Cardio! On am empty stomach or not?

[Danny62]

First off I love cardio. At my age I need alot of it.

Anyway I have read that some articles saying do it on an empty stomach and some say have a protein shake first?

For the last 9 months I usually just have a class of water with some Lipo 6 before I hit the cardio. On my last session I made a half of a protein shake. I seemed to have more energy?

I guess the story is that if you eat you burn off that first before the fat?

Any comments on this?

[LeeZeis]

Protein shake first so you dont run off any muscle!

[Carlito99]

Check out this video. Layne Norton sheds some light on the topic and it's quite interesting.

http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/insidethelife7.htm

If you want to do cardio on an "empty stomach", I'd at least have some BCAA's/EAA's before/during the cardio. My picks would either be Controlled Labs Purple Wraath or Scivation Xtend. Just start sipping on a BCAA/EAA drink 15 minutes before cardio and continue sipping throughout the cardio session.

[mAssholio]

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=747976

[Gaffigan]

This topic has been BEATEN TO DEATH!!! Search old threads ...

Personally, I do it after a shake ... I have a better session.

[Danny62]

I Have changed my tune about cardio. I am going to start hitting the protein shake before and see how it goes.

Not only that but when I did the half shake I had a hell of alot more energy and blew thru my cardio!

Cool!!

[kc_shuffle]

the only way to measure results is by taking your measurments over a period of time. trial and error will determine which better suits your needs.