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How soon should you eat after doing cardio?
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JoNeS
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Yea I'm cutting, here's a link to my routine
http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/showthread.php?t=318824
http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/showthread.php?t=318824
JoNeS
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JKurz1 said:
What about on days where I have to do my cardio directly after my weight training? I'd like to take my pw shake right after the cardio. If I waited an hour that would be like an hour and 45mins from the time I dropped the dumbells, before I got some protein / carbs for my pw shake.
artrius
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Personally, I think doing cardio separate from lifting is best. After an hour of hard lifting, your body starts to produce cortisol at a higher rate due to the depletion of nutrients in your body. This will break down things like muscle proteins in your body. This is obviously bad.
Ideally, do cardio after waking on an empty stomach (or after a small protein shake).
Ideally, do cardio after waking on an empty stomach (or after a small protein shake).
artrius
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Personally, I have some sort of carbohydrate/electrolyte drink during my workout, but that's beside the point.
If you are working out much more than 60-90 minutes, you are either talking too much or taking too much rest. You should always shoot for your workouts to be around an hour long. Gone are the days of Arnold where bodybuilders pumped out 2-3 hour sessions. Well, they aren't completely gone, as some people can somehow manage to effectively do it, but I really believe it is a BAD idea (how do you have a life if you work all day and then lift for 2-3 hours???). Like I said, you will be developing high levels of cortisol after that point and to be blunt, you're wasting your time.
I also attribute the 2-3 hour workout to the newbie syndrome... It happens every year. Come New Year's, people make their resoultion to get in shape, and they flock to the gyms in droves. They then proceed to kill themselves with 2-3 hour workouts because they don't know much better, and before you know it, they're burned out, and they give up, usually within 2-3 weeks.
*sigh* I'll guess get off my soap box now
Just keep your workouts short and intense and you won't have to worry about it.
If you are working out much more than 60-90 minutes, you are either talking too much or taking too much rest. You should always shoot for your workouts to be around an hour long. Gone are the days of Arnold where bodybuilders pumped out 2-3 hour sessions. Well, they aren't completely gone, as some people can somehow manage to effectively do it, but I really believe it is a BAD idea (how do you have a life if you work all day and then lift for 2-3 hours???). Like I said, you will be developing high levels of cortisol after that point and to be blunt, you're wasting your time.
I also attribute the 2-3 hour workout to the newbie syndrome... It happens every year. Come New Year's, people make their resoultion to get in shape, and they flock to the gyms in droves. They then proceed to kill themselves with 2-3 hour workouts because they don't know much better, and before you know it, they're burned out, and they give up, usually within 2-3 weeks.
*sigh* I'll guess get off my soap box now
Just keep your workouts short and intense and you won't have to worry about it.
Griz1
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artrius said:Personally, I have some sort of carbohydrate/electrolyte drink during my workout, but that's beside the point.
If you are working out much more than 60-90 minutes, you are either talking too much or taking too much rest. You should always shoot for your workouts to be around an hour long. Gone are the days of Arnold where bodybuilders pumped out 2-3 hour sessions. Well, they aren't completely gone, as some people can somehow manage to effectively do it, but I really believe it is a BAD idea (how do you have a life if you work all day and then lift for 2-3 hours???). Like I said, you will be developing high levels of cortisol after that point and to be blunt, you're wasting your time.
I also attribute the 2-3 hour workout to the newbie syndrome... It happens every year. Come New Year's, people make their resoultion to get in shape, and they flock to the gyms in droves. They then proceed to kill themselves with 2-3 hour workouts because they don't know much better, and before you know it, they're burned out, and they give up, usually within 2-3 weeks.
*sigh* I'll guess get off my soap box now
I'll second all of that!
Be blunt, always be blunt. Otherwise you could cut yourself...
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