Weightlifer doing 1 week of cardio ONLY experiment

dpandolfo0928 · June 2019

So I'm a bigger guy I pack on alot of muscle and unfortunately a decent amount of fat. Just looking at my flabby stomach in the mirrir I was thinking . "should i increase my cardio? How about a entire week, no weights just cardio?" Now I already work out about 5 to 6 times a week weightlifting for an hour and cardio for about 15 to 20s at the end. Do you think I should try a cardio only experiment to see if weight loss increases.

L1zardQueen · June 2019

Abs are made in the kitchen. CICO and all that, right?

emmamcgarity · June 2019

I’d recommend starting by entering your current stats into myfitnesspal and focus on food first. How much weight do you need to lose? Would you mind sharing your current height and weight?

AnnPT77 · June 2019

Weight management, especially fat management: It's about calorie balance. If cardio (hate that term!) helps you burn more calories without increasing appetite, you'll win. Also, cardiovascular fitness is a fine thing, for its own sake.

Don't drop the weights completely. Find your most time-efficient productive strength routine. Add "cardio".

Or just eat a little less than you burn via daily life + exercise.

Either one will result in fat loss.

NorthCascades · June 2019

To lose fat, you need to be in a calorie deficit. Exercise (of any type) can help contribute to that.

I do 8 to 15 hours of what you'd call cardio per week, and still have to count calories to lose weight.

jenniferanderson3888 · June 2019

10 minutes of cardio will get you nowhere. 30 minutes three to four days a week. Is awesome for your heart. But I do not exercise right now because it makes me starving all day long even though I only burn 200 for 30 minutes of cardio. Not worth it to me. I eat like a pig when I exercise

apullum · June 2019

You lose weight in a calorie deficit, not by doing cardio. If you are using MFP's calorie goal, then your deficit is calculated for you and you do not use exercise to create a larger deficit. Exercise is for other health and fitness goals. Cardiovascular fitness is great, but if that's not something you want to work toward, then you don't need to do cardio.

In addition, 15-20 seconds of cardio per day is not going to do anything for your cardiovascular fitness. Maybe you meant 15-20 minutes, but that's still going to have a small benefit. Doing only one week of cardio is also not going to do much for your cardiovascular fitness, any more than doing only one week of strength training would affect your your physical strength. In both cases, fitness takes time to develop and one week is only beneficial if it's part of a training plan.

Weightlifer doing 1 week of cardio ONLY experiment

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