Would three hours a week cardio(Tae Kwon Do), with 5 hours a week (Weight Lifting), would the cardio help gain muscle, or what?
Answer:
cardio will not help gain muscle but it helps boost your metabolism and help you lose weight. Weight Lifting is the best way to gain muscle mass, be sure to go heavy and low repetitions.
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Cardio routine that will help me get in shape?
I need help getting together a cardio workout that will help me get in good shape. I love running, but i have a knee problem so i have to go light when it comes to running. can anyone help me? thanks a bunch.
Answer:
You know yourself better than anyone. If you cannot do running, your best bet is to try bicycling. Or you could even do some trail walking.Some of the top cardio activities include: jogging, stair master, elliptical, walking, hiking, swimming or cycling.The problem is that most people start doing a cardio routine that they hate and then they won't stick with it. If you enjoy running, you should figure out why you are having knee problems: bad shoes, bad form, bad genetics, too many hills, running on pavement, weak quadriceps? Any of those issues can affect your knees.Ultimately, you are going to have to see what sort of resources you have available to you (to you belong to a gym, for instance?) and follow through. Generally, though, you are going to need to examine what you can do and what you enjoy.Good luck.
well try stand running use a tread mill or stair climber or some somethin like that
Answer:
You know yourself better than anyone. If you cannot do running, your best bet is to try bicycling. Or you could even do some trail walking.Some of the top cardio activities include: jogging, stair master, elliptical, walking, hiking, swimming or cycling.The problem is that most people start doing a cardio routine that they hate and then they won't stick with it. If you enjoy running, you should figure out why you are having knee problems: bad shoes, bad form, bad genetics, too many hills, running on pavement, weak quadriceps? Any of those issues can affect your knees.Ultimately, you are going to have to see what sort of resources you have available to you (to you belong to a gym, for instance?) and follow through. Generally, though, you are going to need to examine what you can do and what you enjoy.Good luck.
well try stand running use a tread mill or stair climber or some somethin like that
Cardio help??
i need a quik cardio workout tht i cen do evryday tht will burn fat and get mi heart rate up.
Answer:
I find running the best. Also if you add intervals into your cardio you will burn more and your metabolism will keep burning after you stop.
Walking briskly, jogging, aerobics videos or programs on TV, bicycling, rollerblading, jumping rope, dancing, swimming.
HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training) is cardio performed at such an intense level that your body will spend the rest of the day expending energy to recover from the ***-kicking you gave it. This is commonly referred to as EPOC (excess post-exercise oxygen consumption) and it means that you consume a great deal more oxygen recovering from the exercise bout than you would have if you'd just done a steady-state workout.
There are a gazillion cardio workouts you can do. Question is what are your goals? Do you want to lose weight, build muscle, build explosivness, is it for a particular sport? It also depends on your fitness level. You can get a great cardio workout with weights or without them. As far as without weights, one of the all time best fat burners, and the cheapest, is jumping rope or shadow boxing. And working them into a circuit. Like 3min jumprope, 1min pushups, 1min situps, 1min pullups, 1min sprints. Take a 1min rest and repeat at least 3 times. Just do your research, don't take any one persons answer for granted. Maybe I know what I'm talking about and maybe I don't. YOU don't know unless you research!
Answer:
I find running the best. Also if you add intervals into your cardio you will burn more and your metabolism will keep burning after you stop.
Walking briskly, jogging, aerobics videos or programs on TV, bicycling, rollerblading, jumping rope, dancing, swimming.
HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training) is cardio performed at such an intense level that your body will spend the rest of the day expending energy to recover from the ***-kicking you gave it. This is commonly referred to as EPOC (excess post-exercise oxygen consumption) and it means that you consume a great deal more oxygen recovering from the exercise bout than you would have if you'd just done a steady-state workout.
There are a gazillion cardio workouts you can do. Question is what are your goals? Do you want to lose weight, build muscle, build explosivness, is it for a particular sport? It also depends on your fitness level. You can get a great cardio workout with weights or without them. As far as without weights, one of the all time best fat burners, and the cheapest, is jumping rope or shadow boxing. And working them into a circuit. Like 3min jumprope, 1min pushups, 1min situps, 1min pullups, 1min sprints. Take a 1min rest and repeat at least 3 times. Just do your research, don't take any one persons answer for granted. Maybe I know what I'm talking about and maybe I don't. YOU don't know unless you research!
Cardio exercises?
Can anyone suggest some cardio exercises I can do when my ankles are sprained? I need to lost some weight.
