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cardio 2x's per day?

michelle9510 Posts: 172 Joined: 2005/07/14	2005/09/26, 02:36 PM I was just reading M&F and one of the women they interviewed (who competed in fitness competitions) does cardio twice a day in her competition season. an hour in the a.m. and an hour in the p.m. That thought never occured to me. I don't have much time in the morning but I could do like 20 minutes in the morning a few times per week. I really want to drop bodyfat so this sounds like a good plan. 20 min in the am maybe three times per week in addition to my current schedule (which includes cardio and weights in the evening) is this too much? I don't want to overtrain. I need some input.
sivysivy Posts: 391 Joined: 2005/02/11	2005/09/26, 03:23 PM I think as long is it is not more than 60 minutes of cardio a day it would be fine. Also I would do it on the days I don't lift and do cardio. So if you work out 5 days a week and 3 days are with weights two days can be split cardio.
bropie Posts: 1,084 Joined: 2004/12/04	2005/09/26, 03:48 PM the only thing to be wary of would be to consume enough calories to support cardio twice a day. if you are consuming too little with that much of a caloric deficit being created, you risk muscle loss. personally, i dont see the need for cardio twice a day. do it once, and do it right.. high intensity, short duration will yield great results.
Wickedmckenna Posts: 3 Joined: 2005/09/28	2005/09/28, 03:03 PM about the high intensity and short duration. How long is that like 15 minutes running really hard?
yadmit Posts: 4,670 Joined: 2003/10/05	2005/09/28, 03:11 PM HIIT is about 10, 15 or 20 minutes... I usually get to about 15 or so... but you need to warm up for a couple minutes, then go hard for about 30 seconds... slow down for about a minute and then go hard again... alternate this for the duration. Do a Fit Buddy search on HIIT... lots of descriptions. t -------------- This donut has purple in the middle, purple is a fruit. - Homer (Simpson) Be here. Live. Love. Hope. Now. Faith. Believe. You. - Keith Urban
bropie Posts: 1,084 Joined: 2004/12/04	2005/09/28, 05:33 PM in addition to HIIT, you could just do a form of high intensity training.. (ie keeping your HR up for the entire duration, say to some % of your max HR)