Really don't like cardio
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Most people that say "I hate cardio" generally mean "I hate steady state cardio" - that slow grind that seems to go on and on. Personally I love distance running, but it's just not for everyone.
But cardio doesn't have to be that. Cardio can be a game of basketball, or tennis, or soccer. It can be mountain climbing, or hiking. Kayaking, swimming, surfing. Skiing, snowboarding, ice skating. Skateboarding, cycling, rollerblading. Gymnastics, martial arts, dancing. Circuit training, crossfit. It can be anything that elevates your heart rate for an extended period of time.
And it has benefits far beyond weight loss (which it isn't even necessary for, just helpful). I suggest trying to find an activity that you do enjoy. Your heart will thank you.0 -
Do you walk 30 minutes a day? if so, thats cardio. you can lose weight by resistance training and doing weights, yes. in fact, its better for weightloss because it gives you definition and you burn more calories.
I definitely don't suggest eating under 1400 calories a day though.0 -
Most people that say "I hate cardio" generally mean "I hate steady state cardio" - that slow grind that seems to go on and on. Personally I love distance running, but it's just not for everyone.
But cardio doesn't have to be that. Cardio can be a game of basketball, or tennis, or soccer. It can be mountain climbing, or hiking. Kayaking, swimming, surfing. Skiing, snowboarding, ice skating. Skateboarding, cycling, rollerblading. Gymnastics, martial arts, dancing. Circuit training, crossfit. It can be anything that elevates your heart rate for an extended period of time.
And it has benefits far beyond weight loss (which it isn't even necessary for, just helpful). I suggest trying to find an activity that you do enjoy. Your heart will thank you.
Not me, unfortunately. About as close as I get to cardio is sets of 8 reps lol.
I get my heart rate up enough at work to suit me just fine. Personally, lifting heavy and controlling deficit through diet is my preferred way to go.0 -
Most people that say "I hate cardio" generally mean "I hate steady state cardio" - that slow grind that seems to go on and on. Personally I love distance running, but it's just not for everyon.
But cardio doesn't have to be that. Cardio can be a game of basketball, or tennis, or soccer. It can be mountain climbing, or hiking. Kayaking, swimming, surfing. Skiing, snowboarding, ice skating. Skateboarding, cycling, rollerblading. Gymnastics, martial arts, dancing. Circuit training, crossfit. It can be anything that elevates your heart rate for an extended period of time.
And it has benefits far beyond weight loss (which it isn't even necessary for, just helpful). I suggest trying to find an activity that you do enjoy. Your heart will thank you.
This.
"Cardio" is a boring activity by nature. No one "does cardio" for any length of time. Find an actual activity you enjoy and do that. It might be running, it might be skating, it might be playing frisbee with the dog.
Also keep in mind the benefits of exercise don't come solely from getting your heart rate up. The improvement in psychological condition from being active in a way that is enjoyable and fulfilling is enormous.0 -
I enjoy both cardio and weights. But not the kind of cardio that you get indoors. Go buy a f*cking bike, it'll change your life and your perspective of cardio.
That's easy to say, but for some of us biking isn't an option 365 days a year.
I don't know of a single place where biking isn't an option 365 days/year. If you think it gets too cold in the winter, you need to man up, get the right gear, and hit the snow!0 -
1) I really don't suggest only eating 1200 calories. 2) Don't like cardio? Don't do it. You can lose without it. 3) Do your BMR & TDEE calculations.... subtract 500cals from your TDEE (unless it goes below your BMR) and that's what you eat. 4) Lift for workout instead of cardio.... it will help burn more fat and tone you up as you go.
I lift 3x/week for only about 20min.... I go for a walk, play with my dogs, play the wii or whatever a few times a week to make sure my burn is where it should be (around 2000cals/day most of the time) and I'm losing. When I was spending 2hrs/day at the gym I wasn't.
Weightloss is 75% food. Although cardio is good for your heart, etc... I only use it to "gain" more calories to eat, when needed (like Christmas day for example... I'll probably go for a run to burn off the sweets). Look at marathoners... most of them are super skinny. I want to look like a lifter.... not a runnner. Good luck!0 -
I absolutely dislike doing cardio.
Define Cardio. fwiw after any CV work in the gym, standfast rowing, I'm ready to tear someones head off. It's tedious, so it's not surprising people dont like it. I run, cycle and swim.Would it be possible to lose weight significantly by eating 1200 a day and doing toning/strenght exercices?
Yes, the purpose of resistance training is to maintain, improve muscle capacity and structure. You needn't do any cardiovascular work at all, although it's complementary to everything else. Resistance work will improve secific strength and endurance, improving your heart health will keep you going much longer and drive more benefit from your other training.
fwiw I don't enjoy weight training, it's boring and fails to either stimulate me or give me the stress relieving benefits of a good run or ride. I do it because it reduces my risk of injury when running and rowing, but it's oriented towards that objective, so moderate weight and repetition. Get it over with as quickly as possible so that I can go and do something more interesting. sticking needles in my eyes, that kind of thing
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Okay, I'll be a contrarian in the room.
