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I been doing cardio 5 days a week, mon wed fri i workout in the afternoons and cardio afterwards, and tue wed cardio afternoons about same time, would it be worth wild to get up that hour and a half extra everyday to do my cardio in the am on empty stomach?
no not IMO after weights light intensity cardio is fine id say the sleep is more iportant than the AM cardio in your Case also thats just my opinion
yeah i didn't figure it made a huge difference
There is a HUGE thread on here somewhere debating the 2 types of cardio. Do a search you might be ablt to find it. Lots of good info in there. It seems to be about 50-50 on what people prefer, maybe even 60-40 towards AM cardio. I like to do both, I seem to have the best results from AM cardio 3-4x a weeks and HIIT PWO 2-3x a week
I see the best results when I mix things up. I do twice a week PWO low intensity for 20 minutes, twice a week 20 minutes HIIT on my days off, and once a week 45 minutes of a.m. cardio on an empty stomach.
I was told to keep off the hiit while cutting because it started to eat at your muscle. so i have just been doing steady state for 45 min like i stated above, and one day of hiit on my carb up day
Ever seen a pro track sprinter? They seem to do fine with HIIT :)Quote:
Originally Posted by smokeyd
Kelsey Nakanelua 100 meter olympic sprinter
http://starbulletin.com/2000/09/14/sports/artb.jpg
^^^^Perfect example.
i would think it would depend on what your goals are..? i want to drop body fat so i just do 15mins before and after on incline at like 4.0m and my incline ranges. someone said there is a theard about it which they are right but i just like this way and been seeing better results then HIIT when i was doing itQuote:
Originally Posted by smokeyd
that guy is pretty ripped, well extremely, but im lookin to cut fat not muscle you know, very well built but my goals include much more mass than the guy pictured
and i never knew sprinters looked like that lol all i can picture when i hear sprinter is a kenyan that weighs a buck ten.
those are the marathon runners. those are examples of people that like to do to much cardio :)Quote:
Originally Posted by smokeyd
The best thing to do is mix up low intensity cardio with high intensity cardio. A good idea is this, on training days do 20-30 mins of low intensity fat burning cardio. On off days, do HIIT for cardio vascular fitness/endurance, and, fat burning.