Cardio in the morning

[pintoca]

I know bodybuilders that drink black coffee coz it speeds up the metabolism

Define metabolism. Once that is done, explain how coofee speeds it up

 

[kmiller]

I do spinning class at 5:30 am 5xs a week. I know everyone says to do it on an empty stomach, but if I don't eat a piece of toast or a small banana I get queezy. Ever since I was little I have always had problems with my blood sugar so I have always had to make sure I eat a little something before I work out. Is eating that okay or is there something better I could have before my cardio?

 

[playmatesky]

def. drop the sugar..huge insulin spike...use splenda

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I would have to say no on the Splenda as it can also affect your blood sugar. It has no calories but can make you crave sweets. Try Stevia.

 

[GlobexKevin]

My sister likes to run in the morning. She says her whole day is better. I run in the ev. Stress relief, & relaxes.

 

[toxicsambo]

it's all a mith. I posted an article on the comparation of early morning vs. any-other-time-of-day cardio...

the lowdown is this: What REALLY matters is that you do it. At the end of the day, what matters are cals in vs. cals out. As long as you do your cardio, youwill burn those calories, depending on the intensity of the cardio, a numbers of cals will be from fat, others from glycogen.

Advocates of morning cardio say that since glycogen stores are low in the morning, your body will tap into fat faster... well, go figure.

I never did morning cardio before, I did allways after my lifting in the evenings, when my glycocen stores were already low, but after a whole day of eating.

This, together with the "low intensity cardio vs. HIIT", are the questions concerninc cardio that will never be answered to the deligth of 100% of the population.

my advice? do as your schedule allows it, but DO IT, damn it.

Great advice bro.

I mix HIIT and 45 minutes of jumping rope for cardio, and I swear, I see better results when I do 45 minutes of cardio. I've always been skeptical on HIIT vs 45min-hour cardio, and the morning thing is also bs. If you burn more calories then you take in, then you lose weight. Regardless of time of day.

Just get your ass in the gym and hit that cardio and watch your daily caloric intake. I'm going to hit the gym 6-7 days a week just to do 45 min-hour of cardio to cut up. It will work. I just have to cut out those tasty pints of beer. FK!!!!

 

[GlobexKevin]

Yeah right. The beer. humm

 

[Synpax]

I do spinning class at 5:30 am 5xs a week. I know everyone says to do it on an empty stomach, but if I don't eat a piece of toast or a small banana I get queezy. Ever since I was little I have always had problems with my blood sugar so I have always had to make sure I eat a little something before I work out. Is eating that okay or is there something better I could have before my cardio?

A banana sounds great.

A protein shake afterwards sounds good too with maybe a bowl of cereal or oatmeal.