Learn to tolerate "cardio", however you define the word. Do not give up what you want MOST for what you want NOW (i.e., now you want to NOT DO cardio). It's a problem to limit the exercises you will do. Runners who don't like treadmills or cold weather have an excuse to gain weight in the Winter, but is it a good excuse?
I can't believe that very many people enjoy using an elliptical trainer and pedaling for an hour. I did an hour this morning on one and at least three times thought to myself, "Can't I reduce the time?" The answer was "Not if you want to ride a bicyling Century in March and not suck at it!" In a warped sort of way, it's a pleasureable feeling to get off the damn thing realizing I'd just spend a hour doing someting I dislike. I pushed through the boredom.
Yes, maybe there have been some suggested activites on this thread that you will enjoy. But my take is that you should also be willing to do what you don't like so that you can someday do the things that you do like. It's all a means to an end.0 -
You absolutely need cardio!!!!! Its good for your soul you just haven't found the right kind of exercise!!! Go take a class martial art styles gets the fustration of the day out! Or finishing a whole track in a step class without wiping out or having a coronary is such a high!!! Get outdoors and hike or snowshoe enjoy nature!!!! I loathe the treadmills and elipticals and running but have found other things that are a cardio workout that just make me feel so damn good0
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The improvement in psychological condition from being active in a way that is enjoyable and fulfilling is enormous.
Can not say it any better...0 -
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Good morning everyone. I absolutely dislike doing cardio. Would it be possible to lose weight significantly by eating 1200 a day and doing toning/strenght exercices? Is cardio more efficient for weight loss?
I dislike it too. I make sure I go for a long walk at least once a week, but that's pretty much the extent of my cardio.0 -
Yes, maybe there have been some suggested activites on this thread that you will enjoy. But my take is that you should also be willing to do what you don't like so that you can someday do the things that you do like. It's all a means to an end.
Truth is that if you don't enjoy it, you'll either stop doing it eventually or you'll learn to resent it.
Doing something you hate for hours a week is bad for your psyche and bad for your health.0 -
Wow, you burn 1000 cals an hour running? Hmmmmmmmm....In a nutshell yes, because in general you can sustain cardio exercise for longer. People can run marathons which can take 3,4,5,6, etc. hours. You arent going to do strength training for that long.
By running for an hour you can burn around 1,000 calories. Again you are unlikely to get anywhere near that from a strength training session.
Ok if I ran for an hour at a pace of 9 minutes per mile, then I would burn 850 according to MFP (it is always slightly more than that because MFP doesnt take into account elevation and other potential factors). I am 6 foot 1 in height and weigh around 12.5 stone. I run a lot so I can manage to go a bit quicker than that so for me it would be closer to 1,000. 9 minutes per mile is a reasonable pace for a good size percentage of people though.
You will most likely measure and weigh different to that so that will differ. Still, I was surprised by the amount I could burn from jogging when I started.
I would beg to differ that a 9 minute mile over 60 minutes is reasonable for "most people".
Apologies, I did edit my post to say a 'fair percentage of people'. I was just using the pace I started off at around 18 months ago. I was about 14.5 stone at the time and only went running casually prior to that. I started training for a race and so took note of my pace.
If you started out running an average of a 9 minute mile for 1 hour, that's impressive. Depending on what you mean by "starting out" I guess.
There is an annual 10-mile race fairly close to where I live. I got convinced into doing the one in October 2012 by some friends... well partially I convinced myself as I had been meaning to lose a couple of stone for a few years. So I did a month's worth of training. My first run was for about 6.5 miles which took me about an hour, give or take a 2 or 3 minutes, so around 9 minutes per mile. I finished the race in under 1 hr 25 mins so just under 8.5 minutes per mile.
So my assumption on it being achievable for a fair amount of people was based on my experience, as prior to that, I was a bit overweight and wasnt particularly healthy.
This is impressive. I've been running for two years and only reached the point where I could sustain a 9 minute pace for an hour in August.0 -
Yes, maybe there have been some suggested activites on this thread that you will enjoy. But my take is that you should also be willing to do what you don't like so that you can someday do the things that you do like. It's all a means to an end.
Truth is that if you don't enjoy it, you'll either stop doing it eventually or you'll learn to resent it.
Doing something you hate for hours a week is bad for your psyche and bad for your health.
I am actually having the very opposite effect, I didnt want to go walking now I do and it feels good. I even bumped up from walking to running, I hated at first but now my body is getting use to it and I am on the treadmill at least 6x a week.
I am feeling happier not sadder.0 -
Yes, maybe there have been some suggested activites on this thread that you will enjoy. But my take is that you should also be willing to do what you don't like so that you can someday do the things that you do like. It's all a means to an end.
