Current Events > Cardio is the devil

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• Kills your gains

• Isn't very fun, not very effective for weight loss either

• Every 10 minutes of cardio you do, a pitbull that shouldn't have been born is born

Only 372 calories in 30 minutes on the elliptical doing HIIT, ugh

I love cardio

Sexypwnstar posted...

Only 372 calories in 30 minutes on the elliptical doing HIIT, ugh

That doesn't sound high intensity to me.

Sexypwnstar posted...

Only 372 calories in 30 minutes on the elliptical doing HIIT, ugh

That sounds pretty great to me. I use the default "weight loss" feature on my gym's elliptical, which is 33 minutes inclusive of cooldown. I set it on max incline and high resistance and can barely match your 30 minute output.

And I love making the plunge into more cardio once I hit my 30s (after neglecting it in my teens and 20s). Yeah I'm leaner now, but I feel better and I rarely tire doing regular physical activity. It's a boon to my confidence when I'm out hiking with friends and am just enjoying the atmosphere while they're gulping down air. A couple weeks ago, a friend and I saw a man pushing his broken down car on the road and stopped to help. By the time we pushed it a few minutes to his home, the man and my friend were fucken spent and I wasn't even breathing hard. At that moment, my cardio made me feel way tougher and physically capable than an extra 50 lbs on the bench would have.

So keep at it!

Run faster and longer, listen to an audiobook so you're not bored.

Cardio hasn't killed my gainz. Though I admit if I didn't have a heart issue I probably wouldn't do it and I'd just go all weights.

I just fucking hate cardio days because I'm an absolute drenched sweaty mess after it's over and I feel like I wanna die.

Though then I shower and rest a bit and I feel amazing so Iunno

Its great for CARDIOvascular health though.

Ellipticals are garbage

Were_Wyrm posted...

Ellipticals are garbage

Not interested in joint and knee pain when I'm older, and hopefully no arthritis

cardio is boring as fuck but elliptical is basically pointless unless you're old or have bad joints, right?

Gotta make it fun brah try martial arts youll be doing things without realizing it.

I first aggravated my sciatic nerve running on a treadmill, so it's been elliptical/hiking for me ever since.

SauI_Goodman posted...

Gotta make it fun brah try martial arts youll be doing things without realizing it.

That's how I feel about lifting. You got to do some martial arts to make it interesting. When run on the other hand, I pretty much enter my head.

Sexypwnstar posted...

Not interested in joint and knee pain when I'm older, and hopefully no arthritis

Try a bike. Ellipticals are pointless.

372 kcal in 30 mins is like 10 METs, that's pretty good. You're not exactly gonna be able to maintain 20 for that long. Weight wise, you'd burn an extra 10 kcal per pound of muscle, so you'd need to gain like 8 pounds of muscle to increase your metabolism to match the effect of 1 hour's cardio per week. It's pretty effective for weight loss.

There's plenty ways to make cardio more fun. The gains killing thing is a myth. Running strengthens the knees and actually prevents arthritis. Keeps you in shape for running from all the pitbulls too.

JuanCarlos1 posted...

Its great for CARDIOvascular health though.

Underrated

I've had the most success losing weight in my life with cardio. Of course, I've never been super overweight or anything, but doing cardio really helps you get in shape.

I tend to do 40 min Elliptical cardio (35 min + 5min cooldown), then do a few weight machines including abs, and then finish my workout with HIIT running on the treadmill for 30 minutes.

I usually feel great after, so satisfied. I wish I had put the time into getting into shape with cardio in my 20s that I ended up doing in my 30s. I used to have knee and feet pain when I rain, low confidence, etc. I feel like just going nuts on cardio would have really made a difference

Find cardio that's fun.
For me it's basketball.

i agree with the tt
cardio is the worst

Just did another 20 minute HIIT workout after arm day today

It was like 250-260 calories I forget