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Originally Posted by Pscarb you need the drink when you have totally finished your workout to help with recovery see as you will be incorperating some muscle groups when performing cardio then you have not stopped training so you have your Drink after your cardio..
as for being knackered and doing a half assed attempt if you want to lose weight then you should have the focus and determination to do the cardio.....
if you are training Mon\Wed\Fri then you recover when you are resting and that is when you grow but if on your rest days you do cardio at such a pace that you are shattered then you are not resting therfore their is a chance you could go into overtraining i am not saying it is a certainty i am saying it is a possability and should be mentioned. |
Surely its better to do the cardio though when you are more focus`d and are less worn out? I guess it depends on what you are trying to achieve. I know plenty of people who if they are having a weights workout will not push themselves quite as hard if they know they have a cardio session left to do after they finish the weights. Therefore their weights session will be less intensive - which is probably acceptable if the only aim is to loose fat and not build muscle.
With regards to overtraining, surely again its a timing thing. As i said, if im having a cardio session for 30mins on a tuesday morning, then resting all day tuesday & all day wednesday before having a weights workout wednesday evening then its not really overtraining for me. But, i agree its a possibility for some. - just as the possibilty of doing the cardio on a non-weights day will work for some people better than doing it straight after a workout.
All good points though, and all of these are things the original poster needs to think about and try before deciding which is the best for them / their lifestyle.