I need a decent answer on this, and the sticky isn't helping.
When should I be doing cardio? After workouts? On rest days?
How long should I be doing it?
I keep seeing "don't do too much cardio or you'll lose muscle," but what's too much?
tl;dr - how to do cardio and still get big
shameless self-bump
Cardio kills gains is a dumb meme.
Run in the mornings. Barring that, run after you lift.
Everything else depends on your goals. Why are you doing cardio? General health?
>>35449219
I run 5-10km on rest days
>>35449567
The only issue when determining when to run is to minimize the impact of running on your lifting sessions. You need to make sure they don't interfere with your recovery too much, and that you're not going to the gym still tired from running. So after workouts, on the first rest day of 2 rest days, etc. is a good time to run.
>>35449219
>On rest days?
>>35449567
>on rest days
Enjoy you're no gains
>your body is recovering from training and is trying to build muscle
>you go for a 1 hour run in rest days
>your body is like "take a load of this guy" and just says "fuck your new muscles, gotta fix your recover from cardio now wtf"
Do cardio only on training days; a little as pre-workout, as much as you wish after work-out (until your glycogen reserves are totally emptied) and before final stretching (stretching : foam rollers = wearing a glove : curing AIDS)
Friends don't let friends do cardio on rest days
>>35449219
>I keep seeing "don't do too much cardio or you'll lose muscle," but what's too much?
About three-fiddy
>http://www.strengtheory.com/?s=cardio
>http://www.strengtheory.com/practical-considerations-for-combining-cardiovascular-training-and-lifting/
>http://www.strengtheory.com/avoiding-cardio-could-be-holding-you-back/
Also,
DISREGARD
ALL
THE
HIIT
FAGGOT
>Low intensity cardio should be prioritized over interval training for the most part
>>35449773
Can agree. For cardiovascular health, Low intensity is the shit. You do your HIIT in the gym already, the heart doesn't know the difference between a sprint or say, a heavy deadlift.
You can use cardio as a general warmup, also do cardio on rest days
>>35450966
>do cardio on rest days
stop. suggesting. that.
>>35451040
Why?