Truth is that if you don't enjoy it, you'll either stop doing it eventually or you'll learn to resent it.
Doing something you hate for hours a week is bad for your psyche and bad for your health.
I am actually having the very opposite effect, I didnt want to go walking now I do and it feels good. I even bumped up from walking to running, I hated at first but now my body is getting use to it and I am on the treadmill at least 6x a week.
I am feeling happier not sadder.
But that puts you in the camp of 'doing something you enjoy'. Some people start running and find they love it. Those people should keep doing it.
Some people start running and hate it and never find a love for it. Those people should find something different.
The point is simply that there is no one thing for all people, and no one should feel they have to be a runner.0 -
Yes, maybe there have been some suggested activites on this thread that you will enjoy. But my take is that you should also be willing to do what you don't like so that you can someday do the things that you do like. It's all a means to an end.
Truth is that if you don't enjoy it, you'll either stop doing it eventually or you'll learn to resent it.
Doing something you hate for hours a week is bad for your psyche and bad for your health.
Duh. My point was, if your long term desire is to get fit and the options are doing some exercise that you hate or sitting on the couch eating handfuls of chips (and who doesn't love that?), suck it up and do the first. You might end up enjoying it, which is great, but in any case you'll be advancing towards your goal. Being obese is bad for your health. Doing something about it is usually all good.0 -
Cardio is about raising your heart rate. You can do weight training and raise your heart rate by doing circuit training, going quickly from one exercise to the next.
There are so many different ways to get cardio as well that people don't think about. Personally I hate machines or running, but love Zumba and Kickbox.
some other fun ways to get heart rate up
Hula Hoop
Jump Rope
Dancing
Walking places instead of driving
Body Pump classes usually are circuit training so cardio is involved.
I find most people who say they don't like something are thinking very narrow. Just make sure you get your heart rate up 2 times and week and you will be good.
I like this answer. Clear, sensible and to the point.
I also like the hula hoop idea. I have been thinking of other cardio exercises I could do and hula hoop could be a fun one to do. Although probably more fun at the beginning, for anyone watching me try.
I enjoy reading the MFP forum posts as they lead me in the direction I need to go. Thank you all!0 -
I can shed some light on this. I once was 350 lbs. I still did cardio (walking). But I was still massively obese. So cardio alone wasn't doing squat. I have also been as low as 140 lbs. At that point, I was running 35 miles per week. I was running a lot -- and everything I read said that running is the best way to burn a high amount of calories. Initially during weight loss, the running helped me burn calories. But it also left me very hungry. So it was a big circle jerk of run, eat, run to burn off what I ate, be hungry, etc. Cardio burned calories but also upped my hunger tremendously. I also got injured a lot -- stress fractures, strains -- from pushing my body too much. Now, in all these years, throughout all of my different weights, I have done cardio. You can't outrun what you eat. Period. But in the process, I discovered I rather enjoyed cardio. I liked brisk walking. I liked jogging. So I do it now for the stress reduction. For a sense of accomplishment and well being. I also do strength twice a week. I don't "kill it" on the treadmill like I used to (nor can I b/c I put on 35 lbs). I try to jog for 2 min/walk for 3 min for an hour. But I don't look at it like I used to, which was, "well, I can have this pan of brownies. I'll just run 8 miles tomorrow." Just not worth it. Everything in moderation.
In sum: You don't have to do cardio, but if you want to burn more calories, cardio helps. And it's good for you. Focus on your diet. It's probably something like 80% what you eat and 20% how you exercise. But don't torture yourself. Torture is not sustainable.0 -
In a nutshell yes, because in general you can sustain cardio exercise for longer. People can run marathons which can take 3,4,5,6, etc. hours. You arent going to do strength training for that long.
By running for an hour you can burn around 1,000 calories. Again you are unlikely to get anywhere near that from a strength training session.
Yah no...if you hate cardio you wont do it...and buring 1k calories in 1 hour...teehee...
to the OP my suggestion is if you really don't like cardio then find something you like...as for the 1200 calories a day no....you will lose weight but it will not just be fat...if you don't do some sort of resistence or strenght training you will lose muscle too...try some of these dvds that are circut training. They incorporate strenght and cardio and are short so makes it easier.
Barring that find something you love and do that....I too am not a big fan of cardio...ie running but I don't mind the circut training but prefer lifting weights...0 -
Good morning everyone. I absolutely dislike doing cardio. Would it be possible to lose weight significantly by eating 1200 a day and doing toning/strenght exercices? Is cardio more efficient for weight loss?
I lost over 50lbs with absolutely no exercise and I ate more than 1,200 calories. Weight loss is about calorie restricting (and that doesn't mean automatically going all the way down to 1,200 calories a day).0 -
then dont do any.
youd probably be happier with weights only results anyway - and after youve been doing it for like 6 months, you get to eat a lot more.0
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