Thread: Article on Fasted AM Cardio

http://www.t-nation.com/readTopic.do...ydra?id=835725

I'm making myself a few minutes late to class reading this. It was a good read. Basically what I gathered from the article is that if you perform fasted morning cardio...

• Generally to be avoided by ectomorphs and strength/power athletes

• Ingest a small amount of aminos (Protein) prior to the exercise.

• Make the activity low intensity. Something like 55-65% of your max HR is a good guideline

Originally Posted by dougnukem

Great article. The conclusion is pretty known already, but it's nice to see some of the theories and sciences behind it.

Indeed. Also, I think one of the most important items to take home is that higher intensity activity should be avoided in this fasted state. I have heard of a lot of people performing HIIT cardio in this state, which the experts in this article seem to pretty much agree is a bad idea.

My personal experience is that I have no need to do this. Although I could this changing as I age, I am currently able to maintain a healthy and attractive level of body fat without resorting to anything outside of a balanced diet, resistance training, and some GPP work on the side. I don't need to pull out the stops and eat low carb diets, perform fasted exercise, perform exercise in a glycogen depleted state, etc.