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This is one of the best wordings and explanations I've read on this subject. Nice.Originally Posted by verynecessary
doing a workout to target fat burning is very overrated imo. if that was the best option, all the people at the gym slaving away on the treadmills, ellipticals, and stairmasters would be below 10% bodyfat in no time.Originally Posted by Yankeephan87
I dont get one thing, I keep hearing opposing advice on this. Cardio after lifting, some say its great because it targets your fat for energy and some say its not good for muscle recovery post workouts. Which is it?
you want to do you highest intensity work towards the beginning of your workouts and finish with the lower intensity stuff. if you switch it around, you end up with less energy to do your most energy intensive work.
as far as the best cardio goes, i'd say it's the exercise that involves the most muscle groups and is weight bearing. running comes pretty close, but it's difficult to maximize your aerobic potential unless you become an advanced endurance runner. even more so for swimming, since lung capacity, lactic threshold, and muscle efficiency are more critical when you have to pace your breathing more. my favorite cardio is sports, especially those that involve a lot of variety of movement and change in direction like basketball, football, soccer, tennis, etc.
For me though. I have to lift first and then I go running, simply because I'm already a beast at running and not so much when it comes to the weights. SoI'm still learning all the ropes of weigh training correctly and I don't want to injure myself. So that's why I do my weights first.
If I go for my run (I've been maxing out after about 3.5-4 miles lately) and come home kinda tired, even with a good 1/2 hour-1 hour resting period, I feellike I'll risk an injury cause I'm still a little tired from before.
By the way, anyone know any really good recovery supplements/vitamins/tips?
Especially for runners? When I used to run at my peak 3 years ago, I was able to run 15-17 miles straight, 2 (sometimes 3) times a week but I would need like aday or two in between to recover. I'm slowly making progress to running alot again and I'd like to do more than before.
Any help is appreciated.