no no no i wouldnt advice that your drink anything at all before cardio...only take non-caloric thermogenics, beta antagonists, and other fat loss agents.. i like to do cardio on 25mg ephedrine, 3 diet pills(either redline, hydroxycut, or lipo6x), yohimbe, green tea extract, acetyl l lcarnitine, herbal fat burner...and alot of ewater