Cardio

BRADDY

been hitting the cardio alot more recently, due to my summer hols coming up.

what i want to know is,

is it better to do say 2 long cardio work outs per week (2 x 45mins - 1 hr)

OR

say 15-20 mins for 5 days a week

cheers

DONGLE

Not an easy one to answer mate and heres why .With cardio it all comes down to intensity you can have as good a workout in 20 mins as you can in an hour if the intensity is high egnouth apparently the best way to do this is short bursts,run flat out for a few mins then slow down for a few and repeat for any length of time you can, but 20 mins will make you pretty worn out .On the over hand its said a longer more paced session is best for burning off fat if you can keep your heart rate in the (burning zone) or there abouts.

As for your Actual question! youll have to experiment and find out what works for you.

cadnococh

a lot of it will depend on what gains your after IE ,Fat burning , weight loss, to improve your CV , or high intensitive training speed work ,,, i know a fair bit about this not blowing trumpets guys ,, ive just left the forces and i was a pti in the forces for for a good 8 years or so and trainined troops in all sorts . what gains are you after mate ?

BRADDY

cheers for the help.

as for my goal, i just want to lose about 7lbs of fat, want to get lean.
im not over weight but want to get my body looking mre ripped in the shortest time.
my diet is spot on, but un sure on what cardio routine i should adopt

SoulCard

if your diet is on spot and you do no cardio now, adding cardio 3 times a week at 45 min should help...make sure you are doing it in the morning on an empty stomcah and are working at 65% of your MHR...