Faster cardio or not, what’s your opinion!
speakman92
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Personally I think fasted cardio is best I feel a burn more calories doing fasted compared to when eaten.
What’s your opinions !
What’s your opinions !
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Whenever fits in to your day. Makes no difference...6
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I like fasted as well. I HATE working out on a full stomach. I can't workout if I am starving though so I prefer to do it before I am too hungry and have no energy lol.1
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I only prefer faster cardio because I normally skip breakfast or am up quite early. I don’t burn any extra calories but I find that it sets me up for the day and making healthier food choices2
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I don't like it.. I feel hungry and weak and my performance is down.6
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speakman92 wrote: »Personally I think fasted cardio is best I feel a burn more calories doing fasted compared to when eaten.
Physiologically it makes absolutely no difference to either net calorie consumption or energy source balance.
It can help adaptation for endurance training, improving ability to draw from less readily available sources when training or competing for protracted periods.
In terms of comfort, I'm generally happy training fasted up to 90 minutes/ 10 miles. If I'm going longer I'll probably fuel beforehand.
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You don't burn any more calories training fasted. I prefer it because I don't do very well with food in my stomach when trying to workout. And I'm not getting up earlier just to eat.5
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Since I do mine very early in the morning I do mine fasted.
However its dependent on the length of my cardio secession or what I am training for specially and time of day I do my training..2 -
Yeah seems alot of it depends on lifestyle and environment. I tend to wake up at about 7 every morning and do 20 min run on treadmill before I go about my day to day life just gives me a positive start to my day2
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I think preference is the most important factor. A cardio session burns whatever it burns and is generally very good for you. So whatever gets you there and makes it the most enjoyable is the best approach for you.
Still, there has been some evidence that working out in a fasted state has some effect. Skipping over the breathy internet articles, I point to this peer-reviewed study:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20837645
The study does show a "fat burning" effect of fasted cardo. Take it with a grain of salt since it was only a short term study with a small number of participants. You can do the experiment on yourself, of course. Try working out in the morning for a month and see if some magic result happens!2 -
I do everything fasted, otherwise I throw up. Personal preference.5
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If I did fasted cardio, I could not go as intense or as long. so if calories burned is your goal, it would not be ideal, nor would it be ideal if you are training for an endurance event, in which you usually consume calories during the event.
If you think you will burn more fat, you may during the activity, but if you consume the same amount of calories in a day, you will probably end up burning less, as you wont be able to burn as many or go for as long. If you eat exercise cals back, you will be able to eat more unfasted, as you burn more, but for fat loss, there would be no or unnoticeable amount of difference.3 -
I workout fasted just because I need to get my work out in before work and I don't have time for breakfast. At weekends I might go before breakfast I might go after. As others have said its mostly about preference and lifestyle.1
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Noreenmarie1234 wrote: »I like fasted as well. I HATE working out on a full stomach. I can't workout if I am starving though so I prefer to do it before I am too hungry and have no energy lol.
If you eat 4 hours before your cardio, your stomach shouldn't be full, not would it be considered fasted cardio. Unfasted cardio does not mean you do cardio right after you eat, it just doesn't follow a fast as in 8+ hours of not eating.0 -
speakman92 wrote: »Personally I think fasted cardio is best I feel a burn more calories doing fasted compared to when eaten.
What’s your opinions !
That's just a feeling.
If you ran/cycled/rowed further fasted than you did when fed then you would burn more.
Same distance/power/intensity would be same calories burned and probably very little difference in fuel substrate used as that's primarily down to the intensity of the exercise not the contents of your stomach.
Make the choice that fits your schedule and helps you perform the best.
For me anything up to 2hrs of cardio just fits in my normal day and eating routine, over that I need to start thinking about fuelling.
Doing some fasted training actually made me better at fasted training though. But that's not really significant for most people.1 -
I'll just leave this here: https://weightology.net/fasted-cardio-an-undeserved-good-reputation/4
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Faster is almost always the goal with cardio. Who wants to ride a bike or run or swim slower?10
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I love fasted cardio. I have been doing intermittent fasting for the past few months and feel great. I think people ought to just do what works for them, and fasted cardio works for me!2
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As others have said, it makes pretty much no difference in results. Whichever you prefer.1
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"Faster" cardio? LOL yeah I'm all in on that. The sooner it's over the better!
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Fasted, not fasted.. It really does not make a huge difference. I'd typically like to at the very least sip some BCAA's while doing my cardio.8
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YEP!0
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GainsLevelIncreased wrote: »Fasted, not fasted.. It really does not make a huge difference. I'd typically like to at the very least sip some BCAA's while doing my cardio.
BCAAs dont really help.3 -
Do what works for you. You know the opinions are going to be all over the board on SS Cardio, VS Fasted SS Cardio, VS HIIT. If you're seeing results, do it. I prefer fasted steady state cardio first thing in the morning after a cup of coffee while sipping my BCAAs. If it works for you, nobody else's opinions matter because there are benefits to all cardio.4
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tripleformfitness wrote: »Do what works for you. You know the opinions are going to be all over the board on SS Cardio, VS Fasted SS Cardio, VS HIIT. If you're seeing results, do it. I prefer fasted steady state cardio first thing in the morning after a cup of coffee while sipping my BCAAs. If it works for you, nobody else's opinions matter because there are benefits to all cardio.
I disagree that it doesn't matter. some training methods may align better with your goals then what you are doing. so what you are doing may work, but there may be an even better way of achieving your goals. If it helps you stick with it and you enjoy it the way you do it, that matters more, as a less efficient training method, is better than not training at all.
Why BCAA's, what purpose other then something to spend your money on when it isnt shown to help? unless it is a mental thing and that by having it makes you think it is helping, then I guess it works, even though it doesn't.4 -
The only time I fast is when I'm asleep.
If I did fasted cardio, I would pass out...and die. That might just be a me thing.3 -
I prefer No cardio hehehe and I agree with most people here, BCAA's are useless. Alan Aragon made scientific research on it and it basically does nothing and in some cases, people even lost muscles with BCAA's (link for reference: https://jissn.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12970-016-0128-9 )2
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There are conditions and protocols that use fasted cardio to increase fat metabolism however they are pointless for 99% of the general population. Have a read of Lyle McDonalds, stubborn fat protocols.1
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GainsLevelIncreased wrote: »Fasted, not fasted.. It really does not make a huge difference. I'd typically like to at the very least sip some BCAA's while doing my cardio.
BCAAs dont really help.
I mean you could take straight Leucine, which helps maintain muscle mass. No one really wants to sacrifice muscle mass, really do cardio to minimize body fat. So I would recommend at least taking 1 to 2 servings of Leucine while doing cardio.9 -
GainsLevelIncreased wrote: »GainsLevelIncreased wrote: »Fasted, not fasted.. It really does not make a huge difference. I'd typically like to at the very least sip some BCAA's while doing my cardio.
BCAAs dont really help.
I mean you could take straight Leucine, which helps maintain muscle mass. No one really wants to sacrifice muscle mass, really do cardio to minimize body fat. So I would recommend at least taking 1 to 2 servings of Leucine while doing cardio.
Cardio in an of itself is not going to catabolize your muscles unless you are not fueling yourself enough or getting enough protein (Too large of a deficit and inadequate protein) or not doing proper strength training.
No need to major in the minors.6
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