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Would you classify running as just cardio?

Ameengyrl
Ameengyrl Posts: 127 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
It's a full body workout (kinda) but in your opinion does running help maintain some lean muscle mass in the process of losing?

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  • notnikkisixx
    notnikkisixx Posts: 375 Member
    It's a workout for sure, but you still need to be doing some sort of strength exercise to retain those muscles. My friend's husband is a professional long-distance runner (seriously, that's his whole job) and part of his crazy training involves weight lifting to keep those muscles in check.
  • Iron_Feline
    Iron_Feline Posts: 10,750 Member
    Yes- it is just cardio. And no, it's not a full body workout. It might help maintain your lean mass if you were doing sprints etc, but I wouldn't guarantee it.

    If you want to maintain your lean mass do some strength training with either body weight or with weights.
  • cityruss
    cityruss Posts: 2,493 Member
    It's a cardiovascular exercise.

    Although maybe if you strap two 30kg dumbbells to your ankles you could combine leg day.
  • Robertus
    Robertus Posts: 558 Member
    Ameengyrl wrote: »
    It's a full body workout (kinda) but in your opinion does running help maintain some lean muscle mass in the process of losing?
    Sure. Every aerobic cardio work-out is maintaining and can even build some muscles. Aerobic vs anaerobic is a more accurate or well-defined classification.
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