Cardio Before AND After DInner?

[rykertest]

OK, first off, I am currently clean, not running anything and not in PCT.

I am just trying to get a few lbs shed, but the cardio first thing in the AM means a 4AM day for me and thats just not possible with my work schedule. I workout in the late afternoons.

My question is if there is anay benefit or harm for working out like this regarding my dinner.

I start working out about 4 or so. I warm up for about 10 minutes, then lift, then I have been doing a lot of cardio (mostly long inclined walks 4-5 days a week) to help burn fat. I am done working out about 5 or so then I go and eat dinner and then I go directly back to the treadmill. I mean I stop working out, 5 minutes later I am eating, and then 5 minutes later I am back at it again. Is this a benefit or is this a drawback.

(FYI, PLEASE don't just come on here telling me to workout on an empty stomach forst thing in the AM, I can't because I have no time in the early morning, it's a closed case and cannot change)

Thanks for your help guys.

 

[solidspine]

What is this cardio everyone talks about, should I be doing cardio too?

 

[rykertest]

bump

 

[drrman]

any cardio at anytime is better than no cardio is the way i look at it.....depending on what you eat and the size of the meal, i don't think it should be a problem...

 

[Goldprospector]

any cardio at anytime is better than no cardio is the way i look at it.....depending on what you eat and the size of the meal, i don't think it should be a problem...

I agree

 

[Vascular Freak]

OK, first off, I am currently clean, not running anything and not in PCT.

I am just trying to get a few lbs shed, but the cardio first thing in the AM means a 4AM day for me and thats just not possible with my work schedule. I workout in the late afternoons.

My question is if there is anay benefit or harm for working out like this regarding my dinner.

I start working out about 4 or so. I warm up for about 10 minutes, then lift, then I have been doing a lot of cardio (mostly long inclined walks 4-5 days a week) to help burn fat. I am done working out about 5 or so then I go and eat dinner and then I go directly back to the treadmill. I mean I stop working out, 5 minutes later I am eating, and then 5 minutes later I am back at it again. Is this a benefit or is this a drawback.

(FYI, PLEASE don't just come on here telling me to workout on an empty stomach forst thing in the AM, I can't because I have no time in the early morning, it's a closed case and cannot change)

Thanks for your help guys.

If fat loss is your main goal, then hit the weights first and do your cardio session immediately after without eating anything. This waqy your glycogen stores will be lower when doing cardio and you will tap into your fat stores more efficiently than after you eat. After you finish weights and cardio, get in atleast 50-60 grams protein and 15 grams of healthy fats with NO carbs. This way your body will continue to use fat for fuel and you will not spike your insulin which would in turn halt fat usage.

 

[rykertest]

If fat loss is your main goal, then hit the weights first and do your cardio session immediately after without eating anything. This waqy your glycogen stores will be lower when doing cardio and you will tap into your fat stores more efficiently than after you eat. After you finish weights and cardio, get in atleast 50-60 grams protein and 15 grams of healthy fats with NO carbs. This way your body will continue to use fat for fuel and you will not spike your insulin which would in turn halt fat usage.

good post thanks. I do weights and cardio before dinner and then continue the cardio after dinner for about 100 calories worth. Thanks bro. K to you.

 

[Vascular Freak]

good post thanks. I do weights and cardio before dinner and then continue the cardio after dinner for about 100 calories worth. Thanks bro. K to you.

Also, have your last carb meal about 3 hours before you start your workout, so at 1pm. At 3 pm have about 30 grams protein with 15 grams of fat from either olive oil, flax, or nuts. The purpose of this is to get your carbs in early in the day, then stop them early enough so that you don't have excess carbs in your system and by the end of your weight training session before you start cardio your body will be relying on mainly fat as a fuel source. If you flood your body with carbs to close to your cardio session you will burn strictly glycogen and won't lean out as quick.

Just make sure to get your carbs in the am and early afternoon so that your muscle glycogen levels will be full so you will still have some stored energy during your training.

 

[Twoguns]

If fat loss is your main goal, then hit the weights first and do your cardio session immediately after without eating anything. This waqy your glycogen stores will be lower when doing cardio and you will tap into your fat stores more efficiently than after you eat. After you finish weights and cardio, get in atleast 50-60 grams protein and 15 grams of healthy fats with NO carbs. This way your body will continue to use fat for fuel and you will not spike your insulin which would in turn halt fat usage.

No carbs in postworkout meal, are you sure?

 

[OMEGA]

I got my absolute leanest doing this:

1) 3 hours After Early Dinner I would run for 30-40 minutes, take a shower and go to sleep
2) next morning I would have a small cup of coffee, and Run for 30- minutes on an empty stomach.

as you can see from the early meal and the run before sleep when I did that cardio in the AM fat would MELT off

caffeine intake was only limited to that cup in the am to give most bang for the buck

 

[Knights2]

i hate cardio right after i eat...but like they said up there any cardio is better then no cardio...i dont know what urs chdule is like except that u cant do cardio before work...so but i dont get why your doing it twice in one day as in lift cardio dinner cardio....maybe you are trying to get home to eat with your family? i dont know...but i would say lift then cardio and thats it...so i guess to me what i like best...would cut the cardio after dinner but increase the cardio after lifting...so if you run for 15 mins after lifitng eat..then run for 15 more...id lift then run for 25 to 30 mins...then eat and be done