Group: General Fitness & Exercise

General Fitness & Exercise
Created: 2011/12/31, Members: 382, 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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Cardio: 10 minutes start, 10 minutes end

borpillicus
borpillicus
Posts: 454
Joined: 2003/03/13
Canada
2004/01/19, 10:01 AM
Heres a question:

Is it better to break the cardio up during the training, so 10 minutes at the start and 10 minutes at the end, or am is it more effective to just do 20 minutes right at the end? (which is what I am doing now).



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- Its never about how much you can lift, or how many reps you do. Its just about doing it, and doing it right.
- If your hungry all the time, your not eating enough. And anyways, being hungry sucks.

~Brad~
asimmer
asimmer
Posts: 8,201
Joined: 2003/01/07
United States
2004/01/19, 10:57 AM
To improve cardiovascualr fitness, you need to get your heart rate up for 20 minutes, minimum, continously. Ten minutes before you lift is a good general warm-up, and ten minutyes after may be a good way to flush some lactic acid out of your system and cool-down, but will not increase your cardio fitness level. Either do 20-30 minutes after or do cardio on days you do not lift.

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"To be able to go to the gym and train hard is a joy and a privelege, even though the hard work necessitates driving yourself through considerable discomfort. Savor this privelege and blessing, and revel in it."
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