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Is there any good reason to do cardio while on trying to put on weight, other than heart fitness?
>> Anonymous
No?
>> Anonymous
I pretty much totally quit, but wished I had stuck with 30 minutes a few times a week. Cardiovascular health is actually kind of important
>> Anonymous
why would you just want to pack on weight? whats the point of packing on muscle mass if you just look like a fatass when you do it?

dont stop running.
>> Anonymous
Not OP, but I've heard doing HIIT occasionally while on a bulk burns off extra fat.
>> Anonymous
You can successfully build muscle mass and still run long distances or do HIIT to burn body fat and maintain a healthy cardiovascular system.
>> Anonymous
>>230714
and I meant to add in that if you are running at the highest pace you can maintain for a long distance that no matter what diet you're on your body is burning fat.
>> Anonymous
>>230714

If you are trying to gain weight, don't run before eating. That is a stupid concept anyway.

Just tone down the cardio, no hour long sessions 5 days a week.

Do 30 minutes 3 days a week
>> Anonymous
>>230730
glycogen
>> Anonymous
>>230730

are you kidding? That's like cardio 101. It's printed right on most treadmill and elliptical interfaces. Such and such a heart rate will expend greater calories from fat versus energy from glycogen.

Long-distance cardio is really bad for your muscles. Most bodybuilders will aim to keep their heart rate under 140 (walking on an incline). HIIT is also good because it's focused on an increased metabolism rather than what you're burning during your exercise session.
>> Anonymous
>>230736
Isn't glycogen levels effected by when and how much you've eaten? How does exercise intensity effect glycogen levels?
>> Anonymous
>>230742
when you do sprints you burn glycogen. glycogen is an energy source for quick intense bursts of energy. burning fat isn't instantaneous. your body uses glycogen until it's able to switch to burning a more effective fuel for long distance/endurance activity.
>> The Judge
Being a cardiovascular tech student (going on to full-on cardiology), I have this to say.

Don't do cardio. That way, I have more business.
>> Anonymous
this is also a good place to ask my question:

If I want to gain muscle mass, and thus am eating a high-calorie diet (3000 or so), will it keep the extra fat off me if I continue to work out every morning as I have been and just run 2 miles 3 times a week at night?
>> Anonymous
>>230952

i'm hardly an expert but i'd wager you want to do mainly distance for stamina and wind.
>> OP
>>230828
I doubt that the glycogen stores in your are depleted much whilst you sleep but I may be wrong.

If you do wake up and do steady state for a long time though it would still only take less time for your glycogen stores to become depleted (it takes around 2 hours of steady state at 50% VO2 for normally supplied muscles to become sufficiently depleted) then the percentage of fat being burnt does increase.
>> Anonymous
>>230952
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1608/is_5_20/ai_n6011850
>In Tabata's study, the researchers found that guys who used the routine five days a week for six weeks improved their maximum aerobic capacity (a measure of your body's ability to consume oxygen--the more oxygen you can take in, the longer and harder you'll be able to run) by 14%. What's more, it also improved anaerobic capacity (which measures your speed endurance, or the duration you're able to sprint at full effort) by 28%. So the Tabata Protocol is the rare workout that benefits both endurance athletes and sprinters--hard to accomplish. Consider: A study of traditional aerobic training--running at 70% of aerobic capacity for 60 minutes--for the same number of weeks showed an improvement in aerobic capacity of 9.5% and no effect on anaerobic capacity.