Is 1.5-2 hours of cardio too much to do every day?

[8-]]

I'm currently doing 1.5-2 hours of cardio 6 days a week and was wondering whether it was too much to do it 7 days a week.

Do I need a day off, or as long as my body isn't complaining is it ok to do it every day?

I am trying to lose fat with a strict diet, Xenadrine, flax oil and cardio on an empty stomach every morning.

My cardio consists of bike, rowing machine, treadmill.

Any thoughts would be welcome.

Thanks

 

[Phemomena]

hell yeah its too much, cut back... you're just going to end up using muscle, not fat for fuel... not a pretty situation, you'll be skinny and fat...

 

[Phemomena]

sorry, hit send too soon, you shouldn't need more than 1 hour 4-5 days a week... 1st thing in the morning... anything more than that is probably overkill unless you're eating enought to support the extra activity (which, if you are dieting, you are probably not)...

if you have extra muscle you want to burn, by all means, continue down this path, otherwise, cut back and save the energy for some weight workouts that will add muscle and increase your metabolism so you're burning more fat all day...

 

[The mann]

that's too much unlee you are getting ready to step on stage.go i hr max and i would actually go with 45 min, 4-5 times a week max.you are doing too much,if you are trying to drop fat,DIET is the key,you do too much cardio and you're going to start burning muscle then your metabolism is going to slow down then your fucked.hit the weights,slow down with the cardio,and do it throught your diet.hope helped a little.

 

[8-]]

Thanks for the info guys.

Won't doing cardio every day increase my metabolism?

Also is it better to do more low impact cardio (lower heart-rate) than less higher impact cardio (higher heart-rate)?

I read that 65-70% of max. heart-rate is best for fat loss.

 

[Phemomena]

Thanks for the info guys.

Won't doing cardio every day increase my metabolism?

Also is it better to do more low impact cardio (lower heart-rate) than less higher impact cardio (higher heart-rate)?

I read that 65-70% of max. heart-rate is best for fat loss.

cardio only burns calories during the time you're doing it (and for a short period of time afterwards)... muscle is metabolistic... lift, eat the right food (and enough of it) and cut the cardio some, you'll see the results... don't expect to see them over night, good things come to those who wait and bust their ass in the gym

the best cardio and pace is one that you will stick to... maybe you're doing all this cardio now, but you'll burn out quick at this rate... do a workout you can sustain and something you enjoy... high impact is generaly harder on the joints... use the cardio machines and stick to the ones you like (change it up once in a while to avoid overuse injuries).

i personally don't subscribe to the ideal fat burning.. look at the over all calories you've burned... vary it up (go high intensity one day and low the next) if you keep variety in your program your body won't know what to expect and you won't bore of your program as easily...

 

[8-]]

Thanks bro.

 

[Phemomena]

no prob... i don't think i'll ever get used to being called bro though...

 

[8-]]

I'm only getting used to using the word bro.

Here in the UK we usually use mate or m8.

 

[keiko]

Take a look at WarLobo's post "When 30 +30..." on the Women's Board. I think over an hour a day is catabolic.