The key to getting your cardio in without losing muscle mass is to shorter your time and increase the intensity. If you are doing cardio and strength training together, make sure you do your strength training first then finish with cardio. Keep the cardio under 15 minutes but kick it up with intervals. You could also get a testosterone boost if the intensity is high enough (ex: 30 second sprints with 1 minute recovery jogs). On cardio only days, keep time to 20-30 minutes.
Wow spot on. I LOVE riding my bike. I used to compete and i love riding 2 hours at least 3 days a week but when i stopped for a few years and started lifting i gained some pretty attractive muscle do to full body/split routines but i miss competing and i wanna get back in to it but i dont wanna lose muscle and lower my testosterone due to endurance training. I know to eat more calories and carbs while riding to prevent muscle loss but cant avoid it lowering my tetosterone. Any advice?
The key to getting your cardio in without losing muscle mass is to shorter your time and increase the intensity. If you are doing cardio and strength training together, make sure you do your strength training first then finish with cardio. Keep the cardio under 15 minutes but kick it up with intervals. You could also get a testosterone boost if the intensity is high enough (ex: 30 second sprints with 1 minute recovery jogs). On cardio only days, keep time to 20-30 minutes.
UltimateBestnet 5 months ago
Wow spot on. I LOVE riding my bike. I used to compete and i love riding 2 hours at least 3 days a week but when i stopped for a few years and started lifting i gained some pretty attractive muscle do to full body/split routines but i miss competing and i wanna get back in to it but i dont wanna lose muscle and lower my testosterone due to endurance training. I know to eat more calories and carbs while riding to prevent muscle loss but cant avoid it lowering my tetosterone. Any advice?
wwtdd1 5 months ago