Please Scroll Down to See Forums Below I know all about overtraining and shit, but I was wondering can you over train doing cardio. I know that alot of cardio will lead to the burning of some muscle along with fat but besides this is there really anything bad that will come from doing cardio 7 days a week and possably twice a day maybe 3-4 time a week.
Overdoing Cardio??
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quartermiler
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It would depend on how many miles you run or what kind of cardio you do... During track season my friends run close to 70 miles a week... I am a sprinter so I only run about 20... If you do the SAME carido, everyday, twice a day then it would be bad... Do intervals one day, Short sprints another, a road run the next day, then maybe swim... shit like that.. I would change it up... So to answer your question(s), Yes you can over train cardio in my opinion but only if your doing the same exercise everyday twice a day... change it up and youll be fine... thats my 2 cents
quartermiler
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Dont run? Solid... Next time wear a heart rate monitor and tell me what your heartrate is when you WALK...
Silent Method
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Excessive cardio will eat muscle tissue. Excessive cardio without recovery intervals will lead to overtraining and speed up lean tissue loss.
So what's "excessive cardio?" This depends on your genetics, your level of training and prior adaptation, you diet, the intensity of your runs, the duration of your runs, the frequency of your runs, the duration of the schedule, etc.
Unless your a top level competitive runner at a training peak, running 8 miles twice a day 7 days a week is excessive. On the other hand, two 10 minute light joggs a day every day is not going to kill you. The best approach is to periodize your cardio training, utilizing various training volume, intensity, duration, and of course making sure you get ample recovery time.
BTW, I think the blanket advice "don't run" is pure crap. There are without a doubt times in a competitive bb's training where he or she should not run. However,for the rest of us, in the name of good health, some form of vigourous cardio (besides resistance training) should be practiced. Now, "don't run as your sole means of altering bodyfat composition" is a statment I can live with.
So what's "excessive cardio?" This depends on your genetics, your level of training and prior adaptation, you diet, the intensity of your runs, the duration of your runs, the frequency of your runs, the duration of the schedule, etc.
Unless your a top level competitive runner at a training peak, running 8 miles twice a day 7 days a week is excessive. On the other hand, two 10 minute light joggs a day every day is not going to kill you. The best approach is to periodize your cardio training, utilizing various training volume, intensity, duration, and of course making sure you get ample recovery time.
BTW, I think the blanket advice "don't run" is pure crap. There are without a doubt times in a competitive bb's training where he or she should not run. However,for the rest of us, in the name of good health, some form of vigourous cardio (besides resistance training) should be practiced. Now, "don't run as your sole means of altering bodyfat composition" is a statment I can live with.
liquidmuscle
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i do cardio in the a.m. about 3 times a wk and i warm up by walking for 5 mins then run for 10 then walk for 5 then run for 10 so on and so on that shit has been working real good
Silent Method
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140!!! Jeeze, maybe you should stay away from running, your heart might explode!
Look, the duration of vigorous exercise such as fairly intense walking or running and its effect on your metabolism has much more to do with the your body using its own protein for fuel than the difference between an intense walk or jog. To get the same cardio and pulmonary benefit from walking that you'd get from jogging, you will need to walk for an exponentially greater duration.
If you like to walk thats great, keep it up. Just don't be so afraid of running.
Look, the duration of vigorous exercise such as fairly intense walking or running and its effect on your metabolism has much more to do with the your body using its own protein for fuel than the difference between an intense walk or jog. To get the same cardio and pulmonary benefit from walking that you'd get from jogging, you will need to walk for an exponentially greater duration.
If you like to walk thats great, keep it up. Just don't be so afraid of running.
