Cardio in the morning..

[Bryan]

Well as some of you might know im trying to trim off the last little bit of fat from around my stomach area. I'm currently doing lifting 3 days a week and doing cardio 3 days a week. I usually do my lifting or cardio at night. I usually lift for 45-60mins doing 2/3 muscle groupds per session. And I do my cardio for 25-30 mins. I thought about adding 15-20mins of cardio every morning on an empty stomach. What do you guys think? I'm on a really clean diet and Im going to try to lower my carbs on weekdays and then have med carbs on the weekends

Thanks
Bryan

[syntekz]

How bout just doing cardio in the morning and not at night instead. Not both.

Just give it time; that weight will drop.

[Danotechnical]

I regularly do cardio in the mornings. The only disadvantage that I find is that it is hard to put on size through weights while doing this. The price I pay to look cut and get that endorphin dosage.

[YatesNightBlade]

I agree, lose the afternoon cardio and just do mornings 3 times a week @ 30mins a session. Good Luck.

[Bryan]

I've been told to take it easy when doing cardio in the morning to avoid using muscle as fuel. Is this true?

Thanks
Bryan

[The_Chicken_Daddy]

there's been debate over this a lot since the board began, and i personally have come to the conclusion that morning cardio is best done with HIIT for about 15-20 minutes.

definately don't do more than 30 minutes.

[Mr.Intensity]

Morning Cardio on an empty stomach will burn too much muscle. I usually have my oats and protein before i do my cardio.

[YatesNightBlade]

Bollox

[The_Chicken_Daddy]

Originally posted by Mr.Intensity
Morning Cardio on an empty stomach will burn too much muscle.

I share a similar belief, hence why i said that after much trial and tribulation i decided that a short duration [15-20 minutes] was best cause this way i feel like i don't lose as much, if any muscle at all.

[YatesNightBlade]

Originally posted by YatesNightBlade
Bollox

[The_Chicken_Daddy]

Originally posted by YatesNightBlade

Excellent information there Rob, you really know your stuff. We should really do dinner some time.

I'll have my people call your people.

Ok big guy!

[MonStar1023]

I gotta agree to drop the night session and just stick to AM cardio. I personally have tried HIIT cardio first thing in the morning and I dropped too much strength with it so now I just do around 30 minutes of low/moderate intensity cardio. Works pretty well but my diet is always what's suffering and retarding my fat-loss goals.


Good luck bro.

[YatesNightBlade]

Originally posted by The_Chicken_Daddy


Ok big guy!

Puff.

[The_Chicken_Daddy]

the magic dragon?

[YatesNightBlade]

Yeah .... that was one gay ass Dragon.