Re: cardio and weights same day??

[Guest guest]

If you really want to do cardio and weights on the same day (not

really recommended tho) do the cardio AFTER weight training..

There is a physiological reason for this...cardio is aerobic, weights

are anerobic..glycogen is stored in your muscles waiting to be used

for energy...if you do cardio first you will tap into this and use it

up & when you lift weights after you will be more likely to be using

or sparing muscle for energy costs which you dont want (the body

finds it hard to flip from an anerobic to aerobic state within

minutes)your performance will suffer and it will be easier to injure

yourself..now doing cardio AFTER weights is the better way to go (if

you HAVE to do them on the same day)..during weight training your

body has used the stored glycogen in your muscles, but here's the

twist, now that there is not much glycogen left the body uses stored

fat for energy instead of muscle as in the before scenario...

<<joni>>

*every drop of sweat turns into muscle*

[Guest guest]

Ok what about this then, I started my second challenge yesterday and

one of the things I want to do differently this time is more cardio.

This is what I was planning....Sunday HIIT cardio, Monday morning

(first thing in the morning before bfast, just like reg cardio) 30

minutes of moderate cardio and then Monday afternoon weights, Tuesday

HIIT, Wednesday just weights, Thursday HIIT, Friday same as Monday

and then Saturday (free day) also some regular cardio in the morning

on empty stomach. How does that sound?

> If you really want to do cardio and weights on the same day (not

> really recommended tho) do the cardio AFTER weight training..

>

> There is a physiological reason for this...cardio is aerobic,

weights

> are anerobic..glycogen is stored in your muscles waiting to be used

> for energy...if you do cardio first you will tap into this and use

it

> up & when you lift weights after you will be more likely to be

using

> or sparing muscle for energy costs which you dont want (the body

> finds it hard to flip from an anerobic to aerobic state within

> minutes)your performance will suffer and it will be easier to

injure

> yourself..now doing cardio AFTER weights is the better way to go

(if

> you HAVE to do them on the same day)..during weight training your

> body has used the stored glycogen in your muscles, but here's the

> twist, now that there is not much glycogen left the body uses

stored

> fat for energy instead of muscle as in the before scenario...

>

> <<joni>>

> *every drop of sweat turns into muscle*

[Guest guest]

That is a good plan.. You can do cardio in the mornings, and weight

training in the evenings. You have pleanty of time to replace your

glycogen stores this way and you also get the benefits of working in

more cardio. Also by doing your weight training in the evening

rather than in the morning you will have more energy to lift the

weights. However do make sure that your last meal was at least 2

hours before your weight trainging session. This is actually what

I'm doing. I do cardio Monday through Saturday at 5am. Then weight

training Tues, Thurs, and Sat afternoon.

Mechelle

> > If you really want to do cardio and weights on the same day (not

> > really recommended tho) do the cardio AFTER weight training..

> >

> > There is a physiological reason for this...cardio is aerobic,

> weights

> > are anerobic..glycogen is stored in your muscles waiting to be

used

> > for energy...if you do cardio first you will tap into this and

use

> it

> > up & when you lift weights after you will be more likely to be

> using

> > or sparing muscle for energy costs which you dont want (the body

> > finds it hard to flip from an anerobic to aerobic state within

> > minutes)your performance will suffer and it will be easier to

> injure

> > yourself..now doing cardio AFTER weights is the better way to go

> (if

> > you HAVE to do them on the same day)..during weight training your

> > body has used the stored glycogen in your muscles, but here's the

> > twist, now that there is not much glycogen left the body uses

> stored

> > fat for energy instead of muscle as in the before scenario...

> >

> > <<joni>>

> > *every drop of sweat turns into muscle*

[Guest guest]

One word of caution regarding doing extra cardio, so that you are

working out twice a day on some days, and at least once a day every

day....

One of the biggest reasons people fail any weight loss program is

that they set themselves up for failure. You start doing a program

and it starts to work, so (being human) you think " Ah, more would be

better! " , and you start doing even more. Before long you are spending

three hours a day at the gym, and don't have time for other things in

your life. Then the whole thing just doesn't seem worth it. Why do

all this work if you are going to have no life?

I'm not saying that you are doing this; you've done one round of BFL

and have decided to do this increase for some measured length of

time. I just want to send out this word of warning for the newer

people who might decide to follow in your foot steps. BFL will work

without adding anything to it 99 times out of 100. Trust in it,

follow it, and remember that the reason you want to be all trim and

fit is to enjoy your life...not to give it over to the gym.

Alys

[Guest guest]

Well said Alys!

Kathleen

> One word of caution regarding doing extra cardio, so that you are

> working out twice a day on some days, and at least once a day

every

> day....

>

> One of the biggest reasons people fail any weight loss program is

> that they set themselves up for failure. You start doing a program

> and it starts to work, so (being human) you think " Ah, more would

be

> better! " , and you start doing even more. Before long you are

spending

> three hours a day at the gym, and don't have time for other things

in

> your life. Then the whole thing just doesn't seem worth it. Why

do

> all this work if you are going to have no life?

>

> I'm not saying that you are doing this; you've done one round of

BFL

> and have decided to do this increase for some measured length of

> time. I just want to send out this word of warning for the newer

> people who might decide to follow in your foot steps. BFL will

work

> without adding anything to it 99 times out of 100. Trust in it,

> follow it, and remember that the reason you want to be all trim and

> fit is to enjoy your life...not to give it over to the gym.

>

> Alys

[Guest guest]

You are absolutely correct Alys, BFL does work exactly how it is

taught to you in the book, I couldn't agree with you more. And trust

me, I could not spend my entire life in the gym, my husband and kids

would throw a fit. I do my cardio in the mornings before the kids

even get up (at home) and my weight training is done on my lunch hour

at work (I have nothing else to do and I have the luxury of having a

weight system in the basement here) I have only worked out in a gym

one time in my life, there is no way this would work for me if I

couldn't do stuff at home and work. I am just trying to add in some

extra cardio to loose this last little bit of stubborn fat, I enjoy

it and the way it makes me feel so I am exatic to do more.

You also are exactly right on people setting themselves up for

failure, too many times people have these wild expectations of what

they can acheive because of what another person has done and when

they don't get those same results they quit, that is so sad to see.

I in no way am saying that BFL does not work just the way it is

written, I hope all the newbies try it for themselves first before

tweaking it, it only gets confusing when you do that.

Thanks for the advice Alys.

> One word of caution regarding doing extra cardio, so that you are

> working out twice a day on some days, and at least once a day

every

> day....

>

> One of the biggest reasons people fail any weight loss program is

> that they set themselves up for failure. You start doing a program

> and it starts to work, so (being human) you think " Ah, more would

be

> better! " , and you start doing even more. Before long you are

spending

> three hours a day at the gym, and don't have time for other things

in

> your life. Then the whole thing just doesn't seem worth it. Why

do

> all this work if you are going to have no life?

>

> I'm not saying that you are doing this; you've done one round of

BFL

> and have decided to do this increase for some measured length of

> time. I just want to send out this word of warning for the newer

> people who might decide to follow in your foot steps. BFL will

work

> without adding anything to it 99 times out of 100. Trust in it,

> follow it, and remember that the reason you want to be all trim and

> fit is to enjoy your life...not to give it over to the gym.

>

> Alys