Why is Cardio so Important while bulking?

[digitalje5u5]

I have read quite a bit on the forums here lately. I am trying to absorb everything I can in preperation for joining the dark side.

Anyway, it seems that alot of people are suggesting that you do cardio (30+ minutes) 3-5 days a week while on a bulking cycle. Can someone please explain why this is important?

Seems counter-productive. I mean eating all day long to ensure yo have enough calories to grow, and then run on a treadmill for 45 mins and burn them away.

Thanks for the help,
/DJ

[stocky121]

your not ment to just burn calorie's mate that's why it's best to do it first thing on an empty stomach so you just burn fat

cardio is important on a bulker to stop excess fat, But most people increase cardio a lot more for cutting than bulking

[nirish_mark20]

possibly, just maybe, that it works ur most important muscle and keeps it healthy- your HEART

[nirish_mark20]

plus the fat thing yeah

[Myka]

possibly, just maybe, that it works ur most important muscle and keeps it healthy- your HEART

Thats what I was thinking

[FullMoonHowlingWolf]

Exactly, taking care of your heart and burning some fat is always a good thing.

[chest6]

Just to minimize fat gain...you'll wish you did more cardio if you gain a lot of fat for the next time you cut..

[~fuelforfire~]

Like everyone said minimize fat gain, but im not one to do cardio while bulking, im wayyy to lazy haha

[needmorestrength]

its for health.. Think about it.. your trying to add anywhere from 10-40 pounds simply for your heart you should do it!!!!

[digitalje5u5]

All of that makes perfect sense. Thanks to everyone for the input.

[speedtraining]

For some its necesssary and others its not. Personally I don't do cardio while i bulk and i really don't put on b/f, just lbm, everyone is differnt though.

[GunTotingHipGangster]

For some its necesssary and others its not. Personally I don't do cardio while i bulk and i really don't put on b/f, just lbm, everyone is differnt though.

amen

i do cardio 4 months/year
i only work abs 4 months/year too

i bulk 8 months out of the year...i may even choose not to cut this year and keep bulking

[digitalje5u5]

OK. I am getting a bit of a gut, so I am planning on adding cardio to the mix 4 days a week - 1st thing in the morning. Anything I can do to ensure cardio is pulling energy from fat stores and not from muscle?

Thanks again,
/DJ

[sonar1234]

Thrust me i hate cardio has hell and sitting on a bike watching air float around just aint for me but i have to do this to get maximum results.

[n4529359]

lower intensity cardio burns predominatly fat the higher the intensity the bigger shift towards carbohydrate (muscle glycogen)

while in a low Carb state the prefered energy is fat and protein this is catabolic , so it helps to take anticatabolic things like glutamine and amino acids before cardio to ensure that that is taken before muscle

also caffeine shifts the majority of energy usage to fat

[digitalje5u5]

lower intensity cardio burns predominatly fat the higher the intensity the bigger shift towards carbohydrate (muscle glycogen)

while in a low Carb state the prefered energy is fat and protein this is catabolic , so it helps to take anticatabolic things like glutamine and amino acids before cardio to ensure that that is taken before muscle

also caffeine shifts the majority of energy usage to fat

Thanks for the good info. Last thing I want to do is loose the 15 pounds of muscle I have gained in last few weeks.

[digitalje5u5]

Anyone know how many calories needed to burn 1 lb of fat?

[digitalje5u5]

Anyone know how many calories needed to burn 1 lb of fat?

Seems 3500 is the consensus.

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