Cardio post workout?

[UFC22]

Wouldn't doing light cardio post workout be bad? I mean isn't the most important thing to do after your workout is replenish nutrients? By doing cardio after weight training you are prolonging the time until you get your food.

 

[Selene]

I would prefer to seperate the two

 

[st8grad]

Wouldn't doing light cardio post workout be bad? I mean isn't the most important thing to do after your workout is replenish nutrients? By doing cardio after weight training you are prolonging the time until you get your food.

That's what I'm saying. You want the high GI carbs to push nutrients into the muscle. Doing cardio after lifting pushes back the time in which you do this. You do the carbs after lifting to shuttle nutrients, glycogen replenishment isn't the main concern. But if you run after lifting, more of the PWO carbs are going to go back to glycogen replenishment and not fully facilitate the nutrients going to support muscle recovery. I think the empty stomach approach in the morning is probably better, but again, potentially could be pretty catabolic.

 

[UFC22]

I think the empty stomach approach in the morning is probably better, but again, potentially could be pretty catabolic.

I'll 2nd that BUT if you are on AS you should do ok in avoiding to much catabolic activity as long as you eat very soon after.

 

[needtogetaas]

I would prefer to seperate the two

I like to do I bit before for a warm up and then some more after.