Cardio on an Empty Stomach? - Fact or Factoid 6

[MichaelnChristine]

The studies I've seen, as referenced by Dr. Lowery of Iron Radio, say that steady state, fasted cardio with just a little protein powder and some green tea is really effective for subcutaneous fat loss. Beyond that for diabetics and obese people it literally helps train your fat burning metabolism. Fwiw

[orochimaruisugly]

Ingesting 10g of BCAA's prevents muscle breakdown during your workout in a fasted state.  So then you're getting pure fat burning.

[adityajuneja7]

@orochimaruisugly bcaa of 10g is enough to cause enough insulin spike to put you out of the fasted state it is not as great as you would expect from 10g glucose but it is enough to get you out of that fasted state

[orochimaruisugly]

@adityajuneja7 No it wont. BCAA are building blocks of protein. They have no relevence to glucose whatsoever. Check out leangains . com

[JaKeth3snake]

If your trying to keep muscle while cutting would it be good to have an iso shake before you do cardio.

[Ellista2k]

hi somehow i burn 4.4Ibs of fat by doing this early mornin cardio..am i really loosing that weight or is it my muscles being broken down.

i do take alot of protein through out the day. im just wondering

[deolm]

Is there any research that says that the liver depletes its glycogen stores overnight? I read this was false and that because sleeping is such a low intensity activity, it just burns fat as fuel instead of glycogen.

I don't know how credible the source was though so your opinion would be appreciated. :)

[mohammad112388]

@deolm

Depends...if your on a med-low carb diet, the next morning your gonna barely have any gas left in the tank. You can think of it like the liver is the tank any glycogen is gas, and if you put enough gas in the tank...it will last a couple of days, but it takes 24-48 hours fasted to completely empty your liver stores.

[Oblivionplayer12345]

@deolm That's what I would have thought considering insulin levels during rest state are low, but again that doesn't really regard glycogen consumption fully.