Fasted cardio

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  • kwtilbury
    kwtilbury Posts: 1,234 Member
    I am unsure of the purported fat-burning benefits, but I do fasted cardio in the morning purely as a function of IF and I don't have a problem with it.
  • navygrrl
    navygrrl Posts: 517 Member
    I do fasted cardio, but that's mainly because I don't have time to wait for breakfast to settle before I run. I really don't want to wake up earlier than 345am, and even at that time I'm rushing to get ready for work.

    I don't know if I feel more sluggish when I run after work and food, or it's just tougher because I worked a full day on my feet.
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    I can run 5-6 miles fasted, but anything more than that and I like to eat something first.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    edited September 2017
    sacoriah wrote: »
    Djproulx wrote: »
    As others have said, what is your measure of success? What did your friend experience?

    I would not bother to try fasted cardio if my goal was weight loss. I would perhaps use it to help train my body to increase the use of fat as fuel during endurance cardio training. And by "endurance cardio" I'm referring to multi hour workouts, such as those performed during marathon or long course triathlon training.

    I lost a lot of weight but for some reason I'm weight lost slowed down and I'm stuck at 210. I change up my workout and diet and still nothing. My friend had the same issue and she told me she does fasted cardio and she started losing weight again .

    Doing fasted cardio isn't going to impact weight loss...I do plenty of fasted cardio and I'm in maintenance...I maintain because I eat to maintenance. Your weight loss is a result of your calorie deficit, not when you do cardio. If your friend started losing weight again, it's because one way or another she's eating less.

    When you do fasted cardio, you do use more fat for fuel...but your body is constantly cycling between fat utilization and storage...at the end of the day, it ultimately comes down to your calories coming in vs going out regardless of fasted cardio or otherwise...
  • sedj241
    sedj241 Posts: 36 Member
    I'm the same, I rather run and workout on an empty stomach. I see and saw my best results during this the time I could do it on a regular!
  • DanyellMcGinnis
    DanyellMcGinnis Posts: 315 Member
    I don't exercise, usually, until 5-6 hours after I've eaten lunch. I suppose that counts as fasted cardio? I am usually at a point by evening where I have very few calories left for the day and I need to do some cardio so I can have dinner without going over my calorie goal. I seem to be able to get through it just fine, even if I pile a FocusT25 DVD on top of an Insanity DVD in the same session (which is not something I do every day...). Same for those rare occasions when I work out first thing in the morning.

    But, I don't do this on the assumption that it is going to benefit me more than exercising at some other time in relation to my meals. I do it because (1) it fits into my schedule and (2) I don't like the "I'm going to puke" feeling of working out after eating. And then I look at CICO in the same way I would regardless of whether one hour had passed or 6 between food and exercise.

    I did this all through my weight loss last year and for maintenance this year.
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