Thread: Calorie numbers on cardio days..

Intense cardio is just as fatiguing as weight traing.

also, the amount that you consume on rest days may be dependant on your specific goals.

I eat all the same meals on rest days that I eat on training days.

Originally Posted by P-funk

Intense cardio is just as fatiguing as weight traing.

Key word being Intense!

I figured it should be still around the same calories, but what about days that are not intense? (e.g. moderate intensity, 30 min jo/walk on treadmill)

Then I think about the time spent on HIIT compared to the time spent on weight lifting. Ill have a longer day in the gym when I weight lift vs. just do a HIIT cardio session..

Calorie expenditure comes into play now I suppose...

Then does HIIT training (lasts up to 30 min) have more, less, or equal calorie expenditure than a high intensity hour of weight lifting?

What are your goals?

I keep my diet the same everyday, just easier.

Originally Posted by AKIRA

Key word being Intense!

I figured it should be still around the same calories, but what about days that are not intense? (e.g. moderate intensity, 30 min jo/walk on treadmill)

Then I think about the time spent on HIIT compared to the time spent on weight lifting. Ill have a longer day in the gym when I weight lift vs. just do a HIIT cardio session..

Calorie expenditure comes into play now I suppose...

Then does HIIT training (lasts up to 30 min) have more, less, or equal calorie expenditure than a high intensity hour of weight lifting?

could depend on how much work you are doing during that 30min. Depends on how intense it is. How much mechanical work is taking place, caloric expenditure, etc....Then, it depends on what you are doing during the weight training....what type of exercises, rep ranges, sets, rest intervals, intensity, etc.

Basically, there is just to much to account for to be able to really guesstimate what is equal.

Just know that the weight training creates a high amount of tissue damage and depeletion of energy stores (glycogen) and the intense interval cardio stuff does the same thing.

Originally Posted by IainDaniel

What are your goals?

I keep my diet the same everyday, just easier.

I am cutting. My goal is to have a six pack for the first time of my life, relaxed. I dont know what BF % I will have to be at nor will I know how much weight I have to drop as this is the first serious cut Ive ever done.

I figure this would work as a baseline for future diets. So far so good, but I can tell energy is starting to deplete and its only a matter of time until some strength will go down.

217 to 209.5 in 3 weeks thus far.

be careful of dropping weight to fast.

also, don't be so quick to cut calories. you have to leave yourself somewherer to go in the coming weeks.

lower the volume of the intene lifting and try and hit it hard and then do some more metabolic work following the strength stuff.

Just popping in here to ask a quick question of my own

Is burning 400-500 calories per session for 3x a week (1200-1500 calories burned) enough to drop BF if i am eating 3000-3200 calories a day? Also, i am lifting 2x a week as well.