Cardio and Muscle Gain

If your goal is muscle gain, try not to overdo it with cardio. 2-3 days of high intensity cardio (such as sprinting) per week is a good way to keep off some extra pounds while keeping your hard-earned muscle. and avoiding too much exhaustion. Studies show that short-duration high intensity cardio is more effective than low/moderate long-duration cardio at shedding pounds and keeping muscle.

Too much of any kind of cardio can put your body in a caloric defecit, which makes it biologically impossible to gain muscle. It is important that you do cardio to keep some fat off and to stay in good shape, but too much of it may slow your muscle-building progress.

-Tim