Baraka_Guru

Yeah, he will have to make a decision based on his needs then. If he's having trouble gaining weight, then doing too much cardio and not eating enough carbs (even if it's just one or two "phases") would possibly work against him.

I've been there: working out to build mass and not being able to eat enough unless you eat 5 or 6 times a day....and a ton of carbs....400 to 500g a day, and yet it still doesn't seem enough. In that situation, a lot of extra cardio on top of that seems a bit much, and don't forget that weight training itself does a lot of build your cardiovascular health.

I say only do extra cardio (beyond warmup/cooldown or daily walking etc.) if your goal is to achieve a certain cardiovascular capacity: running a certain distance or maintaining a certain pace or whatever, or maybe if you just want to burn fat. He doesn't seem to need that.

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