Strength Versus Cardio

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  • LolBroScience
    LolBroScience Posts: 4,537 Member
    When people say they don't do cardio what they mean is they don't elliptical for 90 minutes watching the wall, the TV, or the girl in yoga pants on the treadmill in front of them. There is no possible way someone takes such good care of themselves, watches every gram of food that goes in their body, and ignores their heart/lungs. Period.

    I do no cardio. I track all my food to the gram. I have great health markers.
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    When people say they don't do cardio what they mean is they don't elliptical for 90 minutes watching the wall, the TV, or the girl in yoga pants on the treadmill in front of them. There is no possible way someone takes such good care of themselves, watches every gram of food that goes in their body, and ignores their heart/lungs. Period.

    I do no cardio. I track all my food to the gram. I have great health markers.

    No cardio at all? No sports, no cardio warmup before weights, no walking, biking, swimming, shooting hoops, etc. All you ever do is lift weights and either sit, lie or walk slowly?
  • LolBroScience
    LolBroScience Posts: 4,537 Member
    When people say they don't do cardio what they mean is they don't elliptical for 90 minutes watching the wall, the TV, or the girl in yoga pants on the treadmill in front of them. There is no possible way someone takes such good care of themselves, watches every gram of food that goes in their body, and ignores their heart/lungs. Period.

    I do no cardio. I track all my food to the gram. I have great health markers.

    No cardio at all? No sports, no cardio warmup before weights, no walking, biking, swimming, shooting hoops, etc. All you ever do is lift weights and either sit, lie or walk slowly?

    Nope. Other than walking from the train station to the office, which I don't consider cardio. Since it's about a mile and part of my daily routine.
  • Beeps2011
    Beeps2011 Posts: 12,213 Member
    If I gain enough muscle and become toned (like my profile picture), is it ABSOLUTELY necessary for me to do cardio, or can I just strength train and lift weights to maintain that physique? I mean, let's say I strength train and stuff 5 days a week and throw in a walk or two or maybe bike and swim occasionally (like when it gets warmer)... Would that be enough?


    Yes.
  • MeanderingMammal
    MeanderingMammal Posts: 7,866 Member
    For me biking outside is done for fun...it is cardio and it is exercise but will never be as boring as being on a bike inside...

    But it is a CV exercise. I'm the same, I don't run for the purposes of doing CV, I run because I enjoy it, it's psychologically therapeutic, and it gets me outdoors. Similarly I cycle for long distances, either on road or offroad, because I enjoy it.

    The only machine that I'll willingly use indoors is my WaterRower

    That said weight training bores me to tears, probably one of the most tedious exercises around with all the faffing around with plates, and hanging around between sets. I do resistance training because I have to, in order to reduce the chances of injury when I'm running.

    Each to their own though
    If that makes any sense.

    It's semantic wrangling, and when it's used in response to someone who clearly doesn't appreciate the effects and benefits of different types of training it doesn't really help their understanding.

    Too often the response is "don't do cardio, do something that has a cardio effect but we don't like calling cardio because Cardio is a BAD THING(tm)"

    Cardio is something that benefits the heart, do it how you will, and call it what you want. But do some.

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