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How much cardio work should I do ?

TiredRob Posts: 42 Joined: 2002/04/04	2002/04/12, 12:36 PM Hi, I started on the wieght gain, and abs routines this week, and motivation is pretty good right now. Been reading lots, and learning what I can.. Question is this: Since I want to gain muscle mass, but at the same time lose the extra pounds on the waistline, how much cardio do you think I should be doing ? I've read about cutting down cardio for the weight gain, but then I'm eating more than usual, and also reading about doing plenty of cardio work for the abs routine to be effective. I ran some searches, but I'm still unsure.. Up until last month, my entire excersise routine was pretty much non-existant, although I'm not really unfit as such (BMI=approx 24 and I'm 34 yrs old). So far this week, in addition to my workouts I cycled for 20 minutes on two days, which I found pretty easy. Should I do more, or less cardio ? Many thanks, Rob.
Boddhisattvha Posts: 1,226 Joined: 2002/03/07	2002/04/12, 01:03 PM Well for weight loss they say that you should do cardio for 30-45 minutes, 3 days a week. So if your building mass maybe two days? I'm not entirely sure. Let's see if I'm close or not. -------------- And my soul must be iron, because my fear is naked. I'm naked and fearless.
rpacheco Posts: 3,770 Joined: 2001/12/13	2002/04/12, 01:36 PM Whether you're building mass or not, I would advise doing cardio at least 3x per week. It's up to you as far as raising the intensity or not. I generally would not advise doing cardio right before weight training. Either do it at another time of day, on your non-weight training days or after weight training. -------------- **_Robert_**
Boddhisattvha Posts: 1,226 Joined: 2002/03/07	2002/04/12, 01:42 PM Close but no cigar.. -------------- And my soul must be iron, because my fear is naked. I'm naked and fearless.