Empty stomach or no?

[Fit Guru]

Fasted cardio is the best method but not always attainable. I have a trick I use as well as some of my pro BB friends. Take BCAA's before your cardio. Your body will look to burn carbs first for energy then fats then protein. With no carbs to burn your body will burn stored bodyfat. The BCAA are just a safety net to make sure the cardio doesn't start breaking down muscle(protein)

[Fit Guru]

Now my method was based on AM cardio. Other than that always do cardio after weight training when your body is depleted

[flward]

Re: Empty stomach or no?

It all depend on the individual, I like cardio on empty stomach because my metabolism goes sky rocket and I lose a lot of fat. So what I would suggest is to give it a go for and week or two to find out how your body responds. I swear by it.

[world-pharma.org]

Re: Empty stomach or no?

how i do and its best for me and some my ifbb friends

up in the morning,shot hgh,take t4 and t3 tab...up to you what you take.
take fat burning pill or epfedrine..all up to you what you take
take bcaa and glutamin 5g each.
then do cardio 40min cca on 120-130 pulse rate

and after that eat egs...best of the best breakfast


i am sure this is best way to lost pure fats only...

[Workhardplayhard]

After u wake up a protein shake,pre workout supplement ( i take jack3d) and a fruit ( banana) work the best. I do not feel hungary stomach not filled and get a awesome cardio workout . After the run I drink a shake once I get home an make a 2-3 packets of oatmeal and 5 eggs(1 whole with yolk and 4 whites no yolk) and I feel great

[Fit Guru]

Re: Empty stomach or no?

That's spot on WP.....I can see you know what works.

[MuscleAddiction]

Re: Empty stomach or no?

how i do and its best for me and some my ifbb friends

up in the morning,shot hgh,take t4 and t3 tab...up to you what you take.
take fat burning pill or epfedrine..all up to you what you take
take bcaa and glutamin 5g each.
then do cardio 40min cca on 120-130 pulse rate

and after that eat egs...best of the best breakfast


i am sure this is best way to lost pure fats only...

^^^ nice!

[world-pharma.org]

Re: Empty stomach or no?

That's spot on WP.....I can see you know what works.

i am also BB already over 20 years..i know ..
but since i am licensed online pharmacy shop.i cant talk how to use meds,etc..
but i know how its good to use it
i have plenty guys -friends who are IFBB or NABBA pro BB,we keep talk about cycles,etc..

[Fit Guru]

i am also BB already over 20 years..i know ..
but since i am licensed online pharmacy shop.i cant talk how to use meds,etc..
but i know how its good to use it
i have plenty guys -friends who are IFBB or NABBA pro BB,we keep talk about cycles,etc..

Yea same here. 2 of the top Pros in the world right now are close friends.i actually helped on get ready for his first USA and the next year be won.

[51547518]

Re: Empty stomach or no?

Empty stomach yep!

[SisterSteel]

Re: Empty stomach or no?

For me, it depends on the cardio. If I'm running stadiums or grappling I'll def have something before (not right before), but if it would be something simple like L.I.S.S. cardio than I would do it fasted.

[Ironguruera]

It's been proven a myth that fasted cardio helps fat loss or is a must. It actual causes muscle waisting.

It's really a personally preference. I personally would die mid session. I do minimum protein shake and bcaa before cardio so I have something in my gut. I don't like to eat a meal before cardio.

[kazman68]

Re: Empty stomach or no?

I always did it fasted for fat-loss, but if your doing it more for the cardio effect than fat-burning, I would advise having a light meal or shake, also bcaa's come to mind.

[neoclassical]

Re: Empty stomach or no?

Lots of great advice in this thread.....If performance is important, than eat something. If you're doing your cardio just to use up energy, then WP's advice is perfect

[red crayon]

Re: Empty stomach or no?

So Lets say Im a beginer. (IM Not but just to make a point). How do I know what to do? First and usually best is to realize that we are all different. If you have read all the posts on this thread you can see we all have different Ideas. So try and find someone that you know who has a similar body type and is getting good results. Ask them all the questions that you can and try what they recomend. After awhile you will run across one or two people that do their cardio in a way that works for you. (This also works for their weight training program)
No two people are exactly alike, even twins (I have a set of twin boys). So If you read about a study done in China and they got "X" results well the the Chineese can follow that same protacol and get "X" results but a Hispanic might get completely different results doing the same thing. Its been my experience that you will just have to try and find someone similar to yourself and try what they do, Keep good notes and see what happens.
The point is this, even with scientific data to back up a certin protacol you will still have to try everything, keep good notes, to find the program that works. Oh and if that isnt bad enough mother nature likes to make things harder by keeping your body in a constant state of change. So what worked great last year probably wont do squat this year. Good Luck.