No running after a leg workout!

[blinkwatt]

Today in the gym I finished up on my leg workout ahead of time and thought that it couldn't hurt to throw in some mild cardio........NEVER DO CARDIO RIGHT AFTER A LEG WORKOUT. I only had the treadmill set to 6.0 incline @ 6.5mph, I had to stop at .36 miles because I felt like I was going to throw up at any second. Came home,20 minutes later I felt worse and it hurt to try and eat. 1 hour later after burping a whole bunch and taking a nap I feel much better but I'm never running right after a leg workout again! Just aheads up to everyone else because I wouldn't want anyone else to expierence the same thing.

 

[Quiksilver]

I run 3 miles after my leg workout, in 30 minutes.

Mabye youre just not in shape

I've heard that HIIT after leg workout is bad, but low-medium cardio couldn't hurt.

You might have not eaten enough that day. You need energy to fuel your workout, if you run out of steam, then you aren't getting enough calories.

 

[Warboss Alex]

Have either of you ever DONE a leg workout?

 

[SamoJednom]

^ lol.

Does umm running two circles around the gym and realizing how badly your legs mainly calfs are freezing up sound about right?

 

[blinkwatt]

Have either of you ever DONE a leg workout?

You sure seem to act like you know a bunch when you have yet to prove that you are even in the slightest of shape. Anyone can post words on a forum but where is the proof that your knowledge is correct?

 

[Warboss Alex]

Hmm. What exactly do I need to prove to know that you shouldn't be able to walk, let alone run, after training legs?

 

[blinkwatt]

Hmm. What exactly do I need to prove to know that you shouldn't be able to walk, let alone run, after training legs?

It's not just the running thing. The statement you made was about leg workouts in general.

 

[Warboss Alex]

I've done enough leg workouts over the past 5-6 years to know that I hobbled, not walked, out of the gym each time. Except the times when I chickened out on the 20 rep squats, which I did quite a few times.

 

[guayaballer]

i couldnt walk down the stairs to the subway after my leg work out today. had to grab on to the handrails with my arms and slowly take step by step

 

[Warboss Alex]

guayaballer - you trained legs then. lol.

 

[shagnscoob]

When I get my legs I have to sit down for at least 10-15 minutes before I go anywhere. Usually I plant my ass on the mats under the squat rack and hope no one wants to use it before I get up hahahaha

 

[mrRuckus]

.NEVER DO CARDIO RIGHT AFTER A LEG WORKOUT. I only had the treadmill set to 6.0 incline @ 6.5mph, I had to stop at .36 miles because I felt like I was going to throw up at any second. .

Hey man, just because you have a girlie stomach don't be raining on our parade.

 

[Teflon_Mcgee]

I shake and tremble after a leg workout but am still capable of running on a flat surface.

Yesterday i did a short (I had to squeeze it in my shcedule) 20 minute leg routine consisting of super sets.

I did 5 sets of 8-15 rep 225 pound squats immediatley followed by calf raises and then leg curls. No rest. The entire workout took me less than 20 minutes and I couldn't even walk up the stairs to the cardio room.

But I still managed a two mile run in 13:30 and a 500 meter swim in less than 9 minutes.

Total workout time including pre-pool shower: less than 50 minutes (I didn't rest once).

just because you're legs are jello after a leg workout doesn't mean you can't do cardio with your legs. Eff strength, that's when it comes to endurance.


For the record, that was a FUBARed wokout compared to my normal routine. i was just very short on time and had to get cardio in.

 

[kickureface]

everytime after i do a 3x whatever and a 1x20, i go nuts. if i skip the widowmaker, im kinda ok. but yea after the widow, you are a widow with twig feet

 

[spesmilitis]

You sure seem to act like you know a bunch when you have yet to prove that you are even in the slightest of shape. Anyone can post words on a forum but where is the proof that your knowledge is correct?

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[Quiksilver]

Uhh...I'm maxing my weights every week, still linear gains, I do pyramid sets and worksets and the 15 rep each Monday. Granted I only started doing the right stuff recently(afew months).

And after legs + cardio, I literally can't walk down the stairs(i almost fell down them acouple weeks ago..my legs were under me but they wouldnt stay upright)...I take the elevator.