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depends on your goals
depends on your job
a lot of guys on here have blue collar jobs where they get in tons of cardio without even knowing it. if you are digging ditches all day or climbing poles then that's ample cardio. if you sit on your ass all day in a white collar job then you will probably need a lot of cardio to stay lean
Thanks Steve. Think I'll give it a shot and see how it goes. I made the mistake of reading an article on Anabolicminds that said to only do hiit cardio after weights for 4-12 minutes. It said steady-state cardio is counterproductive and bad for your body in the long term. I don't buy that at all (unless you count running 10 miles a day), so I wanted to get some other opinions on it.
the dude who wrote that is probably some skinny dude who doesn't know how to lift or eat and weighs about 145 pounds
its ridiculous
cardio doesn't burn muscle.. it burns calories.. as long as you are eating to make up those calories you can do cardio without worry about losing muscle mass
When i first started into bodybuilding i had a horrible time trying to put on size from eating low carb and doing cardio, i was lifting so hard that as soon as i limited the cardio and upped my carb intake i started to swell overnight so it definately depends on your goals.
As long as your resting and eating enough you can do alot of cardio. I lift at 5am for an hour ,work 8 hours laying brick , then 5 days a week i do hour of either boxing or kickboxing in evening . I eat whatever the hell i want lol 4-5000 cals a day no problem. But you cant do that if your not resting enough or eating enough. Cardio can make building muscle hard if your not meeting your macro needs tho. Also intensity of cardio is important. The more intense it is the more cals burned
Cardio is a waste of time and energy for the most part. You want to increase your heart rate, lift weights faster.
Tell that to world class fighters! And other endurance athletes.
im probably the biggest cardio advocate your going to find on the planet... I don't recommend it to the extent I do it at all but if you truly understand how to eat and accommodate, you can do far more cardio than you would expect while still being able to build lean muscle in the process... there doesn't have to be anything sacrificed whatsoever but you also need to understand it is not the easiest thing in the world to do but I GUARANTEE you that if you truly know your body and how to accommodate it can be of EXTREME success... Cardio is key to not only long health but for muscle tone and devlopment... Think about an elliptical for example... Think about all the movements, muscles used etc... Its a constant push pull in your upper body and big work on your legs, especially when adjusting tension, elevation, etc... this is just one small example... i assure you that you are fine implementing significant amounts of cardio... Its a key component to you overall health... I am also obsessed with the overall feeling of accomplishment after every cardio session and it only leaves me wanting more...