is fasted cardio sapping my gains? Is it broscience that the body uses fat reserves while doing fasted cardio in the morning, or is it legit?
>>42110486
It's bro science. All fasted cardio does is cause you to have worse performance during your work out.
>>42110696
but would it break down muscle tissue? My performance is fine, desu- I can run/pedal at the same speed.
>>42110740
There is 2 reasons why your body breaks down muscle.
1. You do not have have any free amino acids in your system or useless protein that your body can salvage right now.
2. Your body requires an alternate energy source because your carbohydrate levels are depleted, but your current insulin levels are too high to dig into your fat reserve. (This happens when you calorie restrict while eating frequent meals).
>tl;dr no, morning fasted cardio won't cause you to lose muscle, it will actually help with fat loss.
>>42111357
this
forget about "muh catabolic state if not eating every two hours"
Check this out, some anon posted it afew days ago, best explanation of fast-insulin-fat loss- caloric deficit I've seen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIuj-oMN-Fk