IS THERE REALLY A BEST TIME TO PERFORM CARDIO FOR EXTRA FAT BURN?
No. The timing you perform your cardio will not make a difference at all, there is no « best » time to do your cardio, you can do your cardio whenever you want, it all comes down to personal preference. (I just don’t recommend doing cardio right before your weights as you wont have much energy for the weights). But any other time is perfectly fine and will not make a difference on your over all end results.
I HEARD CARDIO FIRST THING IN THE MORNING ON AN EMPTY STOMACH WILL BURN MORE FAT?
Now yes you probably have heard that cardio first thing in the morning on an empty stomach (fasted state) or cardio post-workout is the best time to perform cardio as your glycogen stores are depleted/low so you can dip into your fat stores for energy and that you will burn more fat by doing cardio at these times. Well ok yes this is true, kind of.. You will burn more fat during the cardio if you do it first thing in the morning on an empty stomach (fasted state) compared to doing cardio later on in the day in a (feed state). However, the END results of the total amount of fat lost over the WHOLE DAY will be EQUAL! Why? Because fat loss is all about calories in VS calories out and the human body works on a much larger time frame!
So yes if you do cardio in a fasted state you will burn more fat DURING the cardio session but then later on in the day you will burn LESS fat and more calories. Now if you did cardio in a feed state you would burn LESS fat during the cardio but you would burn MORE fat later on in the day. (presuming both diets are equal amounts of calories in both scenarios). If your fasted cardio session burns 400 calories then your feed cardio session burns 400 calories the end result over the day will be EQUAL. So whether you choose to do your cardio in a feed or fasted state it will NOT matter or make any difference what so ever in the total amount of fat lost as an end result.
CONCLUSION
Do your cardio whenever it suits you best, it will make no difference on fat burned over a 24 hour period.
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