Cardio before breakfast

KatalynasMommy

I always drink a cup of coffee then got ride my 20 miles on my stationary bike, then eat and drink another cup of coffee. I was curious about what time to do cardio workout so I looked up and found this article.

When is the best time of day to do cardio, and why? Well, I bet most people do cardio "whenever they get a chance." Sometimes during the middle of the day, sometimes before bed, sometimes directly after your weightlifting workout, sometimes directly before the weightlifting workout and sometimes first thing in the morning. The truth is, all of those times will get results. It doesn't matter what time of day you do your cardio workout, you will be burning calories every time. BUT, the real question is, which of those times is the most effective? And the answer is (drum roll please).... first thing in the morning!

Doing cardio first thing in the morning, on an empty stomach, before you eat anything, is by far, the most effective. Whether you run, jog, walk, swim, jump rope, take an aerobics class, ride a bike, etc., doing it first thing in the morning is the best time to do it for maximum fat loss. Why? Its simple. When you do your cardio workout, you are burning calories. Lets say you wake up, eat breakfast, eat lunch later in the day, and then a few hours after lunch, you do your cardio. All you will be doing during that cardio is burning the calories and carbs of the food you just ate. When you do cardio first thing in the morning, you haven't eaten anything for the last 8 or so hours because you were sleeping. So, when your body sees that there are no carbs to burn, it goes directly to stored bodyfat. And stored bodyfat is the fat that is on your body, which is the fat that you want to lose!

Understand how it works? When you do your cardio sometime during the day other then first thing in the morning, you spend most of that time burning off carbs that you already ate that day. When you do it first thing in the morning, there are no carbs to burn, so all your body can burn is body fat!

Some people have e-mailed me asking what type of cardio I do and I tell them I jog on my treadmill first thing in the morning. Even though I do all of my weightlifting at a gym, I do my cardio in my house on my own treadmill so I can do it first thing in the morning without having to take a shower, get dressed and do whatever else I'd do if I went to the gym to do cardio.

So after reading this I guess I was close to doing the right thing.

Hope if any of you did not see this article already it helps you.

Take care all, and keep up the workouts.

LotusF1ower

I was on a plateau for 3 weeks and last week I got up early and went for a walk/jog for 30 mins. I lost 2 lbs in 5 days. I thought I would never be able to do it but I did.

That whole episode was excellent news for you!

Doing things the way you did them there, obviously suited you down to a Tee!

Ironically, reading through all these posts it is really interesting just how different everybody is. The person I have just quoted has found a niche that suits them whereas another person stated that they would go all shaky if they tried something similar!

100% depends on the person concerned for sure.

tommygirl15

Stacy - good article, very simple and straight up. I think I'm definitely going to try the cardio fast now, we'll see how I do