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Cardio Best time of the day to get results?
Big Mick
"2014 - Kunce of the year"
Personally I believe first thing in the morning would be best, as it gets it out of the way first up.
And I would imagine that it would fire you up for the day keeping your metabolism going at a higher rate for the rest of the day if it was intense enough. But that might just be Bro Science
As long as you do it I guess it will be fine and should get results.
And I would imagine that it would fire you up for the day keeping your metabolism going at a higher rate for the rest of the day if it was intense enough. But that might just be Bro Science
As long as you do it I guess it will be fine and should get results.
See above. If you have the time try repeated 10minute sprints (10s Sprint 50s walk) throughout the day.
The Hamburgler
Spotter Loader
Hahahahahahaa ^
On a more serious note, all the old school BBers from the gym I used to go to, when cutting, would get up in the morning have a black coffee then go for a 30 min brisk walk/slow jog.
Make of that what you will
On a more serious note, all the old school BBers from the gym I used to go to, when cutting, would get up in the morning have a black coffee then go for a 30 min brisk walk/slow jog.
Make of that what you will
Rambodian
No I'm not cambodian
I've heard that doing it in the morning is best before you eat so your 'fasted' sp to speak. Personally I can barely mumble before I have a coffee and couldn't bare doing cardio to early LOL. I do mine in the arvo's or evenings, usually after my workout, but not directly after, about an 1 hour to 1.5 hours later. My work hours are all over the place these days so I just fit in what I can anf watch what I eat.
If anyone is familiar with the respiratory quotient (RQ) feel free to correct me.
RQ shows very basically usage of fat or carbohydrates using a metabolic cart.
0.7 = fat usage
1.0 = carbohydrate usage
When i did fasted cardio in the morning my Respiratory quotient was much closer to 0.7 (about 0.75) than when i ate before it (about 0.9)
I would therefore assume that if you want pure fat burning do cardio in the morning before eating. If you dont care about carb usage do it whenever you have time
i dont think it really matters when as long as you actually do it. Whether your doing it at morning or at night your still burning calories, improving glucose tolerance etc.
RQ shows very basically usage of fat or carbohydrates using a metabolic cart.
0.7 = fat usage
1.0 = carbohydrate usage
When i did fasted cardio in the morning my Respiratory quotient was much closer to 0.7 (about 0.75) than when i ate before it (about 0.9)
I would therefore assume that if you want pure fat burning do cardio in the morning before eating. If you dont care about carb usage do it whenever you have time
i dont think it really matters when as long as you actually do it. Whether your doing it at morning or at night your still burning calories, improving glucose tolerance etc.
MaxBrenner
New member
Simply put, the time of day for cardio is irrelevant.
Using 'X' amount of calories fasted is still the same as 'burning' 'X' calories in the middle of the day.
Using 'X' amount of calories fasted is still the same as 'burning' 'X' calories in the middle of the day.