This all depends on your goals. If your aim is to put on as much muscle mass as possible and are not too concerned about getting very lean then I would suggest once or twice a week is sufficient. This will primarily be for your health and will also aid in preventing excess fat gains. You should preferably do your cardio on the weekends and not on your weight training days. This will allow you to recuperate and will not interfere with your muscle building efforts.
On the other hand if you want to get as lean and ripped as possible I would recommend anywhere from three to six sessions of cardio a week. If possible, try and separate your cardio days from your weight training days. On days where this is not possible, make sure you leave at least 6–8 hours between your weight training and cardio session. Why? Well, picture this.
You have just finished an intense weight training session and your glycogen levels are depleted. Instead of replenishing your glycogen levels with nutrition, you decide to do a cardio session straight after your workout. Your glycogen levels are already depleted and now that you are doing cardio your body starts using your muscle stores for energy. All the hard work you just put in beforehand doing weight training has gone down the drain, and to make it worse, you are now tapping into your precious muscle store and losing muscle. So on days when you do plan to perform cardio on the same day as weight training, make sure you separate them: the easiest way to do this is do one in the morning and the other in the evening.
Now you have all the knowledge in your arsenal to get rid of all that unwanted fat fast. Getting those six-pack abs is a combination of an intelligent diet, weight training, and cardio plan. Unfortunately, even though those television and magazine ads may tell you differently, you do require putting some effort in to get the body you want.
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