Cardio before or after workout?

[HS Lifter]

I have been playing soccer 3x a week for the past month and working out afterwards. Its starting to affect my workouts.

Is it better to play soccer before or after? If I do it after, I will have an asslaod of energy for the gym, and will be able to kick the ball around afterwards, but would it affect recovery/muscle building or anything?

 

[Frisky]

I always train then do cardio.

 

[nimbus]

are you playing soccer for the cardio/fat loss, or because you like soccer?

If all you care about is building muscle and just wanna play some soccer, bring gatorade and protein shake with you to the gym. Slam the gatorade and 'tein so your body has something work with post-workout, and then eat some real food after soccer

 

[HS Lifter]

I always train then do cardio.

Yeah, its not low intensity cadio though. I know a 30 min cardio session after a workout is good. But soccer has a lot of sprinting, high intensity stuff. I was wondering if that would hurt recovery/gains.

 

[samoth]

Cardio
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Hmm...

I think this 'cardio' is a banned substance in most powerlifting federations...

 

[HS Lifter]

are you playing soccer for the cardio/fat loss, or because you like soccer?

If all you care about is building muscle and just wanna play some soccer, bring gatorade and protein shake with you to the gym. Slam the gatorade and 'tein so your body has something work with post-workout, and then eat some real food after soccer

1. For both.

2. So work out first? And yes, I always bring a post workout shake regardless.

 

[Frisky]

Yeah, its not low intensity cadio though. I know a 30 min cardio session after a workout is good. But soccer has a lot of sprinting, high intensity stuff. I was wondering if that would hurt recovery/gains.

Depends on your goals... You won't get the gains you want by doing both cardio and soccer. Why not try a basic 4 day a week intesense weight program and then the soccer for cardio? why do you need to add in more cardio to your program? If you over do the cardio... (more than likely) you will begin to eat away at the muscle.

Whats your soccer session like, days? time?

work around it and if its enough then the hell with adding in extra cardio.

 

[nimbus]

yea i say train first

 

[nimbus]

Depends on your goals... You won't get the gains you want by doing both cardio and soccer. Why not try a basic 4 day a week intesense weight program and then the soccer for cardio? why do you need to add in more cardio to your program? If you over do the cardio... (more than likely) you will begin to eat away at the muscle.

Whats your soccer session like, days? time?

work around it and if its enough then the hell with adding in extra cardio.

i dont think he's trying to add extra cardio. soccer is the cardio

 

[Frisky]

i dont think he's trying to add extra cardio. soccer is the cardio

then def train first.

 

[HS Lifter]

Depends on your goals... You won't get the gains you want by doing both cardio and soccer. Why not try a basic 4 day a week intesense weight program and then the soccer for cardio? why do you need to add in more cardio to your program? If you over do the cardio... (more than likely) you will begin to eat away at the muscle.

Whats your soccer session like, days? time?

work around it and if its enough then the hell with adding in extra cardio.

I can work around the soccer for the 2 days, but will have to do both on 2 days. Since playing soccer, I dont do any cardio, I usually just play, roll up to the gym, warm up and get going, But Im starting to lift heavy, and the energy robbed by soccer is starting to affect me.

I play wed-fri at 10:30. Play, then hit the gym, drink a shake then go to work.

 

[HS Lifter]

then def train first.

Ok cool. Looks like Im going to switch some things up. Yeah, soccer is the only cardio I do.

 

[Frisky]

Ok cool. Looks like Im going to switch some things up. Yeah, soccer is the only cardio I do.

do a small warm up, then train, then train. Go do your soccer then cool down. Your strength will be alot less if you tax yourself before. Try both ways actually and see what works for YOU.

 

[thread grader]

definitely lift first... by the timne you start your cardio you will have used up carbs and lose more fat in cardio session

 

[samoth]

definitely lift first... by the timne you start your cardio you will have used up carbs and lose more fat in cardio session

C-

HTH

 

[bran987]

ALWAYS lift first, never cardio before lifting

 

[HS Lifter]

Ok thanks guys.

 

[HS Lifter]

One more quick question, do I drink the shake after training or after cardio(soccer)?

If I drink it after, it would be about 2.5 hours worth of traning/cardio without any nutrition.

Is that okay?

 

[nimbus]

i would drink it after training

 

[velvett]

Cardio AFTER weigths

 

[hanselthecaretaker]

Try it each way once and you will see that everyone here is right. You need more energy for anaerobic activity for maximum benefit and injury prevention. Plus the cardio afterward will speed up blood flow to remove the lactic acid from your muscles faster.

 

[superqt4u2nv]

Cardio after lifting and have the shake right after lifting.