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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Walking + Resistance

Draeze
Draeze
Posts: 4
Joined: 2007/08/20
Canada
2007/10/16, 12:01 PM
I'm aiming to lose some of my body fat, and tone up, so I have started the intermediate plan for home weight lifting, as well as the 12 week ab program. Today is actually my first scheduled day to weight lift, but I'm curious what I should be doing about my cardio.

I read the the post regarding to when to do cardio, and I'm just having a hard time adapting that to my situation. Only three days during the week do I actually weight lift, the other days are either rest days, or have the 12 week ab program exercises on them - should I be doing cardio on these days when I am not weight lifting?

Also, would going for a walk be good for cardio? I hear you burn just as many calories walking as you do running.
wrestler125
wrestler125
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Joined: 2004/01/27
United States
2007/10/16, 01:19 PM
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Quoting from Draeze:

I'm aiming to lose some of my body fat, and tone up
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What's the difference?

And sure, you might burn as many calories if you walk 5 miles as if you run 5 miles. It'll just take you 3-4 times as long.

I'd say add them in on the days you are doing abdominal training. If you do decide to do them on the days you lift, try to seperate your cardio and lifting.

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