Answer:
Try aerobic exercise in water.In water your body is buoyant and impact to your joints (in your case, sprained ankles) during exercise is very much reduced due to lessened gravitational forces. You'll be able to exercise without the jarring and jolting experienced in land-based exercise. You'll also burn about 450-700 calories per hour.
Lift weights
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Try aerobic exercise in water.In water your body is buoyant and impact to your joints (in your case, sprained ankles) during exercise is very much reduced due to lessened gravitational forces. You'll be able to exercise without the jarring and jolting experienced in land-based exercise. You'll also burn about 450-700 calories per hour.
Lift weights
Cardio before lifting weights or after?
I've always heard that you should do cardio before lifting weights to warm up. But, then I hear people that do it after lifting weights what's the difference and why do people do that. I am 24 yrs old, 5,1, and weight 105lbs, I am underweight, but the reason why I do cardio is to warm up and I am trying to get rid of these damn love handles...lol...So what is your suggestion. I am also confused on how much cardio I should do since I am already skinny and I dont want to burn muscle only fat. Thanks in advance for your answer =)
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after the weights.. cardio always comes after the weights. this way, you have more energy available when weight training, leading to a more effective workout, and secondly, you will have used alot of the stored muscle glycogen during the course of your weight workout, leading to a more effective fat burning effect from your cardio afterwards. you can safely do 30-40 minutes of cardio 3x-4x weekly without burning into muscle mass. cardio sessions that go over 45 minutes begin to sap you of muscle size. hope this helps, good luck
According to the trainers at my gym, it doesn't matter which you do first.
Do 5-10 minutes of warm up at a decent pace, then 15-45 minutes at the end when your muscles are depleted to lose fat. It will be hard, but push through it.It has something to do with all of the carbs in your system being burned up during your weight workout, so the cardio you do at the end only has fat to burn.Love handles have more to do with heredity than fat, so you could get even thinner and still have the appearance of love handles.
Does not matter. Most people seem to like to do cardio first then weight lift because it 'warms up the muscles". This is false as the muscles are warmed up whenever you use them. So you can warm your muscles up perfectly fine by starting your exercise by lifting light weight. I actually prefer to lift first then do cardio. This is my personal preference because I hate cardio and I find if I do it first I tend to be wiped out for lifting, which is what I am really concentrating on.
You also can do cardio to help with those love handles. Don't worry about burning away muscle. Your body uses simple carbohydrates first for fuel, then begins to break down fat. Only after ATP can no longer be adequately provided from fat do you begin to break down proteins, which muscle is made out of. After that you start to break down your nucleic acids...you do not need to worry about that. Also lifting weights will help to burn those love handles because muscle requires much more energy to maintain itself than fat. By increasing muscle mass, you will be increasing your metabolism (specifically your catabolism which is the breaking down process)
If you're thin, you need to eat good calories and train with weights. You need quality calories from good fats and protein. Tuna, Chicken, Steak, egg whites etc.Stretching or light weight sets prior to a full weight training session is what most body builders do to warm up. Cardio is left for after the workout (if at all). You burn calories during a good weight training workout. You can continue to burn calories after the weights if you want with cardio. In order to build muscle you need to lift weights and feed the muscles with good food (protein). Body builders "bulk" or gain as much muscle as they can. They try to gain as much muscle and as little fat as possible. Then increase the cardio, decrease the amount of calories when they prepare for a show. Cardio can be used to burn excess calories, but is usually used when trying to "cut" or lose weight.Cardio before weight training will make you tired. You will not be able to lift the weight you typically could without the cardio. You need to build up you muscle by lifting to your potential during your training sessions.
After
Answer:
after the weights.. cardio always comes after the weights. this way, you have more energy available when weight training, leading to a more effective workout, and secondly, you will have used alot of the stored muscle glycogen during the course of your weight workout, leading to a more effective fat burning effect from your cardio afterwards. you can safely do 30-40 minutes of cardio 3x-4x weekly without burning into muscle mass. cardio sessions that go over 45 minutes begin to sap you of muscle size. hope this helps, good luck
According to the trainers at my gym, it doesn't matter which you do first.
Do 5-10 minutes of warm up at a decent pace, then 15-45 minutes at the end when your muscles are depleted to lose fat. It will be hard, but push through it.It has something to do with all of the carbs in your system being burned up during your weight workout, so the cardio you do at the end only has fat to burn.Love handles have more to do with heredity than fat, so you could get even thinner and still have the appearance of love handles.
