Poll: Cardio before or after weight training? - Page 3

Princedele21

Before because I like it that way.

Swag

Before, if you do it after you can overburn the muscle and your gains will be smaller

Swag

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Originally posted by Nhật Thực

Cardio first and you should do it 8 hours before weight lifting. The high intensity cardio shouldn´t last over 15min a day because it will lose your muscle mass

Anyone who says cardio after weight training is deadly wrong because after weight training your muscle need time to recover, all you need after weight training is nutrition and rest, trust me, i am a personal trainer

This, anyone doing cardio after is only working against their muscle mass and gains

Tsuko

I used to hear contradicting information about this all the time too. I don't think it matters THAT much, if you try your hardest at everything you'll see improvements. I did a mixture, cardio before, cardio half way through, cardio after, cardio before AND after. All sorts of things... This was for 2 years going 3-7 times a week, I really did try all sorts of combinations. Honestly, I preferred doing cardio at the beginning, but I don't think it matters that much really, since the periods when I did it afterwards I was still getting bigger. I have no explanation as to why, it's just what I preferred out of everything.

But now I've stopped doing cardio altogether. I stay really lean naturally, I always have a very low bodyfat. But with a lot of exercises I'll do low weights, high reps and lots of sets with little breaks (which ends up maybe 100-200 reps in 10 minutes depending on the exercise), so it's kind of like cardio and really tires me out and makes my muscles extremely sore too! But I also do the other extreme with really heavy weights, low reps and long breaks. And I do a range in-between too. I think it's good to mix it up.