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      08-04-2016, 02:05 PM   #1232
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Originally Posted by Halewafa View Post
Question regarding cardio: Is it better to do it before or after your workout? I used to do it before to get nice and warmed up, but after talking to someone, they recommended moving it to after my workout so I save my stored energy for the heavy weights and then more likely to burn fat during cardio. Thoughts?
It depends on what you're trying to accomplish and how your body reacts to cardio. The advice that you received was sound simply because you don't want to burn all of your glycogen stores, etc. on cardio. Use it to move the weight, and then follow up your workout with low impact/low intensity cardio. No need to go balls to the wall. Slow & steady (...with long duration) will get you there. I've tried all of the approaches (..fasted cardio first thing in the morning, two-a-days, post-workout cardio, etc.), and each approach has it's pluses and minuses.
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