Does not matter. Most people seem to like to do cardio first then weight lift because it 'warms up the muscles". This is false as the muscles are warmed up whenever you use them. So you can warm your muscles up perfectly fine by starting your exercise by lifting light weight. I actually prefer to lift first then do cardio. This is my personal preference because I hate cardio and I find if I do it first I tend to be wiped out for lifting, which is what I am really concentrating on.
You also can do cardio to help with those love handles. Don't worry about burning away muscle. Your body uses simple carbohydrates first for fuel, then begins to break down fat. Only after ATP can no longer be adequately provided from fat do you begin to break down proteins, which muscle is made out of. After that you start to break down your nucleic acids...you do not need to worry about that. Also lifting weights will help to burn those love handles because muscle requires much more energy to maintain itself than fat. By increasing muscle mass, you will be increasing your metabolism (specifically your catabolism which is the breaking down process)
If you're thin, you need to eat good calories and train with weights. You need quality calories from good fats and protein. Tuna, Chicken, Steak, egg whites etc.Stretching or light weight sets prior to a full weight training session is what most body builders do to warm up. Cardio is left for after the workout (if at all). You burn calories during a good weight training workout. You can continue to burn calories after the weights if you want with cardio. In order to build muscle you need to lift weights and feed the muscles with good food (protein). Body builders "bulk" or gain as much muscle as they can. They try to gain as much muscle and as little fat as possible. Then increase the cardio, decrease the amount of calories when they prepare for a show. Cardio can be used to burn excess calories, but is usually used when trying to "cut" or lose weight.Cardio before weight training will make you tired. You will not be able to lift the weight you typically could without the cardio. You need to build up you muscle by lifting to your potential during your training sessions.
After
Cardio and strength... does it matter when i do my cardio before,after or middle of strength training?
Hi im a 17 year old girl... and i have been working out for about a year now, before that i just played sports, and jogged, but now i am into volleyball all year round on a top team so practices can be pretty intense, anyways, on top of that, i go to to the gym, right now its my 1 month of beach season so im not doing much practice, so im going to the gym more often, anyways i have school indoor tryouts in about 3 weeks,,, and does it matter when i do my cardio at the gym, i have been doing it at the start of my routine, but it seems alot easier to do after lifting a few wieghts and working on my legs, easier to breath i guess,,, is that cause i already have my blood flowing from lifting wieghts, or im i cheating some way, cause i heard its best to do 45 mins of cardio for women at the start of the workout... anyways let me know
Answer:
warm-up with cardio for 15 minutes to get the heart rate elevated and blood flow increased. then perform your resistance training and finish up with the rest of our cardio workout. you want to keep the total training time to 90 minutes or less.
From Denise Astin to Podcast fitness ,I always heard it is best to do like cardio for 10 minutes and strength training 10 minutes at least 30 minutes to and hour daily. I think it's wonderful someone as young as you is exercising and caring about your health .
God Bless
i personally like to do cardio first because if i get my heart up to its target heart rate then if i continue to do strength training i feel like my heart rate stays up and therefor i burn more calories and keep my heart pumping longer.
Answer:
warm-up with cardio for 15 minutes to get the heart rate elevated and blood flow increased. then perform your resistance training and finish up with the rest of our cardio workout. you want to keep the total training time to 90 minutes or less.
From Denise Astin to Podcast fitness ,I always heard it is best to do like cardio for 10 minutes and strength training 10 minutes at least 30 minutes to and hour daily. I think it's wonderful someone as young as you is exercising and caring about your health .
God Bless
i personally like to do cardio first because if i get my heart up to its target heart rate then if i continue to do strength training i feel like my heart rate stays up and therefor i burn more calories and keep my heart pumping longer.
Cardio and Jump Rope?
Hello. I'm looking to get a good cardio workout but I am sadly confined to the house/back yard. All I have is a jump rope, no tread mill.My question is, is jumping rope as good of a cardio workout as jogging/running? And how long should I do it for a good cardio workout?
Answer:
Jumping rope is EXCELLENT cardiovascular exercise. You burn more calories jumping rope than running.You'll need to jump rope for 30 minutes to get a good workout.However, you don't have to start there! Start slowly and work your way up. Try starting out for 5-10 minutes first and slowly add on to your time.
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Jumping rope is EXCELLENT cardiovascular exercise. You burn more calories jumping rope than running.You'll need to jump rope for 30 minutes to get a good workout.However, you don't have to start there! Start slowly and work your way up. Try starting out for 5-10 minutes first and slowly add on to your time.
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