Subject: RE: Cardio Before or After Ok,
A subject I know a little about - very little.
1 - if you are trying to burn fat, lift / weights before cardio. otherwise it doesn't matter.
the first approx. half hour you exercise you burn off the glycogen in your system and then start to work on your fat stores.
If your goal is to lose fat, - weight lift to burn up that glycogen, then move onto cardio to ignite that fat. building muscle also burns more resting calories.
2 - what are your goals - fitness or muscles.
If your goals are muscles - lift first
If your goal is fitness/endurance do your cardo/running/biking first.
The reason being there is a % of workouts that will not complete properly on the 2nd half of the workout.
(give up, too tired, form breakdown, don't complete sets, quit/kick a set, shorten your session at the end etc. )
That second half of the workout will get a % of workouts compromised in some form or fashion at some point.
If your main goal is to lose fat or gain muscle lift first, otherwise, cardio first.
bodybuilding.com can be your reference for some of this info. Edited by Clarkey77 2014-03-30 10:09 PM
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