Should You Training First Thing In The Morning On An Empty Stomach?

The Short answer, NO! This is basically a Myth that has been floating around the fitness world for as long as I can remember. I even followed that ritual for some time myself until I learned why it was not helping me at all. This is especially true for someone trying to gain muscle mass. You see the problem is, during the day you are doing all the right things. You eat every 2 1/2 to 3 hours, get in the proper amounts of protein, carbs and fat, you are on your diet game. When you go to sleep though, you are starving your body in a sense for 6,7 or even 8 hours. Now your body is in starvation mode, it needs fuel to help start your day and continue to rebuild from your previous days training and activities. So now if you go and try to bang out your cardio, all your body is going to do is start breaking down that hard earned muscle you busted your ass to get.

One of the biggest reasons this myth is still around, people simply trying to lose weight. By following this routine you WILL lose weight, but it will be a lot of muscle weight. Since muscle is heavier then fat people think they are doing great. Problem is they may weigh less but percentage wise they are probably fatter then ever.

So next time you are going to hit the elliptical or treadmill or whatever you do for cardio, make sure to fuel the engine. Last thing you want to do is run out of gas on the road to a healthier you.