Morning Cardio

"J-Dot" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Ok, to be blunt, the only thing that can get me out of bed in the
morning is work. I hate mornings, but I wish to derive the benefits
of early morning cardio. Could I possibly wait 3 hours after a meal
and do cardio late at night? Would I have little to no carbs to burn
after that period of time?

The best exercise program is the one you actually do, so I suggest you
give up forcing the issue and just do your cardio when you can.

The whole "you burn more fat when you exercise on an empty stomach"
isn't universally accepted, anyway. I think people who cycle this
approach, i.e., they do early morning cardio only some of the time, like
during cutting cycles, probably have more success than people who do it
all the time. You get used to anything if you do it long enough, and I
spent years as a pre-breakfast runner and it ate up as much muscle as it
did fat for me, which isn't what most people are after.

You could also try to skip lunch, or have a very light lunch, or have a
light low carb lunch, do your cardio right after work, and then enjoy a
nice, big dinner. Might not be exactly the same thing but might be
better.

Just my opinion based on my own experiences - your mileage may vary.

-S-
http://www.kbnj.com

J-Dot said:

Ok, to be blunt, the only thing that can get me out of bed in the
morning is work. I hate mornings, but I wish to derive the benefits
of early morning cardio. Could I possibly wait 3 hours after a meal
and do cardio late at night? Would I have little to no carbs to burn
after that period of time?

TIA

what amount of time are you spending doing cardio?
Surely you could get 10 minutes in the morning just to get the juices
flowing, even 6 minutes of very easy, 2 minutes of higher intensity and then
a 2 minute cool down, then repeat the same thing at night.

More episodes are better than longer duration, with the time being the same.

"Steve Freides" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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"J-Dot" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Ok, to be blunt, the only thing that can get me out of bed in the morning
is work. I hate mornings, but I wish to derive the benefits of early
morning cardio. Could I possibly wait 3 hours after a meal and do cardio
late at night? Would I have little to no carbs to burn after that period
of time?

The best exercise program is the one you actually do, so I suggest you
give up forcing the issue and just do your cardio when you can.

The whole "you burn more fat when you exercise on an empty stomach" isn't
universally accepted, anyway. I think people who cycle this approach,
i.e., they do early morning cardio only some of the time, like during
cutting cycles, probably have more success than people who do it all the
time. You get used to anything if you do it long enough, and I spent
years as a pre-breakfast runner and it ate up as much muscle as it did fat
for me, which isn't what most people are after.

You could also try to skip lunch, or have a very light lunch, or have a
light low carb lunch, do your cardio right after work, and then enjoy a
nice, big dinner. Might not be exactly the same thing but might be
better.

Just my opinion based on my own experiences - your mileage may vary.

-S-
http://www.kbnj.com

Steve is right. It's better to do just do it regardless of the time, but
let's face it, no one likes cardio, so why not treat it as a second job and
just get up in the morning and do it first thing.

Edward Kelley said:

Steve is right. It's better to do just do it regardless of the time,

but

Quoted message said:

let's face it, no one likes cardio, so why not treat it as a second

job and

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just get up in the morning and do it first thing.

I just don't get this at all. Jogging is soooooo FUN!!! What a
high...an even better high than weight-lifting -- and I LOVE FREE
WEIGHTS!!

Where else do you enjoy the weather, and have lots of other folks
running with you (like in Central Park), including beautiful women and
girls. And like I said, the high...the whole body loves it.

Jay said:

J-Dot said:

Ok, to be blunt, the only thing that can get me out of bed in the
morning is work. I hate mornings, but I wish to derive the benefits
of early morning cardio. Could I possibly wait 3 hours after a meal
and do cardio late at night? Would I have little to no carbs to burn
after that period of time?

TIA

what amount of time are you spending doing cardio?
Surely you could get 10 minutes in the morning just to get the juices
flowing, even 6 minutes of very easy, 2 minutes of higher intensity and then
a 2 minute cool down, then repeat the same thing at night.

More episodes are better than longer duration, with the time being the same.

Right now I'm doing no cardio, just weights four times a week. I have
pretty low bodyfat as it is, I just have some bodyfat in the lower ab
region of course I'd love to get rid of. Upper abs I can see decent,
but lower are [censored]. I'm ecto so I have no bodyfat problems anywhere
else on my body.

J-Dot said:

Jay said:

J-Dot said:

Ok, to be blunt, the only thing that can get me out of bed in the
morning is work. I hate mornings, but I wish to derive the benefits
of early morning cardio. Could I possibly wait 3 hours after a meal
and do cardio late at night? Would I have little to no carbs to burn
after that period of time?

TIA

what amount of time are you spending doing cardio?
Surely you could get 10 minutes in the morning just to get the juices
flowing, even 6 minutes of very easy, 2 minutes of higher intensity
and then a 2 minute cool down, then repeat the same thing at night.

More episodes are better than longer duration, with the time being
the same.

Right now I'm doing no cardio, just weights four times a week. I have
pretty low bodyfat as it is, I just have some bodyfat in the lower ab
region of course I'd love to get rid of. Upper abs I can see decent,
but lower are [censored]. I'm ecto so I have no bodyfat problems anywhere
else on my body.

Try yohimbe??

J-Dot said:

Ok, to be blunt, the only thing that can get me out of bed in the
morning is work. I hate mornings, but I wish to derive the benefits of
early morning cardio. Could I possibly wait 3 hours after a meal and do
cardio late at night? Would I have little to no carbs to burn after that
period of time?

Most of the stuff I've read on Testosterone magazine points to morning
cardio being totally unnecessary, and actually not even beneficial. A
lot has been written how morning cardio just might make the
post-sleeping state more catabolic than it already is. In addition,
if you do cardio the same days as you lift, your better off doing it
later after your workout, such as in the evening. A reason I
personally would do cardio later is because I like to eat late at
night. I always want to snack but don't, however, the desire is
always friggin there. Whenever I work out my appetite is off for
about two hours. A post-dinner cardio session might make it easy to
not snack before your last meal of the day (such as a late night
protein drink).

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Edward Kelley said:

Steve is right. It's better to do just do it regardless of the time,

but

Quoted message said:

let's face it, no one likes cardio, so why not treat it as a second

job and

Quoted message said:

just get up in the morning and do it first thing.

I just don't get this at all. Jogging is soooooo FUN!!! What a
high...an even better high than weight-lifting -- and I LOVE FREE
WEIGHTS!!

Where else do you enjoy the weather, and have lots of other folks
running with you (like in Central Park), including beautiful women and
girls. And like I said, the high...the whole body loves it.

Hmmm I hope to be as truly sick and twisted as you one day, I am just
starting to run after spending the last 24 yrs of my life trying to avoid
it.... I hope to at some point actually a) run as oppposed to intermittent
walking/jogging and b) enjoy it 🙂