Cardio while bulking

[l6873]

So all this 2 hours of cardio talk has got me wondering, am I doing too much? Three or four times a week I bike about 10k, swim about 2k, then bike another 10k; the whole thing takes around 90 minutes. So can I keep this up or am I hurting gains? I usually don't do it on gym days.

One more thing, what does proper post-cardio-nutrition consist of?

Diet looks something like this:

Meal 1
1 1/2 cups oatmeal
2 cups skim milk
1 banana
2 tbs peanut butter
1/2 scoop whey

Meal 2 (gym day)
1 can tuna
some sort of fruit

Meal 2 (cardio day)
300g (uncooked) meat (chicken/beef)
50g (uncooked) pasta

gym/cardio

Meal 3 (gym day)
70g whey
50g dextrose

Meal 3 (cardio day, consumed between swim and bike)
35g whey
25g dextrose

Meal 4
300g (uncooked) meat (chicken/beef)
50g (uncooked) pasta

Meal 5
300g (uncooked) meat (chicken/beef)
50g (uncooked) pasta

Meal 6
1 can tuna
2 tbs olive oil

Meal 7
1 can tuna
2 tbs olive oil

Meal 8
16 egg whites
1/2 cup dry cottage cheese
1/2 scoop whey
2 tbs olive oil

Almonds or some other nuts are also consumed sporadically throughout the day.

[steve_d]

I would say I've improved more since stopping triathlon training. So yes, I would say you are hurting your gains in the sense that if your number 1 priority is to put on 5 pounds of muscle this year, you would have an easier time doing it by stopping the swimming and biking and focusing your time around squats and heavy lifting.

But on the same token, you can still gain say 4 pounds doing the above, and likely healthier long run with that extra cardiovascular activity. It's all what you want to take out of it.

PS: I just used the numbers 5 pounds and 4 pounds as an example to illustrate a point.