Cardio and gains - can you have both?

[1991sg]

First post, here goes!

I’m a keen cyclist who wants to get into bodybuilding, but I don’t want to give up riding my bike.

Clearly this poses a problem in terms of the necessary calorie surplus for gains. My question is: if I got my nutrition right and ate enough to offset the calorie deficit caused by my cardio, could I realistically make gains from lifting?

If relevant, I’m 29, 76kg, 6’1 and according to my scales 19% BF (though suspect less).

[Seanbroadie]

Of course you can.

[safcpaul]

You definitely can. I would do 3 days full body and 3 days cycling if I was you. Then one full day rest a week. Increase/decrease intensity depending on how you recover

[TolerantLactose]

Here's a picture of Chris Hoy. He's a cyclist of some regard.

[MyEgoProblem]

Alex viada.

Look into his stuff, the guy is top of the field for true concurrent training.

Ultra endurance
Strength
Looking hench

[readreindeer666]

Of course you can, just make sure to make up the calories form cardio to support your muscle mass, unless cutting!

[SubWooferCooker]

While my cardio was nothing extreme i ran 2 miles pretty much everyday( very rarely had a rest day) directly after lifting and continued to make gains just as fast as i did before i ever did cardio, i also trained full body every single day which a lot of people said was too much and i still continued to make gains without any problem. If anything i found increasing my cardio from running helped with recovery, i would recover faster between sets etc.

[GrouchyUSMC]

First post, here goes!

I’m a keen cyclist who wants to get into bodybuilding, but I don’t want to give up riding my bike.

Clearly this poses a problem in terms of the necessary calorie surplus for gains. My question is: if I got my nutrition right and ate enough to offset the calorie deficit caused by my cardio, could I realistically make gains from lifting?

If relevant, I’m 29, 76kg, 6’1 and according to my scales 19% BF (though suspect less).

Robert Forstemann says yes.

[AlexSays]

Absolutely, as you say just make sure you eat back what you burn to ensure you are in a slight surplus

Regarding recovery, play it by ear and see how you do. You may need to plan or juggle the two around a bit to make sure you get adequate recovery for leg day but many people make this work