Does Fasted Cardio Destroy Muscle?

[123456789]

If I do cardio before breakfast

but after I'm done I eat

then will I lose my gains?

 

Thanks

[SFRL]

Watch for the ammonia smell. If you smell like ammonia during or after excercise then your body has been burning muscle for energy. 

[Garuda]

depends if you are in a calorie deficit 

[CMacD]

Maybe a bit, but if you are strength training you are still going to build more muscle over the recovery period than what may have broken down during the cardio, as long as you are getting adequate protein & carbohydrates for your weight and activity level over the long term. 

If you aren't strength training I could see muscle & strength atrophying faster with heavy fasted cardio than it would just being lazy maybe, though.

Edited July 11, 2019 by CMacD

[pluto]

No.