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Anonymous
Hey /fit/. Short and sweet: is it okay to do cardio early in the morning, before breakfast? enjoy this wallpaper
>> Anonymous
I heard that after you wake up in the morning all your glucose stores are depleted so all your cardio goes right to the fat stores.
>> Anonymous
>>284502
you shitting me?
>> Anonymous
>>284502
that's the story. Is it true?
Well, first of all you won't have energy to do as much cardio as you normally would.

Secondly, it also reduces muscle mass.

So, no thank you.
Eat a small breakfast OP. Then squatz/cardio.
>> anonymous
you can but i wouldn't recommend it b/c when you wake up your body is still in catabolic state and running will make it worse. so if you wanna lose muscle, yes go ahead but i wouldn't go on fast runs longer than 30 mins because (trust me on this) you will self induce gastric reflux, and that is certainly not fun.
>> Anonymous
>>284535
So basically, high fat loss at the expense of muscle?
How much does a small breakfast (say, a bowl of oatmeal and some water) affect or balance this?
>> Anonymous
It don't eat muscle if you do HIIT.
long cardio isn't as good anyways.

do HIIT before breakfast.
>> Anonymous
>>284548
Just eat something. A small snack.

Depending on how hard you exercise and your own physiology you could end up fainting or something if you don't eat anything. Your body needs energy to function, any small snack would do.

Nothing too large as to cause cramping.
>> anonymous
if you're new to running as i presume i wouldn't recommend running in the morning with an empty tank. 2 years ago i used to run middle distances and i would always stick to running in the afternoon after classes when i had something in my stomach. i would run a mile in less than 5 mins and would keep going at a 6 - 6.5 mile pace for about 4 more miles. i remember trying to this in the morning without eating anything and feeling like a total fat ass because i'd have chest pains and feel mad tired.
i went over to the doctor's b/c i started having chest pains even though i only tried running in the morning a few more times and my sis who is a doctor herself thought that i might have had something wrong with my heart. long story short, blood test taken, they come in, nothing's wrong with my heart, i'm probably the healthiest person in the room and quite possibly the whole building.
i asked the doctor if it's ok to keep running and he says yeah, so i do but the chest pains continue and i soon find out that if i try to run a mile in less than six minutes, i really feel like im having a heart attack. im getting kinda bored and i wanna keep this short which is obviously not happening, so what was wrong with me was that i self induced acid reflux from running in the morning and sometimes in the afternoon without eating sufficient food. i get it from time to time even though i've stopped running and i doubt i'll ever go back to sub 5 min times because of it. now i realize that this might have happened because i was really exerting myself in my workouts but if i happened to me i can happen to anybody, so be careful in how you workout.
>> Anonymous
>>284597
Definitely was not tl;dr. Not OP here, thanks for the tip/experience.
>> Anonymous
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5. When you do cardio in the morning, your metabolism stays elevated for a period of
time after the workout is over. If you do cardio in the evening, you burn calories during
the session, but you fail to take advantage of the "afterburn" effect because your
metabolic rate drops dramatically as soon as you go to sleep.

6. Morning cardio gives you a feeling of accomplishment and makes you feel great all day
by releasing mood-enhancing endorphins.

7. Morning cardio "energizes" you and "wakes you up."

8. Morning cardio may help regulate your appetite for the rest of the day.

9. Your body’s circadian rhythm adjusts to your morning routine, making it easier to
wake up at the same time every day.

10. You’ll be less likely to "blow off" your workout when it’s out of the way early (like
when you’re exhausted after work or when friends ask you to join them at the pub for
happy hour).

11. You can always "make time" for exercise by setting your alarm earlier in the morning.

A common concern about doing cardio in the fasted state, especially if it’s done
with high intensity, is the possibility of losing muscle. After an overnight fast, glycogen,
blood glucose and insulin are all low. This is an optimum environment for burning fat.
Unfortunately, it may also be an optimum environment for burning muscle because
carbohydrate fuel sources are low and levels of the catabolic stress hormone cortisol are
high. It sounds like morning cardio might be a double-edged sword, but there are ways to
avert muscle loss.
>> Anonymous
>>284650
>but there are ways to avert muscle loss.
>post ends
damnit man!
>> Anonymous
>>284650
God dammit, I just failed. For some reason the first post didn't go through

Early morning fasted cardio: A simple method to increase the fat burning effects of
your cardio by up to 300%

Any time of day that suits your schedule is a good time for cardio. The important
thing is that you just do it. However, many bodybuilders and fitness models believe that
early morning fasted cardio burns more body fat. Although this is still controversial, the
evidence is strong and there are many reasons to consider doing cardio first thing in the
morning on an empty stomach. The argument in favor of fasted early morning cardio goes
something like this:

1. After an overnight 8-12 hour fast, your body's stores of glycogen are depleted and you
burn more fat when glycogen is low.

2. Eating causes a release of insulin. Insulin interferes with the mobilization of body fat.
Less insulin is present in the morning; so more body fat is burned when cardio is done in
the morning.

3. There is less carbohydrate (glucose) in the bloodstream when you wake up after an
overnight fast. With less glucose available, you burn more fat.

4. If you eat immediately before a workout, you have to burn off what you just ate first
before tapping into stored body fat (and insulin is elevated after a meal.)
>> Anonymous
>>284658
there's nothing after that