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Originally Posted by Evermont  Looking for some reactions to these suggestions:
A) Morning workout is better than afternoon workout.
B) Do strength training FIRST, then cardio.
C) Split one hour of cardio into two half-hour periods with a twenty minute break between, eat nothing, just rest.
D) When working hard all-day e.g. distance hiking over rough terrain, make breaks either less than 7 minutes or longer than 30 minutes. |
A) I worked out for years at 5am. Now I work out at 6pm. The differences are: Way more crowds at the gym at 6pm. Way more opportunity to come up with excuses to skip the workout at 6pm.
B) Strength first. That way I don't sweat all over the equipment requiring cleaning between sets as I move from machine to machine.
C) No breaks in the cardio. I have read that after the 1st 30-40 minutes, you are more likely to burn fat and I suspect a break in the middle would reduce that fat-burning potential.
D) No clue really. With the scouts we took short breaks often and on a multi-day family hike we took less frequent longer breaks. Both cases probably fit your less than 7, greater than 30 criteria but I didn't keep a timer on to be sure. Waiting to hear why that might matter....
Mike
