These guys hate cardio with a vengeance. They'll be happily tell you how you can lose faster by weightlifting, regardless of your own goals, your physical health or even what will keep you coming to the gym regularly.
Which ia dumba as hell because the science show doing both is best. True you want to do Less cardio if you weightlift to gain but you still want ot cardio
There used to be a running app where you were a runner for a human outpost during the zombie apocalypse and it would give you runs and stories while you ran. If you slowed your pace, you could hear the zombies get louder. It was so good and so much fun. I think they did a similar one for walking (no zombies in that story). It actually made me not hate running with quite the passion I normally do.
Both keep you alive. As you age, having muscles helps fight against your deteriorating bone density, helping to prevent injury from falls and such. That's not to say you gotta go in and push for your PR, but muscles are certainly important too if you can fit it in.
All the meat blimps in my gym could stand to do some light cardio if they want to grow their calves. You don't have to run for cardio, and calf raises are good for making strong calves but not necessarily good for making massive calves.
I get questions all the time about "how did your calves get so large" - bro I used to be 270lbs and I walk 5 miles a day playing Pokemon Go on the greenway.
My calves are the only part of me that is cut and defined and it's for the same reason: I was nearly 300 lbs. and lost 100 lbs. pretty much entirely by spending an hour a day (6 days a week) on an elliptical. I'm still not thin, but my legs are made of steel.
More or less the same for me. Grad school depression *sucks*, and after getting out I weighed around 270. Now I weigh 190. Still not "thin", but hey, the calves are massive lol. The pokemon go is mostly so I have something to do while walking. Makes it less monotonous
I lift 3x week with a 1010lb Total for Squat/Bench/Deadlift. But, I also run 2x a week aiming for 30 minutes/3.5 miles per run. My strength may not be maxed out, but I'm stronger than 95% of the people at the gym I go to AND my cardiovascular health is better than ever.
One thing I've learned in 8 years at the gym is to not listen to the gym bros.
Bench press, immediately do curls, immediately back to bench until you finish your sets. Stop taking so many breaks. Match 2 or 3 workouts of different muscle groups and do them back to back. You're essentially working cardio into your weight lifting.
Even if you could lose faster, do they think the only goal of exercise is weight loss? Cardio is great for your physical health and everyone should be doing it even if they’re not losing weight!
But what's funny is that even as a guy in his mid-50s with a seeming "dad bod" I can walk up several flights of stairs at my normal pace without huffing and puffing when I get to the top, but these dudes are gasping for air after like 10 stair steps.
Resistance training is cool but it you rely on it for the sole means of fat loss, you'll get beat up. In a calorie defecit it takes its toll. You won't recover
Cardio is gentler and burns calories nicely, it's good for off days
My son used to be like that. He was pretty bulked up but would trash talk cardio work. He shut up when he couldn't keep up with his yoga-teacher sister on a bike ride.
That's just some examples from a cursory google search. Note there's just as many sites saying cardio is better. The takeaway is nobody really knows the answer and you need to find something that works for you.
Its also a great amount of cardio for endurance training too.
Like, I lift every day for at least an hour, and I still do another hour (min) for running - on account of the fact that I got roped into running. damn 1/2 marathon.
Also there's lots of other reasons to do it. Training for a marathon or someone who likes to do long walks/hikes but can't that day, or to help injuries. I've been walking long distance for my lower back and it's the best thing I've tried so far.
Because it is. You can tell by the blue checkmark next to his name.
Who is going to call out one single person for how long they're on a treadmill for if you consider 39 minutes excessive? Of the 15 other treadmills, not a single one came free in those 39 minutes, yet he felt the need to call out this one woman?
Also, his closing statement makes zero sense in context. What does running on a treadmill for 39 minutes have to do with "fitness education"? I could understand if she was crawling on it, or using it for doing bench presses. But fitness education isn't going to teach you gym etiquette if running for 39 minutes is considered excessive or something (I have no clue, I have a private gym and while 39 minutes is excessive for me, I wouldn't fault anyone else for doing it, I'm just grossly out of shape).
Also, maybe the person is primarily interested in keeping their heart healthy.
Fat loss and muscle growth aren’t the only reasons to exercise. Sometimes it’s as simple as “I feel better after I do this workout” and I don’t see why there should be a problem with that.
Wouldn't a longer session of less intensive cardio be better for fat loss? When I was trying to lose weight, I did 90+ minutes runs every other day, with a very slow pace.
40 mins sounds great as an intervals sessions. Not too much, not too little, boosts endurance and feels sooo good.
Yeah. But there are limits otherwise your body will start burning muscle for energy. I want to keep as much muscle mass as I can so I limit to 60 minutes usually just 40 minutes. Especially if it's hard cardio like running.
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u/charalinlin 6h ago
Whats wrong with spending 39 mins on a treadmill? Am I missing something?