Thread: On cycle cardio???

Keep in mind if you're trying to gain mass, you have to replace whatever calories you're burning doing cardio. It's hard to eat enough to keep up in the first place. Do a little for cardiovascular health if you like but I wouldn't go overboard with it on a bulk

I might say 15 min of walking treadmill every day / after training more just for cardiovascular capacity and maybe to help keep your bulker a little less fatty. But if your goal is very specific to building, and you're running a cycle (i.e. stressing your body) for that goal, running tends to be catabolic. Maybe save it for your cutting phase?

i agree with digitalash about getting in enough calories but a lot of people HIGHLY over-rate the correlation between cardio and muscle loss. even doing 45-60 minutes of straight cardio will have an extremely minimal effect on muscle being burned for energy. cardio is good both on cycle and off cycle for a handful of reasons you can look up.

unless your diet is shitty you should be fine.

Originally Posted by alphabolic

i agree with digitalash about getting in enough calories but a lot of people HIGHLY over-rate the correlation between cardio and muscle loss. even doing 45-60 minutes of straight cardio will have an extremely minimal effect on muscle being burned for energy. cardio is good both on cycle and off cycle for a handful of reasons you can look up.

unless your diet is shitty you should be fine.

how's your ass bro lol

Originally Posted by Digitalash

how's your ass bro lol

lol (no homo?) jk. but after the first injection of 115mg of prop yesterday at 5pm, it got worse throughout the night like a bad bruise but didnt feel any worse when i woke up. then i just went about my day having a bit of trouble sitting down or laying on my side. i ended up doing a full leg workout with no pain at all. GP doesn't fuck around haha.

Originally Posted by alphabolic

lol (no homo?) jk. but after the first injection of 115mg of prop yesterday at 5pm, it got worse throughout the night like a bad bruise but didnt feel any worse when i woke up. then i just went about my day having a bit of trouble sitting down or laying on my side. i ended up doing a full leg workout with no pain at all. GP doesn't fuck around haha.

sounds like fun lol. Maybe switch to delts or something next time you have a leg workout coming up? Try quads too, alot of people say its worse but it actually feels better for me, at least I can sit down fine :P . Also I think it helps to do it early in the morning, that way you're up moving all day and it loosens up, and it feels a little better by the morning. Look on the bright side, at least you'll have plenty of chances to find what works for you lol.

Originally Posted by alphabolic

i agree with digitalash about getting in enough calories but a lot of people HIGHLY over-rate the correlation between cardio and muscle loss. even doing 45-60 minutes of straight cardio will have an extremely minimal effect on muscle being burned for energy. cardio is good both on cycle and off cycle for a handful of reasons you can look up.

unless your diet is shitty you should be fine.

I don't think that's the point. I think that what people are saying is that if you are bulking, you need as many calories as you can get. When on a bulking cycle, all of your calories are going to build muscle. Doing cardio takes away some of those calories that could be going to build muscle.

What you're taking about is muscle atrophy due to doing too much cardio. Like running a marathon.

Two different story lines going on.

Alright thanks guys. This will be my first AAS cycle so I think ill just do some minimal cardio while on cycle to keep my heart in shape to support all the new added mass. Thanks everyone for the help

Originally Posted by sassy69

I might say 15 min of walking treadmill every day / after training more just for cardiovascular capacity and maybe to help keep your bulker a little less fatty. But if your goal is very specific to building, and you're running a cycle (i.e. stressing your body) for that goal, running tends to be catabolic. Maybe save it for your cutting phase?

This ^ . If you are trying to bulk I still think it is a good idea to do light cardio to keep your heart pumping and keep fat and water to a lesser extent. I do cardio 3 days a week any where from a light jog for 10-20 min, bike, or just a brisk walk on an incline grade to hit calves and pump heart. It really makes me feel bad if I don't do cardio on cycle. I feel like it hinders my performance and makes me feel sluggish. Just don't overdo the cardio and make sure you eat enough of the proper foods.

For bulking you could go as low as three 20-30 minute sessions per week.

Cardio is always welcome..Always..its good for your healthy and hearth!

Originally Posted by sassy69

I might say 15 min of walking treadmill every day / after training more just for cardiovascular capacity and maybe to help keep your bulker a little less fatty. But if your goal is very specific to building, and you're running a cycle (i.e. stressing your body) for that goal, running tends to be catabolic. Maybe save it for your cutting phase?

Originally Posted by TGB1987

This ^ . If you are trying to bulk I still think it is a good idea to do light cardio to keep your heart pumping and keep fat and water to a lesser extent. I do cardio 3 days a week any where from a light jog for 10-20 min, bike, or just a brisk walk on an incline grade to hit calves and pump heart. It really makes me feel bad if I don't do cardio on cycle. I feel like it hinders my performance and makes me feel sluggish. Just don't overdo the cardio and make sure you eat enough of the proper foods.

Originally Posted by heavyiron

For bulking you could go as low as three 20-30 minute sessions per week.

THIS, THIS AND THIS

Best of luck