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After Lifting, you have 15 minutes. Do you....

think48
think48 Posts: 366 Member
edited February 3 in Fitness and Exercise
Do 15 minutes of cardio/HIIT OR do you do 15 minutes of abs and stretching? Ready??? GO!
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  • RGv2
    RGv2 Posts: 5,789 Member
    Jump on a bike and watch the end of Sportscenter.

    My "abs" were worked while I was lifting anyway.
  • skeo
    skeo Posts: 471 Member
    I walk at a snail's pace on the treadmill for 10 minutes, then stretch for 5, then hit the sauna for 10 minutes. I do compound lifts when lifting, so my abs were engaged :)
  • SoDamnHungry
    SoDamnHungry Posts: 6,998 Member
    Get distracted and run off to watch reruns of Big Bang Theory, only to feel bad about it later.
  • froeschli
    froeschli Posts: 1,293 Member
    depends on what your plans are after...
    stretching/cooldown, if you want to look halfway presentable after your shower (ie going back to work), cardio if you're just going to go home, and don't care if you have a red blotchy exhausted face :tongue:
  • tonynguyen75
    tonynguyen75 Posts: 418 Member
    Steady pace cardio for me.
  • RunHardBeStrong
    RunHardBeStrong Posts: 33,069 Member
    10 minutes of cardio then 5 minutes stretching, as the others have said, I got my ab work with my compound lifts!
  • Acg67
    Acg67 Posts: 12,142 Member
    Do 15 minutes of cardio/HIIT OR do you do 15 minutes of abs and stretching? Ready??? GO!

    Slam a protein shake so I don't miss my anabolic window
  • Jenelle64
    Jenelle64 Posts: 36
    5-10 min of cardio and then strech. :smile:
  • micheleb15
    micheleb15 Posts: 1,418 Member
    Neither. I consider myself lucky that I finished early and now have time to stop by Dunkin Donuts before work. I hate cardio.
  • dbmata
    dbmata Posts: 12,950 Member
    Do 15 minutes of cardio/HIIT OR do you do 15 minutes of abs and stretching? Ready??? GO!

    I take a shower, because if I'm lifting right, I ain't got nothing left.
  • da_bears10089
    da_bears10089 Posts: 1,791 Member
    Do 15 minutes of cardio/HIIT OR do you do 15 minutes of abs and stretching? Ready??? GO!

    Slam a protein shake so I don't miss my anabolic window

    QFT
  • Grendel07
    Grendel07 Posts: 112 Member
    i'll hop on a cardio machine!!! burn that fat!
  • Shayley20
    Shayley20 Posts: 31 Member
    Neither. I consider myself lucky that I finished early and now have time to stop by Dunkin Donuts before work. I hate cardio.


    I love this girl. ^^^
  • CantStopWontStop92
    CantStopWontStop92 Posts: 165 Member
    I do the exceptionally effective Starfish Stretch. This is how you do it:

    1. Lie on back.
    2. Stretch out arms and legs.
    3. Close your eyes and let how sexy you're going to look overcome the muscle achiness.
    4. Repeat:)
  • contingencyplan
    contingencyplan Posts: 3,639 Member
    If you need to do ab work then you did something wrong on your lifting.
  • K_Serz
    K_Serz Posts: 1,299 Member
    I go swimming
  • skeo
    skeo Posts: 471 Member

    Slam a protein shake so I don't miss my anabolic window

    Definitely this too!
  • IronCakes
    IronCakes Posts: 317 Member
    I drink a protein shake.
  • InForBacon
    InForBacon Posts: 1,508 Member
    15 extra minutes of eating.
  • _firecracker_
    _firecracker_ Posts: 185 Member
    I rub my muscles. I LOVE rubbing my muscles after I lift. Love it even harder when someone else is doing the rubbing for me.
  • capnrus789
    capnrus789 Posts: 2,736 Member
    15 minutes of "me time" in the shower.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    After a good lifting session, that's about how long it'll take me to just get to the car to go home....I'm spent.
  • Achrya
    Achrya Posts: 16,913 Member
    Do 15 minutes of cardio/HIIT OR do you do 15 minutes of abs and stretching? Ready??? GO!

    Slam a protein shake so I don't miss my anabolic window

    ^
  • DopeItUp
    DopeItUp Posts: 18,771 Member
    I go home and drink my beer 15 mins earlier than normal.
  • K_Serz
    K_Serz Posts: 1,299 Member
    I rub my muscles. I LOVE rubbing my muscles after I lift. Love it even harder when someone else is doing the rubbing for me.

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  • jonnythan
    jonnythan Posts: 10,161 Member
    Collapse on the couch and watch football.
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  • stumblinthrulife
    stumblinthrulife Posts: 2,558 Member
    Stretch and foam roller.
  • cats847
    cats847 Posts: 131
    If you need to do ab work then you did something wrong on your lifting.

    I agree........
  • haroon_awan
    haroon_awan Posts: 1,208 Member
    I practice the yoga pose called shavasana.
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