posted Wed, 08/15/2012 - 23:19
1829
Weight Training on an empty stomach
ad
What's your opinion on weight training on an empty stomach? a good way to lose fat or pointless?
- Bookmark
- 0
- 0
weight training in general is not a good way to target fat loss. The energy pathway from weight lifting is not ideal for mobilizing fat for fuel.
for targeting max fat loss through exercise you are going to want to do a combo of lower fat diet with less overall calories with long bouts of sub max exercise like bikes, or treadmill.
you can lose a lot of fat with lifting and diet, however it is not optimal.
whatever works for you however is key, I know personally I can only get so lean with diet and weights alone, cardio has to come and I do a lot of LISS and sometimes HIIT
source: schooling.
~10g BCAAs and you're g2g for lifting on an empty stomach. protein synthesis will be stimulated enough for the next couple hrs, combined with anti catabolic insulinogenic effects of BCAAs should alleviate concerns about potential muscle loss.
A good way to loose fat is cardio on an empty stomach, I never weight train on an empty stomach. I get no pump and am sluggish and weak. Minimal a protein shake and load up on aminos an hour before I train.
I'm not doing this or trying to lose weight, I'm just wondering what your opinion on this is
If you are trying to loose is important to keep the body working. still eat every 3 hours or so. Keep the diet real clean. Higher protein lower carb diet and cardio, cardio, cardio.
If you're trying to lose weight then cardio first thing on an empty stomach will help.
Doing weights with an empty stomach isn't going to help at all.
TxBigBoyShit I eat all the way up to a workout and sometimes even during a workout. You have to fuel those muscles plus I like to eat some red meat or have a casein shake before a workout so theres constant protien for absorption. I never stuff myself though, portion control is crucial cause I've had stuff try and come back up when I'm pushing to hard.
I have had things come back up. Projectile vomit mid deadlift. I even finished the lift.
TxBigBoyHellz yea!
Are you talking first thing in the morning empty stomach? If so, cardio is good to burn fat but I am not sure about weight training. I agree with Jake that I would feel weak quickly into the workout.
if I don't eat at least 40 mins before my workout, I feel weak. Always have a pre training meal.
how can you lift hard with a full gut?