cardio after working out good for you

billyh333
billyh333 Posts: 213
edited December 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
Feel no guilt about doing cardio after weight training, because it’s the best strategy for both muscle growth and fat zapping.

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  • GreekByMarriage
    GreekByMarriage Posts: 320 Member
    Everything I have read says to do cardio after weights as well... or on separate days all together.
  • erickirb
    erickirb Posts: 12,294 Member
    I agree for fat loss, but not for muscle growth. No cardio or opposite days is best for muscle growth, as it allows the energy in your body go to repair and rebuild muscles, instead of being used for exercise.
  • llgeisz
    llgeisz Posts: 34 Member
    I have no research but I have always done cardio pre work out to get the blood pumping... but I am old school so it may not be the in thing right now
  • erickirb
    erickirb Posts: 12,294 Member
    I have no research but I have always done cardio pre work out to get the blood pumping... but I am old school so it may not be the in thing right now

    For a warm up it is okay, but if you do a full out cardio workout, you will not be able to lift as much with good form thus rising slower gains and/or injury.
  • billyh333
    billyh333 Posts: 213
    Most bodybuilders get on s StepMill or stationary bike after hitting the weights for no better reason than they’d rather do the latter than the former. They make certain they’ve done all they can to boost muscle growth before doing what they can to reduce blubber, and yet they may feel they’ve shortchanged their fat burning by focusing first on maximizing their muscle burn. Science Japanse researchers found that when subjects performed cardio immediately weight training, the amount of fat burning was significantly higher than when they did cardio first. This may be due to something that the same Japanese researches found in another study–when you hit the weights first, growth hormone levels are higher.

    GH not only promotes muscle growth, but also liberates fat from fat cells so that it can be burned away for fuel
  • jawheb
    jawheb Posts: 295 Member
    I was taught to split it up. I do 3 days cardio 3 days weights. Depends on who you talk to I guess. I just listen to my trainer. Hopefully he's leading me down the right path.
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