Originally Posted by luvthefun

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Originally Posted by Cowman
Please don't use the "I still have muscle and definition" argument against not losing muscle. I have no doubt that you can still be muscular and sexy() while running in the morning before eating, that's not what im saying. What I AM saying, is that not eating before running in the morning will hamper your muscle-growing, and will contribute towards losing muscle. No, you won't lose all your muscle, and yes, you will lose a lot of fat. However, if you are on a cut and aiming to keep as MUCH of your muscle as possible, you should be eating something before running in the morning.


I have been in the Army for a few years now and have never, nor anyone else in the Army that I have come across eats before we PT (physical training). I also do not go to the gym for lifting purposes. I do a regimine of pushups and situps and have no problem maxing these events at our regular APFT's (Army physical fitness tests). Additionally, one of the guys in my unit is into lifting and he also maintains that he has not had any trouble acheiving muscle growth, and as we are drug tested randomly he does this naturally.

I just wanted to put that out there. As for the point of this thread, I prefer to run outside for distences, but on off days I will use the treadmill to do timed sprints, for example I'll run two - four miles alternating a 1min 30sec quarter mile and a 3min quarter mile. Then I ussually wait an hour before eating because after I work out I'm ussually not that hungry and I try to drink a quart of water in that hour. Hope that helps. For other ideas you can google for a copy of FM21-20, the army physical fitness manual.