Cardio Sucks! Who Hates Cardio?

[Bulldog_10]

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



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

2. Who cares what is used for fuel (not that ANY one fule source is ever utilized)...we're talking CARDIO here...not FAT LOSS. CARDIO is for the HEART. I don't give a shit if it makes you lose fat (which it does), I'm talking about being heart healthy.

4. See ulter's post.

 

[Nelson Montana]

You can drag a horse to water...

 

[Bulldog_10]

You can drag a horse to water...

Thanks?

 

[slaughterhouse]

i dont think there are any absolutes, but i think i can summarise some of Nelsons thoughts:

all exercise is good for the heart, be it running, lifting, or sprinting.
Doing a specific exercise, such as running, makes you good at RUNNING, and that is its primary benefit. I have noticed this myself, I was better at climbing hills when i was doing 30 minits on the treadmill on full incline then i was when i was running 5 miles a day.

however, i agree that bulldogs benefits exist as well and i really feel better when im on some sort of cardio regimen.

one more thing, the high you get after finishing a 5+ mile run in personal record time beats any drug ive ever tried.
(never tried alot though lol)

btw, for those who dont know, hes been over this before in a thread about fat loss. if he doesnt go at this one again full throtle i understand!

 

[Themachine01]

I think cardio might be a waste of time because, why go through a grueling 30 mins on the cardio feeling tired and only burning a mere 500 calories? You might as well miss a meal and lose 500 cals right there.

Well then imagine the fat you would burn if you missed 2 or 3 meals....

 

[Ulter]

The 500 calories is DURING the cardio. You'll burn much more by raising your MR for several more hours.

 

[Big_Nims]

I have been following this thread pretty closley, so I decided to see for myself if Nelson knew what he was talking about. I did my normal workout routine this morning, the only difference was that I wore my heart rate monitor. He was right during the actual exerciseing phase and shortly thereafter, my heart rate actually exceeded 150 bpm. This is about 70% of my heart rate max, and when I only rested say a minute between sets, it never got lower than 115-119 bpm. This is in my fat burning zone. So that equates to an hour or so of cardio right there. I can honestly say that during my regular cardio sessions, my heart rate never goes much above 135-140 bpm. We have it so deeply imbeded in our minds that cardio has to involve a track, or a bike or a stepper, all cardio really is, is an exercise that raises your heart rate to a certain zone for a certain amount of time.

 

[Nelson Montana]

Big Nims: Congratuations. You've succesfully accomplished what about 90% of the people on this board are incapable of. You used your own deductive reasoning and then put it to a logical and coherent test, upon which you came to a calculated conclusion that is both intelligent and benificial. Most of the people here would rather argue,insult and defend their present misconceptions.

Some people just parrot the words of others and think themselves enightened. Others blindly reject a point of view that is not shared by the populace. You, my friend, are a true thinker. And a "doer."

Thank you for "getting it."

 

[variation]

well ok, I guess you are right nelson :X ... perhaps the reason for my resting heart rate lowering once I started running was due to the fact that I was just increasing cardio, running on top of weight training and other walking... not that I still don't think running is beneficial, just perhaps not so much as to the heart as many people believe, though I guess if you're looking to do more heart training you could also incorperate something like that on top of other activities like weight training and walking, personally... sometimes I wake up.. or at night and I just feel like going for a run to burn off some energy, since I tend to sometimes get hyper stages... it's relaxing for me, also it isn't a bad way to train for running races like dial tone said as well as improve muscular endurance.

 

[Nelson Montana]

You ALMOST have it, variation.

Cardio does NOT...

...burn fat or improve the health of your heart more than other forms of exercise. It does not improve muscular endurance.

Cardio DOES...

...make you better at performing cardio . And if you enjoy doing it, it fufills the bill. That's it.