Cardio after leg day???

[paisano3]

what are your opinions on doing cardio the day after a heavy leg day? i was thinking elliptical then treadmill, roughly an hour-75mins total of cardio. yesterday i hit legs pretty hard; theyre sore as shit, and im walking like a gimp...but want to get in the gym today, as im trying to cut down for boating season...???

thanks

 

[AASynergist]

Personally I can’t do elliptical or treadmill cardio the day after training legs. I've tried and it has always been a pathetic effort. The only cardio I do after legs is swimming and that’s more for DOMS than cardio. I now have my rest day after legs. I then tend to do closed chain non impact cardio for 3 days and maybe some running 2 to 3 days before training legs again.

 

[epoxy]

Just did heavy legs yesterday. I usually take it easy on the cardio the day after, and i dont do ANY on the day of legs. I cut it in half of what it normally is and it seems to be alright.