Protein supplements and weight loss

Irishmale

Hey, quick question.

Been working pretty hard at weight loss and toning for the last while and got get info from the boards here.

I do a good cardio and a weights routine.

Anyway, I am trying to shift body fat and keeping to my diet but should I have a supplement in there too even though I am not trying to gain mass, but shift it.

Thanks

rubadub

Protein acts as an appettie suppressant for many people, so can help in that way.

I hope you are doing a weights & cardio routine, i.e. weights first and then cardio, or better might be cardio on another day altogether. Even small amounts of protein is said to stimulate muscle growth, growing and maintaining the muscle uses a lot of calories, so actually eating small amounts of protein could cause the body to use a lot of calories.

ALH-06

rubadub wrote:

I hope you are doing a weights & cardio routine, i.e. weights first and then cardio, or better might be cardio on another day altogether.

Hi,
Why is this beneficial rubadub? I normally do 30 mins of cardio at the beginning of a 2 hr workout, then move on to weights etc. Is that not advisable?

rubadub

ALH-06 wrote:

Hi,
Why is this beneficial rubadub? I normally do 30 mins of cardio at the beginning of a 2 hr workout, then move on to weights etc. Is that not advisable?

When you are about to start in the gym you will want to have eaten before hand, this will build up your glycone levels in your muscles and give you lots of energy waiting to be used up. If you start out lifting it means you are full of energy and so can manage more repetitions and hence work the muscles more, and therefore it should promote more muscle growth/development. If you go do 30mins cardio then a lot of your energy will have been used up.

A short warm up would be beneficial, I usually do bodyweight exercises of what I am going to be doing, so I do some pushups & squats, or low weight reps of what I am about to do.

Some will not do cardio after a weights session so all energy can go into building muscle. Probably depends on your goals, and what time you have available, many do not have time to be splitting cardio & weights over different days. But I have never heard it recommended to do cardio before weights (other than a short warmup as mentioned).

In the morning your glycone levels are low, I can only manage 50-55 pushups in the morning before breakfast, later on I can do 65-75. I notice similar increases in doing weights, maybe 8-10 reps changing to 12 reps later on.

ALH-06

rubadub wrote:

I hope you are doing a weights & cardio routine, i.e. weights first and then cardio, or better might be cardio on another day altogether.

Hi,
Why is this beneficial rubadub? I normally do 30 mins of cardio at the beginning of a 2 hr workout, then move on to weights etc. Is that not advisable?

ALH-06

Ok thanks a million that was very helpful.
Cheers!

Irishmale

Very helpful indeed. Thanks. I might buy a supplement so. Ill do a bit of research.
Cheers.