Guest guest Posted July 8, 2006 Report Posted July 8, 2006 Does it hurt anything to do a 20 minute HIIT cardio workout after lifting? Since I'm at the gym anyway, I usually do, but I wondered if I'm interfering with my muscle building by doing that. I have about 35 lbs. of fat to lose. Leigh Ann Quote
Guest guest Posted July 8, 2006 Report Posted July 8, 2006 If that means that you're doing HIIT at the proper red-faced, lung-chucking, out-of-body intensity six days a week, then yes, you're overtraining and probably interfering with your results. You should keep true near-death HIIT sessions to three times a week on non-consecutive days. You can do as much additional moderate or recreational cardio as you want though, and after weights is a good time to do it. Your glycogen (stored carbohydrate in your liver and muscles) is already depleted from the weight workout so when you start the cardio, you dip right into body fat as a fuel source. Keep the pace moderate though. Even if you do one of the pre-programed interval workouts on the machine, take it sort of easy. You shouldn't be doing the shaky, leg-burning, gasping HIIT sessions every day. On 7/8/06, faithvirtueknowledgetemperance <no_reply > wrote: > Does it hurt anything to do a 20 minute HIIT cardio workout after > lifting? Since I'm at the gym anyway, I usually do, but I wondered if > I'm interfering with my muscle building by doing that. I have about > 35 lbs. of fat to lose. > > Leigh Ann Quote
Guest guest Posted July 8, 2006 Report Posted July 8, 2006 Like Tara says, you want to do the true HIIT sessions on non-weight days. That way six days a week you have either an intense weight workout or an intense HIIT session and your metabolism stays on fire. Sometimes people try to do weights and HIIT on the same day so they only have to go to the gym three times a week. That usually backfires because it means that three days a week you're working really hard, but four days a week, your metabolism is sound asleep. > I would think you'd get a better, more intensive HIIT if you did it separately. > > faithvirtueknowledgetemperance <no_reply > wrote: Does it hurt anything to do a 20 minute HIIT cardio workout after > lifting? Since I'm at the gym anyway, I usually do, but I wondered if > I'm interfering with my muscle building by doing that. I have about > 35 lbs. of fat to lose. > > Leigh Ann Quote
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