Thread: cardio before or after lifting?

Originally Posted by Supervette101

Are you guys kidding me, light to medium cardio always before you work out. At least 10 minutes minimum. Bike, stair, elliptical you gotta bring your core temp up and get your blood flowing before you lift. All the good advise you guys give on here and you shun this? I'm not saying you gotta full all out sprint on a treadmill but your crazy to walk over cold and just start lifting. All major athletes have some kind exercises, stretching or warm up before they compete to get their bodies ready. I don't follow you guys logic on this one.

I didn't say don't warm up - but cardio is piss-poor preparation for lifting. They're not similar enough.

Originally Posted by niki

Not sure if you are male/female (sorry), but I've lost some serious weight. My journal is under Catalyst. Basically, 150g protein, 100g fat, less than 50g carbs and the BGB program. I do cardio on rest days.

^Listen to this woman.

yeah hiit kiss ass for fat burning

Originally Posted by triplstep

10 minutes of foam rolling can have me sweating bullets....blood flow, affirmative. Same with some dynamic stretching, for instance overhead squats, with a gym towel under tension. I will become Hulk that day I tear it in two

Either bike, stair, elliptical, those are not the only tools in the shed to use while preparing for battle in the gym.

Could you please elaborate on foam rolling? Sounds like something I'd like to try but I don't have a clue what it is. thanks

NVMND. I posted and then noticed there was a Youtube video on the thread. Doh!

Not going to completely beat a dead horse but I either did cardio on off days or polar opposite time of the day if I was lifting that day, that worked well for me. As far as type, quit pissing around for an hour on the tread mill you got better things to do, deffinately look into HIIT you accomplish the same thing and potentially have the debateable "afterburn" effect to boot when completed; and if done properly you're done doing cardio in under 20min. Plus if you should choose to do sprint work for HIIT you'll build some short distance stamina up I see you're a little behind "running at 5-5.5mph", aka speed walk/trot pace, its fine got to start somewhere right? Then believe it or not you just may be motivated to keep it in the weekly routine HIIT or steady state cardio after you're done cutting as you'll have some wind back with ya; that is also a good thing I've always had the mindset "yeah its great your a 200+ 300+ rip show" but it's also VERY comical you can't run 25m and not be out of breath! hahahaha! Point being to my rambling cardio is important stick with it full circle fitness, HIIT for weight loss (do it on off days or polar opposite time to lifting-you'll need the glycogen), and ofcourse KEEP YOUR DIET STRAIGHT!!!! You could also for shits and grins look into Tabata training as well its a good, in addition too, once or twice a week or so.

do it after lifting. your glycogen stores will be depleted and your body will go straight to fat stores for energy (calories) to burn

Good thread

Agree with most...cardio on non lifting days, or after the weights on the same day.

Originally Posted by Diesel618

do it after lifting. your glycogen stores will be depleted and your body will go straight to fat stores for energy (calories) to burn

true to a point as long as its steady state MODERATE TO SLOW PACE cardio, HIIT on the other hand with no glycogen = muscle consumption along with the fat, probably more so.

/\ didn't know that. thanks for the info.

do it often, before and after to burn calories/fat

Before AND after IMO....

Originally Posted by cheesedipped

do it often, before and after to burn calories/fat

Why would it burn calories to do it before and after as opposed to only doing it after?

Originally Posted by OttoRocket11

Before AND after IMO....

Why?

I think its best afterwards. I like to use all my energy for weights so I can go with max intensity and as heavy as possible. Sometimes ill do low intensity cardio for 20-30 mins post workout to cool down

Been doing 20mins on the bike before, may have to try it after my workout.

I do cardio for an hour and then do upper body I don't however do cardio then do lower body its too much stress on my lower body to do that.