Cardio after weights?

[6-heads lewis]

I couldn’t find an answer to this in the WBA thread about fat loss while gaining muscle: How do you handle PWO shake with PWO cardio?

I'd like to do four or five 2-minute rounds of heavy bag work 2x/week after my weights workout, without hindering muscle gain. I know light cardio in the morning is the norm, but my classes are early, and I walk around a lot on campus.

How about doing a weight session (1hr, 15 min), then having a whey protein shake with glutamine and sugar (as a fast carb) over 15 min, then doing cardio?

I found this through google, but dont know how to combat it:

"...there is one drawback to doing cardio after a workout is that cortisol levels may become too high and put you in a catabolic state, which can break down muscle tissue and hinder growth."

Any suggestions?

Thanks

 

[6-heads lewis]

Thanks, that's what I was hoping to hear.

What kind of post-workout cardio do you do, and for how long?

 

[Warboss Alex]

What Espi said: low-intensity cardio will not burn any muscle whenever you do it. if you're truly concerned take 5g of BCAAs before your post-workout cardio although it's really not required.

take your PWO shake after cardio. putting sugar in your mouth before PWO cardio will switch off fat burning due to the insulin rise.

however I would not do lengthy post-workout sessions in the interest of recovery. keep it to 30 mins or less

 

[howardalex]

BCAAs first dude

 

[6-heads lewis]

What Espi said: low-intensity cardio will not burn any muscle whenever you do it. if you're truly concerned take 5g of BCAAs before your post-workout cardio although it's really not required.

take your PWO shake after cardio. putting sugar in your mouth before PWO cardio will switch off fat burning due to the insulin rise.

however I would not do lengthy post-workout sessions in the interest of recovery. keep it to 30 mins or less

I see. Could I get away with 10-15 minutes of high (or higher than low) intensity cardio after weights?

 

[Warboss Alex]

no.

 

[Kev07]

i do a 25 minute hiit after my workouts :woo:

 

[howardalex]

i do a 25 minute hiit after my workouts :woo:

wrong approach - you should do HIIT in the morning, you burn the fat by raising your metabolism throughout the day, after workout you're just burning muscle - plus your PWO meal is the most important of the day, you don't wanna just burn that off...

 

[Kev07]

i don't have time to jog in the morning :box: i used to in summer time though.

 

[guayaballer]

cant 10 mins of moderate cardio before workout help prevent injury by warming up the muscles or is there a better way?

 

[Warboss Alex]

injury prevention is down to proper form and exercise-specific warmups, 10 mins of cardio won't save you. do a few mins treadmill if it makes you feel better but there's no need

 

[mrRuckus]

injury prevention is down to proper form and exercise-specific warmups, 10 mins of cardio won't save you. do a few mins treadmill if it makes you feel better but there's no need

I use a stationary bike on a really easy setting for about 5 minutes before my workouts. Especially before squats and deadlifts days. Gets my knees warmed up mostly... it's almost like a warmup for my warmups It makes me feel better they're not doing all that popping and crackling (and keeps them from snapping!) even during the lighter warmup sets.

 

[kickureface]

whats wroing with cardio before workout? eevn if its just very light cardio?

 

[Throttle]

burns up the glycogen you need for big lifts, proportionate to how much cardio you do.