How much and what type of cardio to get cut?

[plifter]

I just did the stairmaster tonight. I worked up a good sweat but my heart rate wasn't very elevated. The machine had levels 1-10 and since this was my first attempt at cardio since I was a teen 10 years ago I only put it on level 2. If I go to a higher level will I burn more calories? What do you guys do for cutting?

 

[1Banshee]

Try "interval training" three to four days a week. Each session should last approximately 20 - 25 minutes and if possible be done on an empty stomach. This works well for me!!

 

[THEEGAME2544]

I lace up the old running shoes, and do a few miles.

 

[##spiderbaby##]

they seem gay as hell untill u get used to them, but those eliptical machines that have the arm thingy's work great.

I maintain a heart rate around 180-200 for a half hour. Its too high for fat burn but I figure I need to develop my lungs first. The problem I have with fat burn heart rate range is that i dont sweat at that low of a rate. 130? who sweats at 130 beats per minute?


##spiderbaby##

 

[lexus_2001]

lmao i seem too shows how much im outta shape cardio wise anyway- lex

 

[wrj]

I do! Try doin it on an almost empty stomach so you have the energy to keep goin after 25min. Once you get into a "groove" or mental "loop" you'll go for an hour and you won't even realize it. After twenty minutes you should zone out and if you don't; try to, cause it helps bigtime.

WRJ

 

[str8cubano]

bro, anything that gets your ass sweating for more than 25 minutes is good..every summer i get cut without AS and all i did was do at least 20-30 minutes on the bike....i dont' go by all the technical shit of having your heart beat elevated at a certain degree for a certain time..you know when your burning fat. after first 5 minutes of warmup, pick up the pace and do the machine enough to make you start sweating by the first 10 minutes...my favorite has been the bike..just get a walkman, listen to music, and put your mind somewhere else..cause i hate cardio..but after a while got bored of bike..no just run..

Running is like the best cardio you can do, it burns the most calories..unless you want to go skiing

 

[punkassmofo]

1banshee is right. Try intervals, either 30/30 or if that is tough, start with a good warm-up then jog for 1 min and sprint for 30 secs. What I do Is at the local high school they let anyone use the track. I walk one lap, jog one lap then I jog the curves and sprint the staights. Sometimes I'll even walk the curves and sprint the straights. Sprinting will actually burn more fat have a less a chance of burning muscle cause the sprints will build muscle, From what i have read anyway...............

http://www.cbass.com/fatburn.htm

http://www.musclemedia.com/training/hiit.asp

 

[##spiderbaby##]

I can maintain a 130beats per minute for an hour and barely break a sweat. I have to get my heart rate up high (175-200)in order to sweat like I want to.

I do most of my cardo in the AM before i eat. Although I really dont see how that helps all that much from what i have read to date. your boddy depletes its glucose stores in about 10 minutes, then its off to youe muscles for the energy. I need to read up more on the subject though.


##spiderbaby##

 

[Jabs]

go thirty to forty minutes on a tread mill. Anything less is not using your time and effort wisely. You should push your self after you get conditioned properly. Running exerts more energy than any other exercise. I lost shit loads of fat by pushing myself to do cardio on a tread mill three times a week for thirty or forty minutes. If I started to lose to much muscle I upped the calories.
my .o2