Empty stomach cardio with 8.6% body fat..Good or bad?

[jguillen712]

I'm 21 yrs old on my cut started with 13.8% BF. Now I'm @ 8.6% is it goo to do empty stomach cardio in the morning? I weigh 165lbs 5'9"..I also do my weight training after school which is around 4pm....Also is cardio everyday bad?
Thanks,

[BigD208]

I'm 21 yrs old on my cut started with 13.8% BF. Now I'm @ 8.6% is it goo to do empty stomach cardio in the morning? I weigh 165lbs 5'7"..I also do my weight training after school which is around 4pm....Also is cardio everyday bad?
Thanks,

I'd say that if you can keep your strength during your weight training sessions, then you are probably fine....If you are starting to lose strength, then definitely cut the empty stomach A.M. cardio.

O yeah and I was just curious man, How long did it take to cut from 13.8% to 8%??

[Dths]

I'm 21 yrs old on my cut started with 13.8% BF. Now I'm @ 8.6% is it goo to do empty stomach cardio in the morning? I weigh 165lbs 5'7"..I also do my weight training after school which is around 4pm....Also is cardio everyday bad?
Thanks,

Cardiovascular exercise has several myths surrounding it. The largest myth being that one should perform low intensity cardio in a fasted state. The logic being that if one is in a fasted state, their glycogen levels will be low and will force their body to burn fat. Unfortunately, this idea is misguided.

While performing cardio in a fasted state may indeed increase the amount of calories that are burned from fat stores, it will also increase amino acid oxidation. Cardiovascular exercise while in a fasted state is a great way to increase cortisol release. Cortisol will liberate amino acids to produce glucose (glucose cannot be synthesized from fats) and can lead to muscle loss.

Additionally, I find it ironic that many people take such great care to time their meals so that they do not go for more than 2-3 hours without eating in order to prevent muscle loss. However, they purposefully induce this state and then perform work on top of this!

Hope that helps.

[jguillen712]

I'd say that if you can keep your strength during your weight training sessions, then you are probably fine....If you are starting to lose strength, then definitely cut the empty stomach A.M. cardio.

O yeah and I was just curious man, How long did it take to cut from 13.8% to 8%??

I took me about 2 months but i was really strict on myself even cut out the drinking..

[56kninja]

I'm 21 yrs old on my cut started with 13.8% BF. Now I'm @ 8.6% is it goo to do empty stomach cardio in the morning? I weigh 165lbs 5'7"..I also do my weight training after school which is around 4pm....Also is cardio everyday bad?
Thanks,

Should be fine. Would be better if you ate something with carbs in it an hour or two before you did cardio though.

[coolspin27]

Should be fine. Would be better if you ate something with carbs in it an hour or two before you did cardio though.

I would be a little hesitent to do fasted cardio at the BF % but maybe that is just me.

[56kninja]

I would be a little hesitent to do fasted cardio at the BF % but maybe that is just me.

It's what I thought. But I dont have a BF nearly that low so I can't speak from any experience.

[coals]

I would be a little hesitent to do fasted cardio at the BF % but maybe that is just me.

This guy.

The leaner you are the more important it is to take precautions against losing lbm.

[everblue]

This guy.

The leaner you are the more important it is to take precautions against losing lbm.

Exactly this

[bhspud]

Quote:
Cardiovascular exercise has several myths surrounding it. The largest myth being that one should perform low intensity cardio in a fasted state. The logic being that if one is in a fasted state, their glycogen levels will be low and will force their body to burn fat. Unfortunately, this idea is misguided.

While performing cardio in a fasted state may indeed increase the amount of calories that are burned from fat stores, it will also increase amino acid oxidation. Cardiovascular exercise while in a fasted state is a great way to increase cortisol release. Cortisol will liberate amino acids to produce glucose (glucose cannot be synthesized from fats) and can lead to muscle loss.

Additionally, I find it ironic that many people take such great care to time their meals so that they do not go for more than 2-3 hours without eating in order to prevent muscle loss. However, they purposefully induce this state and then perform work on top of this!


Hope that helps.

This is really interesting to me... do you have any links to the articles / studies that support this? (not asking because I don't believe you, I just want some more information ) I personally run in the morning right after waking up, so if I am killing muscle in the process I need to find a new schedule for my 9 mile jog. Thanks for the post / thread!