Morning Fasted Cardio
A little over a week ago I decided to add morning fasted cardio into my routine each day. One reason to do fasted morning cardio is that Glycogen levels are supposedly low from sleeping all night in a fasted state, so you are not relying on freshly digested food for energy during these sessions.
I decided to go with Low Intensity Steady State (LISS) so as to burn like 90% stored fat rather than sacrificing lean muscle mass. I got that from reading a ton of studies on the subject. It seems to he the preferred way to loose body fat and retain lean mass.
Also, I am doing a reduced calorie diet with lower carb intake, usually around the 100 grams to 175 grams range and the weekends I allow it to creep up into the 200’s.
Results are that I have lost a couple of pounds but through testing the body fat with calipers, I find that the loss in weight has been almost all fat with a small amount of lean mass, but it is really trivial because it can be accounted for in water loss.
The real test will be the rest of this week lifting - if I can maintain or gain strength on my lifts, then that will support the retained lean mass theory.
