Thread: how much cardio do you do

I moved this here since it is better suited under training.

I used to think that doing shitloads of cardio was the answer for a cut....Im now following some very smart people's advice and have started to cut but have added no cardio yet, only 10 mins w/u every w/o. Only tweaking my diet has done wonders as I worked hard enough to bulk N' hope to retain as much muscle as possible. I plan to incorporate HIIT 2-3 X /week at first when my fat loss plateaus.

I used to do HIIT 5 times/week during a cut and never had the results Im seeing now! Go figure!

crazy...do you maintain a journal here? I would be interested in following it.

right now I am doing the min. for my pre contest prep. I'm doing 30 in the am, sometimes adding in 20 to the pm.

20 to 25 mins first thing in the morning, 3 days a week.

I am doing a minimum of 30 minutes cardio daily. Depending on how tired I am...sometimes I do 45-60 minutes - especially on training off days.

i've been running 3-4 miles 5 times a week. in the am.

so far once a week just 10 min (10 sprints.)

an hour split into two 30min. sessions, seven days a week.

contest is less than two weeks away!

I'd also be interested to see what 'diet tweaking' you did, crazy. I'm also trying to cut without losing those oh-so-important gains.

cardio seems to be the new thing for me, I've done in before, but never really in moderation (I ended up losing my gains).

Right now, what I'm trying is cardio afterowrkouts for about 10-15 minutes, 3-4 times a week.

none. my metabolism is so high I don't have to, and thank god for that because I hate running.

Originally Posted by Squaggleboggin

I'd also be interested to see what 'diet tweaking' you did, crazy. I'm also trying to cut without losing those oh-so-important gains.

well, My cals were fairly high 3500-4k (high for me) and I was having carbs throught the day...Ive made very minor changes, of course lowering cals slowly, very gradually, keeping carbs high in the AM (especially pre and post w/o) but very low in the PM and non existant at nite, added fiber to my last protein/fat meal to slow down digestion even more...I used to eat a lot more yogurt and fruit also...Ive also reduced my dairy intake. Simple things really!

10-15 min after w/o in the a.m., 45-75 min. in the p.m. (intervals), 5x's/week