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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cardio question

fif4321
fif4321
Posts: 18
Joined: 2007/01/04
United States
2007/01/09, 03:31 PM
I am newer to this site. I have about 20-25 pounds to lose. My goal is to lose the fluffy flab from the babies but I want to tone it up more than I have before. I have read that you should do your weight lifting before cardio. But what is the better heart rate to try to achieve? Is it better to be in fat burning mode (55-60%)or something more intense? Also is only doing cardio 3 times a week enough?
SFGiantsMVP
SFGiantsMVP
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Joined: 2005/12/04
United States
2007/01/09, 05:07 PM
Ignore the Zones they are BULL, your going to lose fat by diet and cardio is just another tool to help you burn calories.

Go by how you feel, if 1 day you wanna go all out then do so if on another day you want to be moderate then do so because what really matters here is that you are doing something.

And yes especially if your lifting weights 3 day a week is plenty.

I don't even do cardio much anymore unless I don't like the way I feel or how water retention is up, if I feel good and look good I stick with resistance only.