It depends on your goals. If you're a powerlifter, then you need merely maintain an acceptable level of cardioresperatory conditioning that allows you to perform whatever activities you must during the rest of your life without become excessively fatigued. If you're a marathon runner, then you can do cardio every day. I wouldn't be running 12 miles every day or anything, but your body can tolerate quite a lot of cardio.
Posted by: P-funk
got goals?
strength- don't do cardio. get you heart rate up when you do your assistance lifts or hypertrophy work.
BBing- some cardio. esp. when diet time comes around.
marathon- cardio bunny....get the fuck on the treadmill
Posted by: WantItBad
Goals? Maintain LBM lose the fat you knonw what everyone else says ......my diet is on check.....well as good as i will get.....
Posted by: WantItBad
oh and p-funk....since i know you will appricate this i hang cleaned 275 for the the first time.....previous one rep was 260....havent gone for a one rep in 3 months
Posted by: CowPimp
You don't need to do any form of cardio in order to achieve that goal. However, something like 2-3 days per week is probably fine if you just want to speed up the process a little bit. I highly suggest looking into sprinting or interval training. I love these 2 forms of cardio, but I still do solid state a little bit as well.
Posted by: WantItBad
ok so realistically (uh spelling) im 220 wanna get to around 195 how long do you think to get there lifting 5 days a week single body parts minus Bis and tris on the same day with 3 days of cardio with cal intake between 2900 and 3400 very low fat, high in protien and complex carbs...will most of this have to do with gentics?
Posted by: Mudge
The weight loss itself will depend how deeply in caloric deficit you are.
Posted by: P-funk
Originally Posted by WantItBad
oh and p-funk....since i know you will appricate this i hang cleaned 275 for the the first time.....previous one rep was 260....havent gone for a one rep in 3 months
great!
Don't worry about the weight loss. Just worry about muscle preservation. The best way to gauge progress (IMO) is to measure yourself once a week, at the same time of day in a fasted state (ie, sunday morning, upon waking, before breakfast every week). If you are losing fat but keeping muscle the scale wont go down but your waist line and such will. Remeber, muscle is denser. Focus on fat loss, not weight loss.
Originally Posted by WantItBad
