starting some cardio

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Tweetok...i dont do cardio, or, at least in the past 1-1.5 yrs, i havent done any cardio...but, it's time....this morning i got up, drank a cup of java, popped a couple thermogenics, and hit the elipticle machine....lasted all of about 25 min. should i add some more cardio after my workout, mon-fri, or do you think if i just get it ramped up to 45 mins or so in the morn, mon-fri that'll be enough to drop a little extra fat....i know i gotta eat a little cleaner (i'm not too bad to begin with) i gotta adjust carbs down a little, and protien up a little...just wondering about the cardio thing.

[Fit2bLarge]

Tweeti start cardio next week, 45min before workout. They say AM cardio is better, but I havent seen much of a difference myself.

if you adjust your diet and add 45min 4 times a week, youll def start seeing a difference in a few weeks.

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i start cardio next week, 45min before workout. They say AM cardio is better, but I havent seen much of a difference myself.

if you adjust your diet and add 45min 4 times a week, youll def start seeing a difference in a few weeks.

tyhanks bro...the morning thing is easiest for me.

[Fit2bLarge]

Tweetman, i hate cardio, dread it so much. but once i get into it, its fine.

[BM]

Tweetyou can never do too much cardio. I don't do any but lord knows I need to!

[T-Man007]

TweetI do mine before my workout. I do about 25 minutes 4 days a week. It's not a lot but it's more than I was doing which is nothing. However, my current workout has me doing supersets most of the time so by the time I'm done, I get in 90 to 100 minutets of my HR being in the target zone. Leg and back day it's higher and chest and ham day it's a little lower but it's a good amount of time of my HR staying in the target zone. Now that it's warming up I'm going to be hitting the hiking trails again. The best cardio for fat loss is an activity that gets your HR to about 65 to 70% of max and you keep it there for a long period. When training for true cardiovascular strength, you would want to get your HR closer to the 80 to 85% mark and keep it there for 30 minutes. Fat loss is found at a slightly lower HR than cardio vascular training. So, that's why I wear my Polar HR monitor. This way, if I get my HR up too high, which I do on a lot of exercises, I wait until it back in the low end of the normal zone to go again. I have noticed this, the 25 minutes of cardio I do has made my bodies ability to recover much quicker. Before, I could do soem heavy squats and it would literally take me 4 minutes to get my HR back down. Now, I can do a heavy set and my Hr comes back down much quicker. Another example is the treadmill. When I would get up to a full sprint and go as long as I could it would take me 3-4 minutes to get my HR down, now, I can get up to the same sprint and not only keep it there longer but when I slow back down my HR comes down much quicker. I'm glad I started doing it because I feel much better. The hiking will really take the fat off because that will be low intensity for an hour or two straight, which is ideal for fat loss.