PWO Nutrition after weights and cardio - Bodybuilding Discussion on Bodybuilding.net Nutrition Forum

jacksonchen2 · 04-15-2008, 11:28 PM

Usually, my workouts consist of weight lifting in the morning after breakfast. Taking a minute break after I'm done lifting, I prepared for my cardio session. Do I take the PWO shake after lifting or after cardio?

TALO · 04-16-2008, 01:41 AM

I take a protein shot (42g)or BCAA's if I'm doing cardio right after a workout. Then again after cardio.

jacksonchen2 · 04-16-2008, 04:35 PM

Ok, I guess I will drink half of the shake after workout and then finish it after cardio.

TALO · 04-17-2008, 05:48 AM

How many carbs/protein is in your shake ? Would it be better to have two sep shakes or cut one in half ?

john917v · 04-19-2008, 11:21 AM

Jackson, I may be wrong, but I like to take my shake right after I hit the weights. It gives me some energy throughout the cardio, I figure. Please feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, though, anyone.

Ross86 · 04-19-2008, 12:29 PM

Well.....if your goal is fatloss, then you don't want to load up on carbs right before. It will replenish glycogen stores & all that. You'll end up burning the carbs off instead of fat. It's a timing thing though. If you take it right before you start doing cardio, then it won't be digested for x amount of time, so....

04-15-2008, 11:28 PM	#1 (permalink)
jacksonchen2 Rank: New Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 5	PWO Nutrition after weights and cardio Usually, my workouts consist of weight lifting in the morning after breakfast. Taking a minute break after I'm done lifting, I prepared for my cardio session. Do I take the PWO shake after lifting or after cardio?

04-16-2008, 01:41 AM	#2 (permalink)
TALO Rank: Lightweight Experience: 10+ Years Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,653 Country: Gender:	I take a protein shot (42g)or BCAA's if I'm doing cardio right after a workout. Then again after cardio.
	TALO's Sig:"But when do you actually grow? Well, we don't grow in the gym. In the gym, we destroy. We tear down the body. We only grow when we are recovering. That's right, I said recovery. I see it all the time--people beating themselves up in the gym and not seeing results. They don't understand that hitting the weights hard is only a small part of growing or even cutting down. I could train the same all year round and get big or get ripped just by eating different and taking different supplements"

04-17-2008, 05:48 AM	#4 (permalink)
TALO Rank: Lightweight Experience: 10+ Years Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,653 Country: Gender:	How many carbs/protein is in your shake ? Would it be better to have two sep shakes or cut one in half ?
	TALO's Sig:"But when do you actually grow? Well, we don't grow in the gym. In the gym, we destroy. We tear down the body. We only grow when we are recovering. That's right, I said recovery. I see it all the time--people beating themselves up in the gym and not seeing results. They don't understand that hitting the weights hard is only a small part of growing or even cutting down. I could train the same all year round and get big or get ripped just by eating different and taking different supplements"

04-19-2008, 11:21 AM	#5 (permalink)
john917v Rank: Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 264	Jackson, I may be wrong, but I like to take my shake right after I hit the weights. It gives me some energy throughout the cardio, I figure. Please feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, though, anyone.
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04-19-2008, 12:29 PM	#6 (permalink)
Ross86 Rank: Lightweight Experience: > 1 Year Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 1,401 Country: Gender:	Well.....if your goal is fatloss, then you don't want to load up on carbs right before. It will replenish glycogen stores & all that. You'll end up burning the carbs off instead of fat. It's a timing thing though. If you take it right before you start doing cardio, then it won't be digested for x amount of time, so....
	Ross86's Sig:"Excuses are the building blocks to a monument of nothingness" "Your best day isn't the day you go in and perform at your peak, setting personal bests, and running through obstacles like they aren't even there. Your best day is when you feel like shit, you have no motivation, and all you want to do is stay in bed ... but you don't; you get your ass up, and you take care of business. THAT'S YOUR BEST DAY." - A very wise man Stone Black

04-16-2008, 04:35 PM	#3 (permalink)
jacksonchen2 Rank: New Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 5	Ok, I guess I will drink half of the shake after workout and then finish it after cardio.

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