Cardio is the devil
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It's good for your health and will help you lose, but it isn't necessary to lose weight.
It's so funny how everyone is different. I'd rather go to the dentist than lift weights for 45 minutes, but it love to swim and dance and walk (when it's not too hot to walk) and then there are people like you who like the weights and hate to exercise.
I wish I could give you some of my love for cardio and you could give me some for weights!
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ScubaSteve1962 wrote: »ScubaSteve1962 wrote: »
I did 5 minutes of jumping jacks ( which was torcher for me ) then I ran on the treadmill for 10 minutes 2 of those ten I jogged .
While I didn't hate cardio, it wasn't my favorite thing. But when I started using a HRM seeing that the work I thought I was doing wasn't really getting my heart going, made me have to step it up a bit, now doing 60 mins at 80 to 90% is a breeze, can do 30 mins above 90% then go work a 12 hr shift. I see people come and do quick cardio to warm up, if I did that after about 10 mins my heart would be back to resting rate.
I only recently got a HR monitor and last night was my first speed interval running session on the treadmill. Seeing my HR go up and down with effort was fun and I found I'd been previously resting too long between intervals. I had been running for 1min, brisk walking for 2min but last night as soon as my HR got back down to 70% I started running again, whether it took only 30s or over 2 mins (which it was towards the end) to get there.0 -
Pass the love for cardio lol I need itIt's good for your health and will help you lose, but it isn't necessary to lose weight.
It's so funny how everyone is different. I'd rather go to the dentist than lift weights for 45 minutes, but it love to swim and dance and walk (when it's not too hot to walk) and then there are people like you who like the weights and hate to exercise.
I wish I could give you some of my love for cardio and you could give me some for weights!
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ScubaSteve1962 wrote: »
I did 5 minutes of jumping jacks ( which was torcher for me ) then I ran on the treadmill for 10 minutes 2 of those ten I jogged .
Why?
Idk just because lol0 -
I hate running periodScubaSteve1962 wrote: »
I did 5 minutes of jumping jacks ( which was torcher for me ) then I ran on the treadmill for 10 minutes 2 of those ten I jogged .
Ugh, that sounds awful. No wonder you hate cardio.
I work with heart failure patients, so I'm gonna side with the "do cardio" crowd- you know how hard it is to get a new heart if you're not Dick Cheney??
I run, bike, swim, hike, and always walk instead of driving in town. Seems to do the trick.
Here's a picture from one of my tortuous cardio workouts:
Lemme, tell ya, that run with my mom was one of the greatest hours in recent memory.
Do what you love- or at least tolerate- and take care of your heart. Also, buy headphones and quit with the jumping jacks.
, I don't like swimming and Hiking I'll probably try . Ok I'll quit these awful jumping jacks .0 -
Hop on a bike then? Indoors or outside. Pedal like your life depends on it. Have fun!0
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unrelentingminx wrote: »I do cardio because I'd rather sweat it out a few times per week on the treadmill (in addition to strength training) and have a good looking body and a healthy heart and lungs than just look good and still keel over at 60.
You know that doesn't actually happen to anyone, right? Hyperbolic, much?0 -
I hate running periodScubaSteve1962 wrote: »
I did 5 minutes of jumping jacks ( which was torcher for me ) then I ran on the treadmill for 10 minutes 2 of those ten I jogged .
Ugh, that sounds awful. No wonder you hate cardio.
I work with heart failure patients, so I'm gonna side with the "do cardio" crowd- you know how hard it is to get a new heart if you're not Dick Cheney??
I run, bike, swim, hike, and always walk instead of driving in town. Seems to do the trick.
Here's a picture from one of my tortuous cardio workouts:
Lemme, tell ya, that run with my mom was one of the greatest hours in recent memory.
Do what you love- or at least tolerate- and take care of your heart. Also, buy headphones and quit with the jumping jacks.
, I don't like swimming and Hiking I'll probably try . Ok I'll quit these awful jumping jacks .
Have you tried the other cardio equipment, I'm an elliptical person, I do it 5 days a week for 60 mins, hate the days I don't.
