Cardio Sucks! Who Hates Cardio?

[Nelson Montana]

Actually that stuff was about ENDURANCE training...which RESISTANCE training is not. [/B][/QUOTE].......................

Ah ha, that's where you're wrong. Now we're getting somewhere.

Resistance training can most definitely be endurance training, whereas low level exercise like jogging is not. Who do you think will develop better endurance for boxing? The guy who runs fifteen 3 minute sprints? Or the guy who jogs for for an 45 minutes?

If you say it's the first one, then you're getting my point. If you think it's the second, we simply don't see eye to eye.

 

[Bulldog_10]

Actually that stuff was about ENDURANCE training...which RESISTANCE training is not.

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Ah ha, that's where you're wrong. Now we're getting somewhere.

Resistance training can most definitely be endurance training, whereas low level exercise like jogging is not. Who do you think will develop better endurance for boxing? The guy who runs fifteen 3 minute sprints? Or the guy who jogs for for an 45 minutes?

If you say it's the first one, then you're getting my point. If you think it's the second, we simply don't see eye to eye. [/B][/QUOTE]

Ok, I consider sprinting cardio...I thought you were talking weight training. And I don't know of many people that can sprint for 3 minutes.

 

[Nelson Montana]

Why is sprinting cardio? Because you're running on a track and that's where you jog and jogging is cardio? Or is it because you breath hard? Well, I breath harder from doing 12 rep sets with 30 seconds rest in between sets than I do when I jog. So, which is which?

 

[Bulldog_10]

Why is sprinting cardio? Because you're running on a track and that's where you jog and jogging is cardio? Or is it because you breath hard? Well, I breath harder from doing 12 rep sets with 30 seconds rest in between sets than I do when I jog. So, which is which?

Cardio = working at an increased heart rate. If you get your heart rate up to 70% (approx) of your max heart rate for a sustained amount of time...then I consider that cardio. Anything that makes your heart adapt, I consider cardio. Whatever you want to do to work your heart = cardio.

 

[Frackal]

1. 20 rep breathing squats 1x a week are great cardio

2. Aerobic and anaerobic are scientific terms not limited to referencing different types of exercise

 

[bicepts101]

man i think cardio suck but i love the feeling when i am done.
i dont think cardio is for everbody but doing some form of cardio, i think, is a must. If you have read Arnolds bible he speeks pretty highly of it in the second chapter.

 

[poantrex]

man i think cardio suck but i love the feeling when i am done.
i dont think cardio is for everbody but doing some form of cardio, i think, is a must. If you have read Arnolds bible he speeks pretty highly of it in the second chapter.

Exactly! I hate doing it but cardio has so many benefits BESIDES caloric expenditure that makes it IMO necessary for everyone.

 

[Nelson Montana]

1: Jogging will not raise HR to 70% in a conditioned athlete.

2: If the HR is raised that high, it's carbs that are used for energy, not fat.

3: Arnold did not write that book.

4: The benifits of cardio are pure propaganda perpetuated by the fitness media.

5: If you bang your head against a wall, it also feels good when you stop.

 

[Ulter]

4: The benifits of cardio are pure propaganda perpetuated by the fitness media.

You left out some of the others who recommend cardio. However I don't believe these people are perpetuating propaganda and just may be more qualified to make recommendations on cardio than you are.


The American Heart Association
Presidents council on Physical Fitness
The American Medical Association
The American College of Sports Medicine
The US Surgeon General

 

[soprano9mm]

I hate cardio....but I still do it 3-5 times a week