Group: General Fitness & Exercise

General Fitness & Exercise
Created: 2011/12/31, Members: 383, Messages: 54581

Various general exercise related discussions. Find out what it takes to reach your fitness goals through daily effective exercise. With so many options we try to find out what works best.

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5 day vs. 7day work outs

nikelsanddimes
nikelsanddimes
Posts: 7
Joined: 2003/04/07
United States
2003/04/07, 02:34 PM
I realize that 5 days cardio work out is recommend. Is there anything wrong with working out 7 days a week for 40-60 minutes? Does it make me any better or worst?
nikelsanddimes
nikelsanddimes
Posts: 7
Joined: 2003/04/07
United States
2003/04/07, 02:58 PM
I want to lose weight and tone.
peopleschamp
peopleschamp
Posts: 38
Joined: 2003/03/20
United States
2003/04/07, 03:28 PM
basically have atleast one day where you totally rest. no weights, no cardio. i always believe that its not how much you work out, but how intensely you work out that gets results. i do 6 days cardio, lift 3 days, and have a clean diet and it has worked wonders.
mackfactor
mackfactor
Posts: 766
Joined: 2002/10/17
United States
2003/04/08, 12:48 PM
MORE IS NOT ALWAYS BETTER!!! I think this is one of the toughest things for people to adhere to. Unless you're training for competition, 7 days of 40-60min of cardio is too much. In fact, 5 days of 40-60 might be a little much. After about 30 minutes, the calories per minute burned drops significantly. After that, you'll burn calories, but not a lot and most will come from muscle tissue. That's not weight you want to lose.

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