when cutting, is it ok to do 5 times a week cardio? if not, u not? thanx
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im about 12% ,i weigh 202, i wanna be 7% in 5 weeks.
i was 24% 2 months ago.
i do excercise bike, about 80% heart rate
i was 24% 2 months ago.
i do excercise bike, about 80% heart rate
i lost 12% of fat in 2 months,not 1. i wish. under which circumstances it would be ok to do 5 times a week cardio?
isnt it too much cardio,6 times a week?
a trainer told me to boost my 3 times a week cardio to 5, and use fat burners.
what the difference between 3 times a week and 6 times a week?
how do i pick how many times a week?
how do i pick how many times a week?
if i go from 3 times a week to 5, will i lose more muscle, how does it work?
explain please?
not necessarily. since you increased the cardio is it working?
you could just end up losing more muscle by increasing cardio. have you tried HIIT rather than your "fast walking"?
Understanding Cardio???s Effect on Fat Metabolism
by Paul Delia
Founder and President, AST Sports Science
Energy expenditure during cardio is very misunderstood. What is even more misunderstood is energy expenditure after cardio as a result of the cardio. When doing cardio, the primary energy source your body uses is glycogen. Your body uses very little, if any, fat stores for energy during cardio. Even if you haven't eaten food for several hours your body still uses glycogen as its primary energy source. You must let go of the wrong assumption that you are actually burning fat while you are doing cardio. You are not!
The benefit you get from cardio, from a fat burning standpoint (there are many other health benefits), is its effect on your resting metabolic rate. Your resting metabolic rate is the amount of energy your body expends when you are not exerting yourself, at rest. Cardio training, and especially Max-OT Cardio, has a dramatic elevating effect on your body's resting metabolic rate.
When you increase your resting metabolic rate, you increase your body's overall fat burning capabilities - you make your body much more efficient at burning body fat. Max-OT Cardio will make your body a 24-hour a day fat burning furnace. The problem with conventional, long duration, low intensity cardio is that it has minimum impact on increasing your resting metabolic rate. However, long duration, low intensity cardio will deplete glycogen stores. When this happens, you will start primarily utilizing lean muscle for your energy needs. Long duration cardio will break down muscle tissue.
A good real-world example of the difference in effect of Max-OT Cardio and long duration cardio has on athlete???s physiques is to look at sprinters and long distance runners. Sprinters are very lean and extremely muscular. Long distance runners are lanky, frail, with little muscle yet possess higher body fat levels than the sprinters.
Sprinters train in a manner that is very similar to the Max-OT Cardio principles ??? short burst of maximum intensity - whereas long distance runners train more inline with the conventional cardio approach - low intensity for longer periods of time. What type of physique would you rather have?
k i read it. I do 35 min of cardio 3x week in the a.m and 45min 3 times a week in p.m. When i am "resting" or not training i am hungry all the time. Once i eat a meal i am hungry for the next. This is the one thing that i have noticed different from last comp. preps. My metabolism seems to be runnning alot faster. Hence always hungry. Am i on the right page here?
by doing hiit, u lose less muscle? if so ,can it be done every day?
Well, as I said in the PM, I do not know much about you, your body, training, diet, history, etc.
If what you're doing seems to be working, stick with it, maybe after this contest you can try doing HIIT cardio and see if it works better for you.
As far as your comment about all competitors doing the same thing, well I doubt that ALL do the same thing, and just cause someone is a pro does not mean their "experts". Lastly what works for me might not work for you and vice versa.
i have 4 weeks to lose 8 lbs. I know that i from previous contests have dropped the last 4 lbs during the last week once i cut my salt out. If i continue to drop 4 lbs in 4 weeks i think i will be good. I dont want to lose my shape though, cause they like my woman curves. I competed at 126 last year 12% and 130 this march 12% but i want to get to 10-11% this comp.
