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Originally Posted by SensibleChiefsfan
True, but if you work out in the morning, you raise your body temperature, which allows you to burn more calories over the course of a day.
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The increase in calories burned via the thermic effect is really, REALLY small.
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The other thing that I think is that you can do cardio in the morning on an empty stomach without much risk of your body canabalizing your muscle. Or, do you think that I am wrong there?
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You can, provided you do weight training also. You don't have to do it in that session, but any time within about a 48 hour window will prevent muscle loss.
I've been doing cardio on an empty stomach for a few weeks now (and I even go so far as to not have a post-workout shake, either... I don't eat for 2 hours after I finish). I haven't lost any upper body mass because I train it 3 days per week. I did lose some in the legs, though, which was my goal.