how much cardio is to much?

[edubz]

I am 27 year old male, 180, 5'10

I work out 5 days a week

mon = chest + tri's

tuse = abbs + 1 hour cardio

wend = bi's and back

thurs = legs + 1 hour cardio @ target heart rate

friday = shoulders


now, over all alot of people tell me im looking good, not ripped, but a little cut, and the diet I am following has good results.

anyways, I want to be a tad more ripped, but I am scared if I do more cardio, I will lose muscle. I was thinking of doing about 30 minutes cardio after I work out on mon, wend, fri, but will these be enough, and do I risk losing muscle?

 

[BigDyl]

Do HIIT cardio.

 

[squanto]

try to avoid doing cardio directly after a workout if you're worried about losing muscle mass. it's ok if you're keeping your workouts close to about an hour long, but you're better off doing it on your off days. other than that, you're really not doing all that much cardio so i think you'd be fine adding a little more in there.

 

[jasonwilks]

read this cool cardio article for some good info...

http://www.rippednaturally.com/bodybuilding_cardiovascular_exercise_lose_fat_from_metabolism.html

 

[viet_jon]

read this cool cardio article for some good info...

http://www.rippednaturally.com/bodybuilding_cardiovascular_exercise_lose_fat_from_metabolism.html

sick link.......damn helpful....thnkx dude!

 

[assassin]

do legs with shoulders and put the cardio in that empty day instead don't do cardio in the same day

 

[assassin]

1 hour cardio is to much do 30-40 minutes maximum and if u wanna do 1 hour cardio split it to two half an hour sessions and do them on two seperate days .......

 

[CowPimp]

Don't do an hour of cardio the day you work your legs. That's not the best idea. The day after would make more sense.

I would try to avoid lifting 3 days in a row. It would be much more beneficial recovery wise to lift no more than 2 days in a row. If you really want to keep your weekends open then shift your leg workout to Friday and move you shoulder exercises to another day.

I usually don't recommend doing more than 25-30 minutes of cardio at a time. Really, you should focus more on your diet and less on cardio. A couple days each week of cardio should be plenty.

You may also consider some HIIT cardio or sprinting if you stall out with a proper diet.

 

[mike456]

once I saw your split I wanted to see if your shoulders are in good proprtion with your body, too bad I cant see them with that picture... I wonder why

The reason I say this is they are being worked 3 times a week and this odes not give them enough time to rest(shoulders get hit in chest and back exercises also)

do a push/legs/pull split or upper/lower twice a week, and do high intensity- short duration cardio(sprints) 2-3 days a week on your off days, to cut the fat and not lose too much muscle, also diet is key, you should do a clean bulk

but I dont know why you even want to lose fat, your body looks good like that

 

[assassin]

read this cool cardio article for some good info...

http://www.rippednaturally.com/bodybuilding_cardiovascular_exercise_lose_fat_from_metabolism.html

thnx for this useful link

 

[mike456]

I find it funny that the sites name is ripped naturally, and then at the top they got pics of Ronnie

 

[assassin]

I find it funny that the sites name is ripped naturally, and then at the top they got pics of Ronnie

and what's with that


lol

 

[mike456]

I just read some stuff on that side and read alot of stuff that is fucking stupid.
check out this routine they have posted,
Day1 - Chest & Triceps - 2-3 sets of bench press, 1-2 set of incline bench press, 1-2 sets of skull crushers, Ab crunches.

Day2 - REST

Day3 - Back & Biceps - 2-3 sets of chin-ups (or pull-ups), 1-2 sets of bicep curls.

Day4 - REST

Day5 - Shoulders & Traps - 2-3 sets of shoulder press, 1-2 sets of lateral raises, 1 set of rear delt raises, 2 sets of shoulder shrugs. Ab crunches.

Day6 - REST

Day7 - Legs & calves - 3 sets of deadlift or 3 sets of squats and 2 sets of calve raises. (note: some people alternate every other week with deadlifts one week then squats the next, calves should be done 1-2 times per week though)


also check this out:
To get rid of the fat covering your Abs, there are 3 essential elements that are involved:


CARDIO


DIET


RESISTANCE TRAINING

also it says to get definition do high reps of 10+ reps

If I were you I would not believe anything on that site...

 

[assassin]

totally crap .... but the cardio article is ok ...except the part of doing only 10-15 minutes ...... i beleive if u do 10-15 minutes u should be warmed up a lot before it or if you are doing it after your weight training..........i believe that cardio to be effective it must be at least 20 minutes