Now that spring has finally sprung, I was thinking of biking to the gym. It's about 7 miles over relatively flat ground.
Two questions:
(1) Some people discourage any cardio before lifting because it depletes muscle glycogen. Assuming I eat an apple at the gym or some other carb source intra-workout if I start to feel tired, is this still a concern?
(2) I have been doing 30–45 min cardio on the elliptical or stair climber 5x/wk. The ride will take about 30 minutes each way, and I don't plan to push too hard because of issue (1), above. Do I still cut the cardio back at all?
Two questions:
(1) Some people discourage any cardio before lifting because it depletes muscle glycogen. Assuming I eat an apple at the gym or some other carb source intra-workout if I start to feel tired, is this still a concern?
(2) I have been doing 30–45 min cardio on the elliptical or stair climber 5x/wk. The ride will take about 30 minutes each way, and I don't plan to push too hard because of issue (1), above. Do I still cut the cardio back at all?