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 fitness questions

meredithanne
meredithanne
Posts: 1
Joined: 2004/05/12
United States
2004/05/13, 12:30 AM
So, I am completely new to this website, and I am so excited to start taking better care of myself. I am a little confused about the cardio advice. So you say that you're supposed to either do cardio on your rest days, but still have a day off to do nothing or do cardio 6-8 hours after your weights. My first week, I am scheduled to do weights five days, and rest two days. I don't really have the time to work out at night, if I do my weights in the morning, which I more than likely will do. If I stick with that schedule, I'm not really getting the recommended amount of cardio in a week (3-5x/ week), so how is this helping? Any input would be greatly apprecitaed! Thanks!
Datdanigirl
Datdanigirl
Posts: 452
Joined: 2004/02/11
United States
2004/05/13, 09:33 AM
you can do cardio on your rest days.. you can also do 15-20 minutes of cardio shortly after your weight training if that is your only option.

You do want to fit that in somewhere, especially if weight loss is a goal.

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Shorty68
Shorty68
Posts: 2
Joined: 2004/05/10
Canada
2004/05/23, 10:46 AM
for that 15-20 mins above, make sure u do atleast 20 because if u do any less than that it isnt really conxidered a aerobic excecise and it doesn't work you out as much, so plz try atleast 20mins cuz thats what my teacher always tells me.