Early morning cardio question

[DzNuts]

I secound what rugger said, but I still think sprints may eat muscle a bit more then a longer moderate cardio session.

I am with Rugger. I prefer high intensity sessions. Look at Olympic sprinters. Even the women are bulky but well shredded while the distance runners are twigs.
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[arnold1980]

If you plan on doing a 30 min cardio session i have read that you get more out of it using 3 different machines for ten minutes each instead of one for 30 mins (granted u are able to go straight from one to the next without waiting or dropping your heartrate). Also, if you use a treadmill never rest your arms on the bars.

[omen78]

I know this is a " chicken or the egg ?" thing but I usually do about 30 minutes on an empty stomach. Sometimes if the hunger pains are bad I'll hit a table spoon of peanut butter or a glass of water. :D

[usualsuspect]

Bulking...20 mins following my workout excluding leg days.

Cutting...I usually hit cardio first thing in the morning on an empty tank for 35-45 mins at a low intensity. Sometimes when I'm feeling good, I'll toss in a day or two of sprints. But never more than two anaerobic sessions is one week. Its too much stress on the knees and its very taxing on the CNS.

*And I usually take amino's, glutamine, and an eca first thing upon rising out of bed.

[powerlifter]

Cardio on an empty stomach - I can feel it eating the fat LOL - need to do more but really need my beauty sleep some AM's

[caturpilar]

Only thing I have before cardio in the am is 1 cup of coffee.

[Naughty Nurse]

Just adding my .02, but when cardio did work well for me, (gee, my metab. MUST be slowing AGAIN!! Damn!), I was doing a 30 min session first thing in the AM, protein shake after. My goal is fat loss. I also find, like mentioned, to do a couple of different machines. I also like intervals......5 min of brisk walking, 2 min jogging, etc.....hmmm, why is this not working now???!!!

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[mealticket]

Cosume less cariories then you expend and you'll lose weight. Period! If you want to completly eliminate any chance of losing muscle then keep you h/r below 65% of your max. Anything below that and you're pulling from your fat stores for energy. Anything above that and you're pulling from your glucose stores. You can store aprox 40 minutes(novice athlete) to 75 minutes(profesional endurance athlete) worth of energy in the form of glucose, after that you'll be pulling approz 50% from fat stores and the rest from the energy drink you're suppose to be consuming.

In short, If you keep your cardio sessions to between 40-75 minutes(depending on how well trained you are) you can go as hard as you want and you're not going to be using any muscle for energy. If you want to go longer reduce your h/r to 65% or lower of your max h/r. The 65% # just isn't a shot in the dark or a # out of thin air. The reason is that anything above 65% max h/r is too fast for your body to metabolize the fat for energy expenditure

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I hit a tablespoon of Olive oil before cardio, it gives me mad energy.

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