or anything. How long are your cardio sessions? 10 minutes? 30 minutes? 2 hours? Assuming you want to eat pretty soon after your workout, you're just delaying it a bit.



There's the tradeoff: if you do weights + cardio, your postworkout nutrients get ingested later (e.g., after your cardio is finished). Does it matter in the long run? Probably not much, if at all. It may have an impact if you're doing something stupid like running for an hour or two after weights. If you're lifting, then drinking a PWO, then waiting so you don't puke (what? 30 minutes?), and then doing cardio, you're not really doing "weights followed by cardio" anymore, IMO. If you're worried about it, sip on some whey during your workout. And if your weight sessions are very high volume and brutal, and you're going to follow it w/ 30-60 minutes of equally brutal high-intensity cardio, sip on whey + some carbs during your workout.

Basically, if you've eaten a solid meal w/in a few hours before working out, and you're not doing anything stupid for cardio, cardio after weights will not have a huge negative impact. If you're really worried about this though, play it safe and keep 'em separate. But if after working out is the only time you can fit in your cardio, then do it. And stop worrying about minutiae. You'll be fine.

So proto, i eat a good decent meal. (chicken breast + slice of wheat bread) b4 working out(about 45mins before). I also have a Preworkout Shake. 25gram of whey/25g of dex.

Workout about 2 hours.

Drink Postworkout. 50g whey/25g dex

Go home to pick up GF so she can come back to do cardio

would the shakes/food have any inpact on my following routine?