Cardio before weight or after?

[Sp1ke]

Which would be more benefical? cardio before weights or cardio after weights?


I know you shouldn'tmix those in the same day but I HAVE to do it, since my car was wrecked and I have to wait at the grym for 3 hours for the next week, I figured why not spend it on cardio?

Now my dilemma is , if i doc ardio before I wont have energy for weights, but if i do cardio after the muscle might get eaten more than fat since i used glycogen stores for lifting .

Please comment asap!

Edit- Also comment on my diet


6:50am - Protien shake with raw oats

10:30am - Usually chicken sandwhich

3pm - Some chicken and rice or subway

3:30-workout

4:30 - protein shake



7:00- tuna can

10- whatever my mom cooks

[Tilldeath]

bump in hopes of an answer

[twblue]

i wouldn't do cardio at all on a lifting day. you're training opposite systems (anaerobic and aerobic). this leads to small gains because cardio is a catabolic exercise. but if you have to choose before or after, i would go with after.

[9ball]

Definetly after bro. Never ever do cardio before a workout unless it is a brief and easy 5 minute speed walk or something to help get loose and your blood circulating.

[BadWog]

definetely after, the only cardio u should do b4 weights is when u do a warm up on the bike

and i wouldnt worry too much about losing muscle after a workout - cardio after weights is one of the most ideal times to burn body fat


good luck

[IGF]

Neither.

Cardio before - tires you out for the workout
Intense cardio/cardio longer than 5 minutes - you won't be able to drink your postworkout shake which is most important.

Try seperate them by 3-4 meals (so cardio morning weights at night vice-versa)

[BadWog]

Neither.

Cardio before - tires you out for the workout
Intense cardio/cardio longer than 5 minutes - you won't be able to drink your postworkout shake which is most important.

Try seperate them by 3-4 meals (so cardio morning weights at night vice-versa)

What do you mean by not being able to drink his post workout shake? How does doing intense cardio have anything to do with that?

I'm not being a smartass I'm just curious that's all coz I honestly have no idea what you mean by that.

[IGF]

thanks for asking the question nicely. You get props

But anyways it would be pretty difficult (and also would stop or slow down gastric emptying - thats if his body doesnt vomit up the drink) to drink his post workout shake while doing an intensive cardio session.

[BadWog]

ohhhh so u mean drinking the shake after weights and then doing cardio

i thought u meant doing weights, then cardio then taking the shake

thx for clearing that up

[sibiltu]

really you should do neither. Cardio should be left for days when you are resting or cutting a lot.

MAX: 5 min before to warm up
MAX: 5 min LIGHT cardio after to warm down.