Feeling stupid for neglecting cardio...

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  • Csmcnevin
    Csmcnevin Posts: 29 Member

    Yah, but he's a 22 year old testosterone fueled machine. Females don't quite work the same way...and men 40+.

    Those last stubborn 10lbs can be lost quicker using both weights and cardio.

    I'm glad you said it :) I've been overweight my whole childhood / teenage life. I'm just not built like that... inspiring all the same
  • Warchortle
    Warchortle Posts: 2,197 Member
    Cardio is for burning fat, strength is for tightening and building muscle. Since I'm trying to lose fat and keep what muscle I have, I do both, but if your BF is where you want it, maybe don't focus so much on the scale. I'm working on the last ten pounds myself until I reach my first goal, but these last pounds are proving to be much more stubborn!
    ................... Uhh.........
  • michellekicks
    michellekicks Posts: 3,624 Member
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    Okay, then this one ^^.

    3 x 30 minutes HIIT weekly. But again, cutting fat is about diet.

    "Simone Sinclair demonstrating what science, patience, and hard work can do. Competing and health are NOT mutually exclusive. She didn't starve and do endless cardio (only 3 short hiit sessions per week). She's squats and deadlifts heavy. No water depletion, no cutting sodium, no diuretics." - Layne Norton
  • fitandfortyish
    fitandfortyish Posts: 194 Member
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    Okay, then this one ^^.

    3 x 30 minutes HIIT weekly. But again, cutting fat is about diet.

    "Simone Sinclair demonstrating what science, patience, and hard work can do. Competing and health are NOT mutually exclusive. She didn't starve and do endless cardio (only 3 short hiit sessions per week). She's squats and deadlifts heavy. No water depletion, no cutting sodium, no diuretics." - Layne Norton

    Exactly. With cardio. 30 minutes HIIT is awesome--and in some cases necessary to burn the fat. No one said endless cardio is the answer--clearly 3x30 mins can get you where you are going.
  • OkamiLavande
    OkamiLavande Posts: 336 Member
    Neglecting cardio isn't a bad thing. Some people prefer cardio to strength training and vice versa. You don't need exercise to lose weight, but in my opinion it has too many benefits to your overall health to pass up.

    I personally love cardio because it allows me to be able to do endurance related things without feeling like a winded person. Like taking groceries upstairs to my apartment. It used to knock the crap out of me because of the heavy bags and repeated trips, but now I can run up and down the stairs like it's nothing.

    Cardio is good for your heart and equally as good on endurance. It builds up respiration wonderfully and thanks to my elliptical I can now run short distances which I've never been able to do before. It's all personal choice in the end.
  • adorable_aly
    adorable_aly Posts: 398 Member
    I think cardio is important for your general fitness. I don't see the point in looking fit (I.e lower bf) if I'm truly not fit, and by this I mean, be able to run, walk, hike, lift heavy stuff, have good balance etc. all of those things are important, and therefore cardio is a necessity for me for general fitness. It may not be for you, it truly depends on your goal.

    Also cardio means you can eat a little more/ create a larger deficit.
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  • Lyadeia
    Lyadeia Posts: 4,603 Member
    I'm a "do both" kind of person.

    Both are important for different reasons. My cardio makes my lifts better. My lifts make my cardio easier. It all makes me healthier. It all makes me faster, more agile, more flexible, and greatly affected my labs at the doctor for the better along with consistent healthy eating.

    Why must people think they should choose between the 2 when a balanced program covers both?
  • megsmom2
    megsmom2 Posts: 2,362 Member
    Cardio is for health. It doesn't "burn fat". Burns off a few calories, sure, but you could make that up in eating less. What cardio does is strengthen your heart, your lungs, your whole body. I don't plan to be a skinny corpse any sooner than I have to...so I do my cardio and have come to enjoy it.
  • KnM0107
    KnM0107 Posts: 355 Member
    Do you need cardio to lose weight? No. With little to lose focusing on diet becomes more important. Exercise is up to you and your goals.

    I do more cardio than strength training because I love cycling (road and mnt biking) and when I am training hard there is a lot of focus on cardio. I also lift at least 2x a week (my least favorite days), and fit in some yoga here and there.
  • SLLRunner
    SLLRunner Posts: 12,942 Member
    I run 4 to 6 miles 2-3 days a week, and 3 days of the week I do heavy weight lifting, but only because I love both so much.
  • Phaedra2014
    Phaedra2014 Posts: 1,254 Member
    You burn a lot more fat with a good strength training program than endless amounts of cardio.

    Eat well to fit your daily carb/protein/fat intake, strength train, throw in a bit of cardio for heart health and lift weights.
  • RUNNING_AMOK_1958
    RUNNING_AMOK_1958 Posts: 268 Member
    Those who do no cardio and focus only on weight loss without strengthening their cardiovascular systems are foolish indeed.
    Those who thing strength training doesn't have just as much cardiovascular benefit as running on a treadmill or stationary bike or whatever are foo........I won't even finish the word because it's always easier to make personal attacks when in the end you won't have evidence to back up you claims, like the one you made above.

    That's why I do both.

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