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How much cardio should I do? Isn't it true that in the morning you are low in carb, I hear that if you do cardio in morning fasted it can enhance your fa t burning ability.
Excuse me? I'm sorry what kind of question is that? With the lack information you're most likely going to get the lack of respect for an answer. How about read the book?
What info would you like me to provide you?
Well after seeing that “modification/edit” you made to your original post. Yes it is better to do cardio in AM Fasted. LISS is not ideal because along with burning fat you burn muscle as well. HIIT on the other hand blast fat and doesn't hurt muscle like LISS. Because of “running” for very long periods at a time. Based on your GOALS, HIIT should be done 1-2x a week. Maybe 3. The book goes more in detail on what you should be doing.
As little as possible.
Then 1-2x would be too much huh haha
I think with many people any cardio is too much! Unless I am watching and pushing them through HIIT most people don't get what high intensity really is and end up doing something in between and getting no benefit.No cardio works very well I your other training and nutrition are good
I've moved to CNS for a month just because I wanted a break from backloading (Who'da thunk I'd get tired of eating carbs)I'm not doing any cardio while on CNS, not even the day after CN.Even when I was using CBL I would rarely do cardio, if anything I'd sprint once a week.I feel the only good cardio is sex, and since I'm single I wont be doing any cardio.
Based on Kiefer's opinions I came to this analogy: Your diet is like a tire and when you eat too many carbs or eat at the wrong time you put a hole in the tire. Cardio is like a patch. While patching the hole is ok and fixes it, it's better to avoid putting holes in the tire.I think this analogy applies to aesthetics (i.e. an athlete may need to do cardio for conditioning) only and even for that it may not apply to everyone. However, I think for most people it is good to follow. If you need to do cardio, you are probably consuming too many carbs.
Based on Kiefer's opinions I came to this analogy: Your diet is like a tire and when you eat too many carbs or eat at the wrong time you put a hole in the tire. Cardio is like a patch. While patching the hole is ok and fixes it, it's better to avoid putting holes in the tire.I think this analogy applies to aesthetics (i.e. an athlete may need to do cardio for conditioning) only and even for that it may not apply to everyone. However, I think for most people it is good to follow. If you need to do cardio, you are probably consuming too many carbs.
Good analogy! No cardio the right answer.
If you really want to do cardio then do some walking/brisk walking or HIIT.But I'd stay away from cardio as far as possible. I rather spend my time in doing productive stuff.
If you really want to do cardio then do some walking/brisk walking or HIIT.But I'd stay away from cardio as far as possible. I rather spend my time in doing productive stuff.
I agree with the 1st part of this statement but not the 2nd. I think people are too focused on the body composition side of cardio and not the health benefits. Why looked jacked but nearly pass out when going up a set of stairs?Believe me i have gone on strict diets and only trained in the weight room and got pretty lean, but you know what? My fitness level sucked.I agree with Tex in doing 1-3 HIIT sessions a week to maintain/improve your cardiovascular health, along with some fasted brisk walking, these should be done proportional to each other.
If you really want to do cardio then do some walking/brisk walking or HIIT.But I'd stay away from cardio as far as possible. I rather spend my time in doing productive stuff.
I agree with the 1st part of this statement but not the 2nd. I think people are too focused on the body composition side of cardio and not the health benefits. Why looked jacked but nearly pass out when going up a set of stairs?Believe me i have gone on strict diets and only trained in the weight room and got pretty lean, but you know what? My fitness level sucked.I agree with Tex in doing 1-3 HIIT sessions a week to maintain/improve your cardiovascular health, along with some fasted brisk walking, these should be done proportional to each other.
"Jacked" people who can't walk up a set of stairs? I think you are confusing Fat with Jacked. Anyone who does a squat workout with a reasonable pace is getting ample cardio to prevent this problem. So long as you dont take the worlds longest breaks and use some real weights I cant see how you could get truly "Jacked" and still be so desperately out of shape that stairs pose any real problem. If you were roided to the gills, and carrying 50+ lbs more weight than your body could naturally hold maybe I could see how this might happen.
What do you do for exercise?"I lift weights!"But what about cardio"I lift them faster!"I love that quote
"I lift them faster!"
Which can be classed as a form of cardio, ie complexes
"Jacked" people who can't walk up a set of stairs? I think you are confusing Fat with Jacked. That was just an exaggeration to get my point across. I simply dont subscibe to the theory that you should only rely on diet to drop the fat. As far as the training effect its hard to tell someone all they need to do is lift weights in the gym, if someone is focusing on building their strength they might follow a low volume plan with long breaks. Someone in this case i believe would benefit from added cardio.
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