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2008/02/19, 11:53 PM
Hi everyone I am a 20 year old male in college that is trying to loose weight. I try to eat healthy but I don't have a job due to going to school in a small town and having no car to drive elsewhere to look for employment. So I am stuck with the crappy food in the cafeteria at school. I workout three times a week (30 min cardio and about 45-60 min weight training)and was just looking for some pointers or general advise. Thanks
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2008/02/20, 09:04 AM
Do you do your cardio or workout first?
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train smart, then hard
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form over weight
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warmup, cooldown & stretch so seldom seen
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2008/02/20, 12:51 PM
I have been doing cardio first then I go workout? Should I be doing it the other way around?
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2008/02/20, 04:28 PM
I would, especially if you are trying to loose weight. By working out first you are using up your energy stores to tear your muscle fibers, then using the cardio to keep burning calories after your workout. You may find you can't do the 1/2 hour since you blasted yourself with the weights first. Also, you should notice an increase in your performance with the workout portion right away.
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train smart, then hard
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form over weight
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warmup, cooldown & stretch so seldom seen
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2008/02/20, 10:12 PM
So should I worry about taking a pwo shake then? If so would I take it after the workout of after the cardio. One further question about the pwo shake, am I correct in the assumption that I should have 45g of protein, and 44g of maltodextrin
and 44g of dextrose (245 lbs 18% body fat)?
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2008/02/21, 10:52 PM
As for the shake, you should have it after the cardio because you don't want to puke it back up once you start the cardio, plus you wanna save your energy for cardio not use it up digesting. I'm not sure about the numbers there. I read a little article on protein stating that the 30 min. pwo window is THE only time your body can utilize approx. 1 gram protein / 1 Kg lean body weight, and anytime other than this is the standard 30 grams, however you are 245 so as long as thats somewhat lean weight you are a big guy and can utilize more than the avg. per sitting. The maltodextrin, I'll be honest and say I don't even know what that is! Heard the name once or twice, that's it. Dextrose would be to replenish the energy stores, but an apple is a great natural way of doing that. Look up side effects of dextrose over time, probably not great for you, but I could be wrong.
Hope some of that helped, sorry about that last bit, I haven't researched anyhting on maltodextrin, or dextrose.
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train smart, then hard
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form over weight
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warmup, cooldown & stretch so seldom seen
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