I was wondering if I do too much cardio, will it lead to muscle loss? I know triathletes and marathon runners are quite susceptable to muscle loss, but what about for the common man who just does 45 mins. of rowing or swimming 4 times a week? Woudn't a sport like rowing be more anabolic than it would catabolic? I was reading an article online by a guy named Josh Hillis who seemed to think that by running 1 hour a day it was pretty much impossible to add an muscular bulk at all, even with strength training. Perhaps running on its own is more catabolic than say....rowing? I like doing cardio, but not if it eats away at muscle tissue:? Thanks
I think that if you eat enough calories and protein it shouldn't matter. As long as there are reserves there when you are doing your workouts you shouldn't be burning muscle.
The reason you lose muscle in long distance events/training is because your body breaks muscle down for energy. If you eat enough calories to get you through the training you shouldn't lose to much muscle mass.
Wrong wrong wrong.. unfortunately I can't explain this **** in the english language. But fortunately, the thread starter knows what I'm talking about, it seems. Or someone else does, I'm sure.
Well, on one level what you said is correct, because it won't matter all that much if you're not really strong and conditioned already. But for maximal strength training it will slow you down a bit. And still, I haven't spoken or even written in english for a couple of years.. I'm sitting here trying to remember words I've been able to spell and pronounce since I was 12 :/
Try having a protein shake an hour before you do your cardio so your body will eat that instead and not the protein there before the shake thats what i do.Im pretty bulky for my size but can run 4 miles every other day and getting better,still lifting the same amount of weights.
If you dont do your cardio tooo often and keep your weight training high intensity and drink shakes you should have excellent cardio without losing quality muscle
