cardio eats into muscle?

cnra · 10-23-2005, 07:32 AM

english as a 3rd language here, so i'll try as best i can:

at what point during cardio workouts does your body start eating your muscle for energy? (at least thats the way i understood it, correct me if im terribly mistaken)

thanks!

Wild Dan Hibiki · 10-23-2005, 07:43 AM

depends on intensity, typically something like 30 minutes low intensity or something like that.

**SmashiusClay** · 10-23-2005, 01:17 PM

depends on what report you read I've seen everything from 30 minutes to an hour.

desertbake · 10-23-2005, 01:24 PM

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Originally Posted by cnra

english as a 3rd language here, so i'll try as best i can:

at what point during cardio workouts does your body start eating your muscle for energy? (at least thats the way i understood it, correct me if im terribly mistaken)

thanks!

1) Your engish is excellent, I only wish I could speak a 2nd language as well as you speak your third (I'm working on languages so hopefully in time I'll have a third language down)

2) I've heard lots of different studies on the subject with lots of different results. I bulked up, then kept the weight while doing cardio 4x a week by making sure I'm lots of nutritious foods, and I also eat a big meal about 2 hours before my cardio and I haven't lost muscle mass.

RickoOodles · 10-23-2005, 02:57 PM

Your in English is very good, I wish I could speak 3 languages. I can only speak two. I think I'll learn German next, or maybe Russian, or maybe Portugese? So many decisions...

It depends how much you eat, what you eat, and if you lift weights a lot or not, or the intensity, and duration.

cnra · 10-23-2005, 05:15 PM

thanks for the english compliments

as for as your replies, yes, the reports i have read all seem to be mixed and have inconsistent results

RuDOWN4It · 10-23-2005, 05:16 PM

i think it also depends on how much body fat you have. i only have 1 percent right now, so i can barely work on my cardio. and your english is great for a 3rd language

cnra · 10-23-2005, 08:55 PM

russian and ukranian first and second

iiiiiiiiii · 10-23-2005, 09:02 PM

It all depends on how much your body has to work off of. Before I knew what I was doing, I would lift and run for about an hour and hardly eat because I was paranoid about gaining fat, soon after I was wondering why I was putting no muscle mass on at all. If your body has fuel to burn it won’t do anything to your muscles, so as long as you have a good high carb meal under you then u can do an ass load of cardio without having to worry about losing mass.

Wild Dan Hibiki · 10-23-2005, 11:24 PM

1% bodyfat? fuck off, you'd be dead by now