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Posted by: Cinnabon

I have always heard different opinions on doing your cardio before and after working out..... Suggestions, Please

Posted by: Prince

after.

Posted by: GoalGetter

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Originally Posted by Robert DiMaggio

after.

Why?

(please).

Posted by: calalily1972

Because you don't want to waste your precious glycogen on cardio especially for those cutting. If you do cardio before lifting weights you are burning your glycogen. So then you go do weight training and your glycogen is depleated and now you can't lift as intense as you could if you had more glycogen stored.

Posted by: QuestionGuy

oh my god, we get asked the same question over and over again!!! go do some research!, lol sorry i didnt mean to sound rude ok ? go do some research there is a lot to write about this question

Posted by: GoalGetter

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Originally Posted by QuestionGuy

oh my god, we get asked the same question over and over again!!! go do some research!, lol sorry i didnt mean to sound rude ok ? go do some research there is a lot to write about this question

sorry question guy (and jodi, and prince)... I kinda knew WHY after and not before, but since i was already on the page, and its' close to 5 and i'm practically braindead by this time of the day, i asked anyway...

derrr...

Posted by: calalily1972

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Originally Posted by QuestionGuy

oh my god, we get asked the same question over and over again!!! go do some research!, lol sorry i didnt mean to sound rude ok ? go do some research there is a lot to write about this question

Chill!

This is a forum where people ask questions and if we can help them we do. If we can point them in the right direction to help them, then we do that too.

Posted by: Dale Mabry

I personally do it before, but my goals are for performance and being explosively quick is more important than lifting heavy weights. When I switch to explosive lifts I will either separate them by 8-10 hours or do them on separate days, still haven't figured that one out.

Posted by: Cinnabon

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Originally Posted by QuestionGuy

oh my god, we get asked the same question over and over again!!! go do some research!, lol sorry i didnt mean to sound rude ok ? go do some research there is a lot to write about this question

Question Guy,I think you should change your name..... Thanks to everyone else

Posted by: bulletproof1

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Originally Posted by Cinnabon

I have always heard different opinions on doing your cardio before and after working out..... Suggestions, Please

cinnabon whats going on? i thought you had a plan and were doing good.

Posted by: Cinnabon

Time for change.......

Posted by: bulletproof1

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Originally Posted by Cinnabon

Time for change.......

ok just checkin

Posted by: DoorGuy1

I've always done my running after my lifting.....

I'm pretty basic about it myself.....

I'm too dang tired to lift after running.......

Posted by: Dale Mabry

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Originally Posted by DoorGuy1

I'm too dang tired to lift after running.......

You wouldn't be if you trained your energy systems properly.

Posted by: LAM

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Originally Posted by DoorGuy1

I've always done my running after my lifting.....

I'm pretty basic about it myself.....

I'm too dang tired to lift after running.......

lifting is 10x more beneficial to the body than running...make it a priority

Posted by: crmcdann

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Originally Posted by LAM

lifting is 10x more beneficial to the body than running...make it a priority

I know I am no person to tell you that you are wrong but I used to run in high school and I always thought running would be healthier for your body as opposed to lifting because of cardiovascular reasons? Not to say that lifting doesn't help with that too but it just doesn't do as much as running does since you are not doing it for extended periods of time constantly without rest?

That said, I am starting to get serious about lifting and am trying to bulk now

Posted by: Duncans Donuts

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Originally Posted by crmcdann

I always thought running would be healthier for your body as opposed to lifting because of cardiovascular reasons? Not to say that lifting doesn't help with that too but it just doesn't do as much as running does since you are not doing it for extended periods of time constantly without rest?

The purpose of the cardiovascular system is to support the musculature. Running (at a pace you can do for a long time) is a steady state activity that primarily uses the bodies aerobic pathways to fuel the muscles. It does not build muscle. Doing it continually won't do much but make you better at endurance activity.

Weight training will add lean body mass, which is active tissue, while fat is sedentary. This will generally raise your basal metabolic rate (a pound of muscle could improve your daily BMR by as much as 80 calories a day). After an intense anaerobic workout, your bodies resting metabolic rate will be raised, as well.

Just because you are jogging for a longer period of time doesn't make it a better activity.

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