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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cardio again...

atifk
atifk
Posts: 23
Joined: 2003/05/26
United Arab Emirates
2004/08/05, 11:59 PM
hey
i posted this in the cardio post but i guess no one noticed it? :surprised:

hey bb1fit
im havin trouble deciding if i should reduce my fat by weight training or cardio training?

im 5'10 and 75 kg
i have man boobs & a belly!

i run for about 30 mins 3 days a week & weight train for the other 3 days (but only with dumbbells cos thats all the equipment i have!).
The cardio results in around 450 calories lost in 30 mins but i think i might switch to HIIT instead.
The cardio is done as soon as i get up on an empty stomach...actually on a glass of milk.

My question then is, is cardio what i should be doing or should i give up on cardio and so it 1nce a week n the rest of the days just concentrate on weight training so that i can build more muscle instead?
Asking because i dont know if i fit into the overweight or 'normal' weight category (accordin to the bmi im 24)as well as not wanting to burn off any lean muscle that i may have developed while weight training.

Any help would be wonderful.
thanks
Atif
porphyria
porphyria
Posts: 106
Joined: 2004/04/24
United States
2004/08/06, 02:23 AM
Sorry I'm not bb1fit but I can help you.

I think drinking milk would kind of .. ruin the fact of running on an empty stomach because milk contains sugar which will spike your insulin etc etc. In the long run lifting would be better, but, I would definitley do HIIT instead of cardio if you're trying to lose pure body fat. Heres what I would do, 3 days a week for 20-25 minutes (IF YOU CAN GO THIS LONG) do HIIT. Then 3 days lift.