Cardio post workout?

[tfuray]

So do any of you do cardio after your workout while on and trying to cut?

 

[Pilot22]

i think thats the best time to do cardio

 

[Pat_McCrotch]

why is it the best time?

 

[off_safety]

i always do cardio after i workout, but i think the best time is 1st thing in the morning on an empty stomach. but i can never get up early enough. after a workout is good because it gets the lactic acid out of your muscles.

 

[bball3350]

i always do cardio after i workout, but i think the best time is 1st thing in the morning on an empty stomach. but i can never get up early enough. after a workout is good because it gets the lactic acid out of your muscles.

AND also because your glycogen stores are moreso depleted at this time, so your body looks to burn off more fat than usual.

BUT doing cardio after a hard lift is very catabolic, if you are not ON. Its definitely OK if you're on a cutter.

 

[Acela]

I am doing cardio after every lift (not super high intensity). I work out first thing inthe AM so it is also on an empty stomach. tfuray, how is your NPP,Prop stack going?

 

[advanced-stealth]

After for me to.

 

[st8grad]

i always do cardio after i workout, but i think the best time is 1st thing in the morning on an empty stomach. but i can never get up early enough. after a workout is good because it gets the lactic acid out of your muscles.

Lactic acid? No. Lactate is an energy process that happens in the absence of oxygen during high intesity exercise like sprinting. The buildup of lactic acid is due to the body not being able to clear the lactate faster than it is produced. Forget the rest of it, but it is a beneficial process. However, when you stop, the body clears the excess lactate.

The theory with cardio after lifting is that your glycogen levels are lower and thus your body has to rely on fat burning for energy. Although most lifters don't really tap into their glycogen as much as they think (Cassandra Forsythe, Charles Poliquin, Jeff Volek, etc). Try lowering your carb intake some and focus on getting most of them in the post workout window. With all that being said, cardio should be more effective at fat loss after lifting (at least in theory). But, how catabolic is it? How much energy can you devote to cardio if you have just blasted through a tough routine? And to contradict all my statements, it's probably better to separate the two actvities completely. So since I haven't answered your question even remotely good luck with your goals.

 

[tfuray]

tfuray, how is your NPP,Prop stack going?

So far so good bro day 8 adn I'm already waking up with a decent pump

 

[bball3350]

I think its the safest bet to separate cardio and lifting...cardio on empty stomach in morning, lifting with a good meal before hand...trying to get the both out of best sessions

Many of course don't have the time to do this, but this is what I practice

 

[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.