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liquidmuscle
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lets see what the majority says
most effective cardio?
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The Almighty
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HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training) and good ol' fashioned running works great for me.
liquidmuscle
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running for 30min or run for 15 walk for 15?
The Almighty
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liquidmuscle said:
Best thing to do when doing intervals is to sprint at about 80% of your max speed for 30 seconds - 1 minute then jog for the same amount of time. Repeat the process for between 10-20 minutes, if you can handle it for that long.
liquidmuscle
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i suck at running i suck real bad, but i can pedal my ass off on the bike!
macrophage69alpha
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all of them..
btw- you should add the "step mill".. brutal.. especially for "heavier" individuals
btw- you should add the "step mill".. brutal.. especially for "heavier" individuals
I second the Stepmill - that thing kicks my ass everytime I'm on it!
biggerdave
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i like the cross trainers (like skiing).
dave.
dave.
Fat Bastard
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I'm with the Almighty on this, but hey, I'm still fat. Maybe I should try something else.
liquidmuscle
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i hate cardio and the bike is easiest for me but i need to get leaner, i am 6ft 195lbs with probably 11% bf
Mythos said:If you're a masochist, go for the Versaclimber.
UGH. I hate that thing. It is pure evil.
tee
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Without any other stipulations, the most effective cardio is swimming. It has been proven to improve the entire body and causes no hard pounding to the joints. The ONLY problem with swimming is sometimes finding easy access to a swimming pool. It can also lengthen the muscles so body builders may not like it as well.
Cow Junkie
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if you keep runnin everyday it will get better.......I like the run sprint for 30 sec and walk for 30.....you'll be beggin for mommy...LOL
princeofsin
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Got to say stationary biking for me. I do it at L.A fitness and will be dropping buckets of sweat.
twofitones
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Cycling and swimming by far, non-impact. and it sounds like you actually like it. Everyone has there favorite, just do your favorite. Who wants to sit on a stair master staring at a TV, when you could go out and do 40 miles on a bike and go somewhere!
princeofsin
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What about DDR?
For me it's swimming. Running is too hard on my knees, and it's too easy to slack off using stationary equipment (plus, I feel like a hamster running on a wheel). It works every muscle in the body and will give you a nice muscular physique on it's own, something no other type of cardio can boast. I think it compliments weight lifting perfectly...swimming tones muscles, weight lifting builds muscle.
This is anecdotal, but every spring when I start my cutting phase I start off on stationary equipment (bike, stairclimber) because the pools aren't open yet. For the first 5 or 6 wks I get modest results, but nothing too dramatic. Then May rolls around, the pools open, and within 2 or 3 wks my body starts completely transforming. By early June, after 5 or 6 wks of swimming 5-6 times a wk, I am in pretty damn good shape, and will usually have lost about double the weight in the same time period swimming than I did using stationary equipment (during the winter I bulk, so I'll usually have about 15-20 lbs. to lose during spring).
But most importantly, I enjoy it...it's the only type of cardio I can say that about. Doing cardio sucks, plain and simple. I would say the best cardio is whatever kind you can actually tolerate doing on a regular basis. Forcing yourself to do something you hate just because it burns an extra 50 or 75 calories an hr. can be setting yourself up for failure, you're better off just picking something you like.
This is anecdotal, but every spring when I start my cutting phase I start off on stationary equipment (bike, stairclimber) because the pools aren't open yet. For the first 5 or 6 wks I get modest results, but nothing too dramatic. Then May rolls around, the pools open, and within 2 or 3 wks my body starts completely transforming. By early June, after 5 or 6 wks of swimming 5-6 times a wk, I am in pretty damn good shape, and will usually have lost about double the weight in the same time period swimming than I did using stationary equipment (during the winter I bulk, so I'll usually have about 15-20 lbs. to lose during spring).
But most importantly, I enjoy it...it's the only type of cardio I can say that about. Doing cardio sucks, plain and simple. I would say the best cardio is whatever kind you can actually tolerate doing on a regular basis. Forcing yourself to do something you hate just because it burns an extra 50 or 75 calories an hr. can be setting yourself up for failure, you're better off just picking something you like.
The best thing is whatever you can do a solid intensity for the longest amount of time. For me it's been the eliptical because I can plug the headphones in and listen to music or watch the tv and go easily hand free and get on EF, news, email with my phone.
I put HIIT in another category and I do it on the bike, eliptical, stairs outside my gym, and treadmill. HIIT is 15-20 min for me, Cardio is 45 - 60 min.
The one that I wish I did more and is still a fantastic calorie burner would be running hands down. If you really want to lean out, then sign up for a 5k or even a 10k and get on something like the hal higdon training program for that race distance and you'll get there.
I put HIIT in another category and I do it on the bike, eliptical, stairs outside my gym, and treadmill. HIIT is 15-20 min for me, Cardio is 45 - 60 min.
The one that I wish I did more and is still a fantastic calorie burner would be running hands down. If you really want to lean out, then sign up for a 5k or even a 10k and get on something like the hal higdon training program for that race distance and you'll get there.
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