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Monday, September 28. 2015

Good cardio


Good cardio is about cardio-pulmonary endurance, muscle-maintenance, and slightly about burning fat (but only if on a carb-deprived diet). Intense cardio will not build any strength except maybe in your heart muscle, but everybody needs it to stay fully functional. Apparently non-intense cardio (swimming laps, walking) doesn't do much of anything.


20 minutes of this will do you good if it doesn't kill you.




Posted by The News Junkie in Physical Fitness at 14:15 | Comments (4) | Trackbacks (0)

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"Non intense" exercise does something, because the more I do of it the more I can do. If you walk all the time you can walk a lot farther easier than someone who doesn't walk much.
#1 b moe on 2015-09-28 15:39 (Reply)
20 minutes of this will do you good if it doesn't kill you.

Yes, well of course...What did you say!?

I bought one of those electric stair climbing thingees. It didn't help at all, apparently you have to get on it when you turn it on.
#2 John the River (Link) on 2015-09-29 10:09 (Reply)
I'm not sure exactly what is meant by non-intense cardio is, but I do know that I've been walking on the golf course and carrying my bag for the past year. I know breeze up slopes that would have had me panting this time last year.
#3 Steven Wilson on 2015-09-29 10:34 (Reply)
"Good cardio is about cardio-pulmonary endurance, muscle-maintenance, and slightly about burning fat (but only if on a carb-deprived diet). Intense cardio will not build any strength except maybe in your heart muscle, but everybody needs it to stay fully functional. Apparently non-intense cardio (swimming laps, walking) doesn't do much of anything."

Sir, you should retreat to your small sphere of competence!
#4 Mike M on 2015-09-30 01:26 (Reply)

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