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Old 08-29-2004, 05:34 AM   #6 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Cowman
Make sure you eat before you do cardio.

The "do cardio before you eat to burn 3x more fat" thing is largely a myth. While you may burn more fat, you'll also burn alot of your muscle because your body is in a catabolic state when you first wake up.
True. But if he's just trying to drop a few pounds, thats not so bad. Clearly if you are doing anything hard, you *have* to eat before you do it, but running for half an hour or less, you could probably get away with.
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