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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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bb1fit Posts: 11,105 Joined: 2001/06/30	2004/03/08, 09:10 PM Longer cardio bouts can be detrimental to you if you are trying to retain lean mass. It is one of the worst things you can do. Do 15-20 minute bouts of HIIT sprinkled in with some standard 30 minute sessions. No more. -------------- If you don't stand for something, you will fall for anything.... bb1fit@freetrainers.com

Shindig Posts: 4 Joined: 2004/03/07	2004/03/08, 08:46 PM do you actually have to become winded in order to get a good cardio workout? I mean I can do the exercise bike for maybt 6 or so miles and not be at a loss of breath, or do the elliptical machine for 3 miles, and nothing but a little burning in my legs happens. But if I go out and run for lacrosse or something I can lose my breath in like a half a mile. Do you guys think instead of doing the bike or elliptcal for 5 miles or whatever it is, I should just go on the treadmil for 1 mile?
neiltilley Posts: 325 Joined: 2003/03/09	2004/03/10, 06:01 AM if you aint breathin' heavy you aint sweating... What do you do walk??? If you do 6 miles without gagging for breath you are dawdling, which is fine as any movement does burn a calorie, walking does 4 a minute. The elliptical is my favourite to get my heart pumpimg, I find it the easiest machine to really get down and dirty with.. I can close my eyes and just spin till my lungs ache and I watch that heart clock go up and slow back to joging pace. A personal trainer got me hooked on the bikes lately, I didn't think they could be 'fun'untill then! Here's a simple one with my bpm figures in as a guide Interval training- 5 mins- warm up to 134 bpm or 60% of max 2 mins- to 144 bpm 65% 2 mins- to 152 bpm 75% 1 mins- to 162+ bpm 85+% 2 mins- to 148 bpm 70% 1 min- to 85+% 2 mins- to 70% 1 min- to 85% 2 mins- to 70% 2 mins- to 65% 3 mins- cool down to walk That'll do you 23 minutes of cardio, fat burn and put a smile on your face too.. And sensible now,, if it's too tasking cut out 10 mins till it's something your used to.