What kind of cardio is good after work out?

[Who Dares Win]

After an intense work out is it a good idea to do some cardio? some say its good because you burn fats while others say you damage your muscles so what is your opinion on it?

30 minutes running could be a good idea? 1hours workout + 30 min cardio?

 

[Juan Don]

after intense workout? something like walking on a treadmill with incline, elliptical with resistance, or stair climber. something low to medium impact. but that's just me.

 

[EvilAgenda]

If you do cardio (always do intervals by the way, forget this lame low-intensity running, that's for people who want to look like ethiopian marathon runners). In any case, if you do cardio BEFORE your main workout, that will just leave you exhausted and you will not be able to lift as much to gain your muscle.

Solution. Do your cardio AFTER your main workout. That will push you harder and build your endurance. As an added bonus, as your endurance builds, your girl will be on the 9th cloud of multiorgasmic happiness cuz you'll be able to fk her all night long.

TL;DR
Do your high-intensity cardio at the end of your workout.

 

[lockout]

30 minute fap

 

[Who Dares Win]

If you do cardio (always do intervals by the way, forget this lame low-intensity running, that's for people who want to look like ethiopian marathon runners). In any case, if you do cardio BEFORE your main workout, that will just leave you exhausted and you will not be able to lift as much to gain your muscle.

Solution. Do your cardio AFTER your main workout. That will push you harder and build your endurance. As an added bonus, as your endurance builds, your girl will be on the 9th cloud of multiorgasmic happiness cuz you'll be able to fk her all night long.

TL;DR
Do your high-intensity cardio at the end of your workout.

Yeah of course at the end of the workout, I just wanted to know if its ok to do that light one for 15-20 minutes, mostly fast walking instead of running.
Some people talk about intervals of hard running and slow walking while others suppost what Im doing.

I've read lots of different opinions on post-cardio workout.

What is your goal? Are you looking to burn fat? Build muscle? Both?

My goal is improve my body in general mostly in hardness, Im pushing hard with weights and already see the results however theres some fat in my upper body that I have to kick out..nothing you can see under a t-**** but yet something that hide my abs, I would also like to have a rock hard ass.

after intense workout? something like walking on a treadmill with incline, elliptical with resistance, or stair climber. something low to medium impact. but that's just me.

Thats what Im doing now, 15 to 20 minutes of fast walking on flat level.

30 minute fap

Im afraid its not that easy..

 

[Julius_Seizeher]

The conclusion I have come to is, if your goal is to burn fat and build muscle consecutively, the best way to do it is hard cardio and calisthenics first thing in the morning, then lift weights at night.

I have found doing cardio first thing gives me more energy (and a greater caloric burn rate) during the day, and lifting at night (with protein intake after the workout) lets your body build muscle while you sleep.

 

[marmel75]

If you insist on doing cardio and lifting in the same workout, make sure you are doing cardio AFTER lifting or you severly blunt the release of growth hormone and testosterone by doing cardio first...

I prefer doing a form of "hybrid" cardio in the form of EDT blocks(Escalated Density Training), which is both a resistence workout and cardio workout at the same time. You pick 2 exercises and choose a weight you can comfortably complete 12 reps at. For instance, Weighted Dips and 1 Arm DB Rows. You either set a timer for 20 minutes or start on one of the "5" minute markers on the clock. Then you alternate exercises with no rest in between doing as many sets of 5 reps as you can. 5 reps of weighted dips/5 reps of 1 Arm DB Rows...keep alternating and doing as many sets of 5 as you can. After a while you will no longer be able to do sets of 5, you will be doing sets of 4,3,2,and 1...Keep track of how many of each you do, and then tally up the reps and total weight. That is your "score". The next time you do these, you are to use the same weights and try and beat the "score". Once you are able to do between 10-20% more reps than the first time you did it, you can increase the weight 5%. The first few times doing this, you will feel like your heart is getting ready to beat out of your chest and you are sucking air like crazy. Your conditioning improves pretty quick tho, and by the 3rd or 4th time, you aren't breathing as heavy and are doing a lot more reps...

Not only does this shred fat much quicker than cardio does, it also will build muscle since you are activating both the aerobic(cardio) and anaerobic(resistence training) pathways simulatneously. It helps to build Type IIc muscle fibers, which have the benefits of both type IIa and IIb fibers (strength AND endurance)...

Try this for a month and see how you like it...I utilize 20 minute timed EDT Blocks 3 times a week after doing compound lifts and here are what I do:

Weighted Dips/1 Arm DB Rows
DB Squat-Push-Presses/DB Swings
Weighted Chins/Decline Pushups(pushups with feet on bench--makes harder)

I also do High Rep Deadlifts(5 sets of 12) within 15-20 minutes, which is basically an EDT block by itself since they are brutal....

 

[tc80]

after intense workout? something like walking on a treadmill with incline, elliptical with resistance, or stair climber. something low to medium impact. but that's just me.

Yes, this!

If trying to spare the most muscle, then follow the above advice. Your glycogen stores (sugar store in the liver & muscle) after working with weights is low, if you try to blast your cardio your body will react by breaking down amino acids (muscle tissue) to make glucose (sugar) to create fast energy. If you do slow and steady cardio your body will be using the majority of fat for fuel.