why must cardio be at least 30 min?

[molnii]

gettin your heart rate up and start to burn fat for energy....

 

[kentucky]

What is the reason behind this...

Is it just getting your heart rate up for 30 mins or what?

 

[SeanHolmz]

This is coming from Pro Bodybuilder Tom Prince on another board...I agree that this is the best way to do cardio to cut fat..

I start doing cardio at 16 weeks out from the day of the contest. I START with 20 minutes per day, 6 days per week. Each week, I add 5 minutes to the amount of cardio I do each day. So, week #2, I do 25 minutes per day. Week #3, I do 30 minutes per day. And so on. I keep adding 5 minutes every week until I get to 80 minutes. I also split cardio into 2 sessions/ day, when it gets to 40 minutes a day. 20 in the a.m., 20 in the p.m. Cardio done AFTER workout.

 

[spatts]

I've never heard of that. I guess it's time to toss out all those 20 min HIIT sprint session I do. Damn...they really worked too.

 

[Ish]

Although new to cardio, I don't go over 20-25 mins either.

 

[ZGzaZ]

im seein great results with 20 min HIIT sessions also!

 

[ZGzaZ]

Spatts, maybe if we want to be seriously cut we can start 44 weeks out and work up to 220 minute sessions split into two 110 minute sessions?!?

 

[kentucky]

so do you do HIIT 4 times a week, or what?

 

[kentucky]

also, where do you do it???


A track is such a hard surface for such intense training, i would think.

 

[ZGzaZ]

ive just started doing it 4-5 times per week...have been doing hills, run up a big hill and jog back down a certain # of times, or 50-75m sprints walking back.