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HardcoreP0rk wrote: »unrelentingminx wrote: »I do cardio because I'd rather sweat it out a few times per week on the treadmill (in addition to strength training) and have a good looking body and a healthy heart and lungs than just look good and still keel over at 60.
You know that doesn't actually happen to anyone, right? Hyperbolic, much?
Which bit? Have a good body and a healthy heart? Or keel over at 60? Because if the latter, I'm pretty sure that in the history of mankind, it's not unheard of for seemingly healthy people to suffer a sudden stroke or heart attack.0 -
Everyone hates cardio. I rather enjoy it.0
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unrelentingminx wrote: »HardcoreP0rk wrote: »unrelentingminx wrote: »I do cardio because I'd rather sweat it out a few times per week on the treadmill (in addition to strength training) and have a good looking body and a healthy heart and lungs than just look good and still keel over at 60.
You know that doesn't actually happen to anyone, right? Hyperbolic, much?
Which bit? Have a good body and a healthy heart? Or keel over at 60? Because if the latter, I'm pretty sure that in the history of mankind, it's not unheard of for seemingly healthy people to suffer a sudden stroke or heart attack.
No this never happens, to football players, basketball players, or any other super athlete.
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Here to show some love for cardio....ya know, with my healthy heart.
Hugging all the cardio.0 -
unrelentingminx wrote: »HardcoreP0rk wrote: »unrelentingminx wrote: »I do cardio because I'd rather sweat it out a few times per week on the treadmill (in addition to strength training) and have a good looking body and a healthy heart and lungs than just look good and still keel over at 60.
You know that doesn't actually happen to anyone, right? Hyperbolic, much?
Which bit? Have a good body and a healthy heart? Or keel over at 60? Because if the latter, I'm pretty sure that in the history of mankind, it's not unheard of for seemingly healthy people to suffer a sudden stroke or heart attack.
Yea but not because they dont do enough cardio, like you're implying
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HardcoreP0rk wrote: »unrelentingminx wrote: »HardcoreP0rk wrote: »unrelentingminx wrote: »I do cardio because I'd rather sweat it out a few times per week on the treadmill (in addition to strength training) and have a good looking body and a healthy heart and lungs than just look good and still keel over at 60.
You know that doesn't actually happen to anyone, right? Hyperbolic, much?
Which bit? Have a good body and a healthy heart? Or keel over at 60? Because if the latter, I'm pretty sure that in the history of mankind, it's not unheard of for seemingly healthy people to suffer a sudden stroke or heart attack.
Yea but not because they dont do enough cardio, like you're implying
While it may not prevent you from having a heart attack or stroke, in a lot of cases it would have help people not have one. So called "healthy looking" people have them all the time.
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ScubaSteve1962 wrote: »HardcoreP0rk wrote: »unrelentingminx wrote: »HardcoreP0rk wrote: »unrelentingminx wrote: »I do cardio because I'd rather sweat it out a few times per week on the treadmill (in addition to strength training) and have a good looking body and a healthy heart and lungs than just look good and still keel over at 60.
You know that doesn't actually happen to anyone, right? Hyperbolic, much?
Which bit? Have a good body and a healthy heart? Or keel over at 60? Because if the latter, I'm pretty sure that in the history of mankind, it's not unheard of for seemingly healthy people to suffer a sudden stroke or heart attack.
Yea but not because they dont do enough cardio, like you're implying
While it may not prevent you from having a heart attack or stroke, in a lot of cases it would have help people not have one. So called "healthy looking" people have them all the time.
*sigh* Sure. There are definitely preventive health benefits of cardio. But you're not going to keel over and die because you didnt do enough. And I don't know why you're even arguing this with examples like super athletes and basketball players that obviously get plenty of cardio.
Bottom line is that a healthy individual who experiences a cardiac event is most likely in that position due to a genetic or structural component that is independent of diet and exercise habits. And you can be PERFECTLY healthy without jogging for 30 minutes a day. And there's no need to be hyperbolic about it and say that you're going to keel over at a young age from not doing enough cardio.
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