Cardio yes or no if your goal is to build mass.

[LivingtoLearn]

Hey guys just wondering......... How much cardio per week if you are looking to build mass and are a "hardgainer?"

Im lean 9 % bodyfat.

[skinnyguy180]

what did you or your doc use to measure your bf?

[exerciseordie]

Yes. For health reasons at least some cardio is important

[raysd21]

Hey guys just wondering......... How much cardio per week if you are looking to build mass and are a "hardgainer?"

Im lean 9 % bodyfat.

Negged.

[rambo99]

9% BF and doesnt know when to do cardio?

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[OldSkool]

Yes. For health reasons at least some cardio is important

What reasons?

[exerciseordie]

What reasons?

Well cardiovascular health is important in my opinion at least

[OldSkool]

Well cardiovascular health is important in my opinion at least

Weighlifting does that.
How do you feel after 4 sets of 10 rep deads

[exerciseordie]

Weighlifting does that.
How do you feel after 4 sets of 10 rep deads

Not the same after going for a hour long hike. I like hiking though so it is fun not work

[gyro1635]

cardio in my experience will actually help u to build muscle, as doing cardio will usually(at least in my experience) give me more energy in the gym and i just feel better overall throughout the day not just in the gym...and iv heard it can also aid in the recovery process becus it increases your blood flow or at least increases the rate at which blood will flow into your muscles, but i can neither confirm or deny that, just speculation on my part....As long as ur eating enough, cardio can only aid in the muscle building process

[SFW]

Hey guys just wondering......... How much cardio per week if you are looking to build mass and are a "hardgainer?"

Im lean 9 % bodyfat.

Why even bother burning excess cals if you are a self proclaimed hard gainer? Seems counterproductive to your goals, right? Cardio is only for fatties and homosexuals.

Intense resistance training will raise your heart rate and burn more cals than some faggy stair-stepper will.

[rambo99]

Crack cocaine will get you pretty shredded....

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[LivingtoLearn]

Why even bother burning excess cals if you are a self proclaimed hard gainer? Seems counterproductive to your goals, right? Cardio is only for fatties and homosexuals.

Intense resistance training will raise your heart rate and burn more cals than some faggy stair-stepper will.

Yes that's what I thought. I can feel my heart rate skyrocket when I am lifting so no real need to do excess cardio after lifting weights. Cardio is all about cardiovascular exercises, getting your heart rate higher for a long period of time so you burn fat when doing exercise. If your heart rate has increased you are burning fat. No matter if you are lifting or on the treadmill. Weight lifting burns calories and fat on its own. I lift 90-120 minutes when I am in the gym. I think that will get the job done keeping my heart healthy enough.

[skinnyguy180]

Yes that's what I thought. I can feel my heart rate skyrocket when I am lifting so no real need to do excess cardio after lifting weights. Cardio is all about cardiovascular exercises, getting your heart rate higher for a long period of time so you burn fat when doing exercise. If your heart rate has increased you are burning fat. No matter if you are lifting or on the treadmill. Weight lifting burns calories and fat on its own. I lift 90-120 minutes when I am in the gym. I think that will get the job done keeping my heart healthy enough.

Weight lifting is not cardio.... If all you care about is your body fat and not how you function in everyday life that's fine. but if you want to be able to do anything athletic like flag football with your buddies, ultimate frisbee on the beach, basket ball, hiking, mt bike riding hunting at high elevation, basically any sport you will find out real quick you are not doing cardio by lifting weights.... go riding with me and I could have you throwing up in the first couple miles..... hell even sex is better when you cardio is up.

[dieseljimmy]

Regular cardio makes me hungry. And helps me get more cals in. Especially when done first thing in the am. Seems to wake up my digestive track a few hours earlier then it naturally would