Ab excercises before or after you are sweaty from Cardio??

[GoldenGuppy]

I hear that it is all right to workout your abs everyday - I also run everyday, so should I workout my abs before I run? Or after I run??

Thanks

 

[Scrapster]

Well it's not a bad idea to warm up your muscles before you exercise. So I'd say do it after your cardio workout.

Does anyone want to counter this?

 

[WasabiCat]

depends on what you want to prioritize...
working your abs first would probably decrease your performance in running, and vice versa

 

[Argo]

After.

 

[breakit23]

After abs arent teh same kind od muscles like the other body parts. It's excersises are done without any or much weight usually so as long as you can get sufficeint reps 25-30 per set 1 minute between each set go for it.


If your trying to get stronger try doing some intense weightlifting then your cardio. After weight lifting you wont have much fuel left and you will generally burn excess fat for energy.

 

[Anghang]

i usually do at least 10 minute of cardio or until i work up a light sweat, then i go hardcore on the abs...then i do full 45 min to an hr cardio...

i find that doing abs w/o warming up doesn't work for me...

 

[skywhr]

Do light cardio to get warmed up then do your regular work out and then heavy cardio after

 

[bacillus]

since you're only running then do your abs after your run!

 

[Urinal Mint]

Do any muscle work before cardio, and here's why:

Doing cardio before building muscle actually depletes your body of the energy it needs to work the muscles while lifting. If you work your muscles after your body is already void of some of the energy it needs, you will actually do more damage to your muscles than good. Think of it this way: In order to get the energy required to build your muscles, your body will have to use the muscles themselves for the energy, since what you used up doing cardio isn't there anymore.

The best plan is to just keep cardio days and lifting days completely separate.