Am I doing too much cardio to gain lean muscle mass?

Hi Gaz,

My question for you is, are you also doing a cardiovascular workout while at the gym, in addition to your cycling?

My suggestion is to consider your biking your cardiovascular workout for the day and focus on your resistance training while at the gym; this shouldn't significantly impact your ability to build lean muscle. However, if you add additional cardiovascular exercise in addition to your cycling while at the gym, you are increasing your risk of overtraining, and then, if this occurs, yes, the ability to build lean muscle mass will be impacted.

I hope this is helpful!

Hi Lauren, yes this i the only Cardio Im doing. The workouts I do are weight training. so this should have no effect on my ability to gain lean mass?

I really don't think so. You're not doing an excessive amount of cardiovascular exercise to result in overtraining, so you should be fine! Admittedly, I have a bike and have had too many close calls with it on the streets of Washington, DC to be brave enough to ride it regularly. I admire your courage to ride your bike so regularly!

Perfect thank you. Ha yea you've got to keep your wits about you. To be honest I love it, cheap, fun and healthy, doesnt get better.