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Quitting "cardio"
cjipping
Posts: 95 Member
My husband has jumped on primal eating with me and it's been great. He's lost 12 pounds in about 2 months and he's doing awesome, but he WILL NOT give up his "i have to do endless hours of cardio or ill get fat again" philosophy. About 5 years ago he weight 310 pounds and got down to 185 (skin and bones, no muscle tone) by VERY restrictive calorie counting and running 6 days/week and lifting 3x/week.
He is back up to 225 now (wants to get down to 200) and loves primal eating but can't quit his cardio addiction. He spends HOURS at the gym on the treadmill/ ARC machine, and every day after work has to get his 40 min run in. Its really like a phobia for him.
He's seen the results I've had with the primal eating/exercise philosophy but just doesn't believe it will work for him because it's not how he lost all his weight to begin with.
How do I help my husband quit endless cardio?!?!?
He is back up to 225 now (wants to get down to 200) and loves primal eating but can't quit his cardio addiction. He spends HOURS at the gym on the treadmill/ ARC machine, and every day after work has to get his 40 min run in. Its really like a phobia for him.
He's seen the results I've had with the primal eating/exercise philosophy but just doesn't believe it will work for him because it's not how he lost all his weight to begin with.
How do I help my husband quit endless cardio?!?!?
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challenge him to join you for a HEAVY lifting day? heavy days can be better with a partner - good couple time - built in spotter.
If he gets some solid resistance training as a substitute he might start to feel stronger and see the correlation?
For me I had to admit that countless hours of cardio really burns glucose best - and since I keep that low, I'm not trying to get rid of it.0 -
How do I help my husband quit endless cardio?!?!?
Ask him to move it into the boudoir? *ducks*0
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