I see people running all the time like the next marathon is coming up in Feb? I'm sure you burn a bit more fat while running, but wouldn't you rather keep more muscle by low intensity cardio...in return increasing your metabolism? Boring thread, just wondering though. Not every post can have the flair of the now infamous, gay for pay Derek Anthony. Classic.
For lifters/bodybuilders/powerlifters in general, the best cardio is probably the bike as it can keep the heart rate within the target heart rate, while saving your knees, and joints.
Alternate that with uphill walking (treadmill). Uphill walking is not true cardio because the work is done at a lower target heart rate that is optimal for fatburning, but it still works all the stabilizer muscles that the bike doesn't work.
What I've found is that you can alternate these two every other workout so as to not get burnt out on cardio but still keep your heart healthy, while burning fat and keeping your body in an anabolic state. Do these after your one hour (hopefully) weight workout, so as to maximize the body's fat burning capabilities.
100 miles and runnin NUGGA!
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if you look at a lot of runner they are the reverse of a bodybuilder with a huge upper and no wheels... the runner has chisled legs but looks like a plague vicitim in the upper body....
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When I was in the military, no matter how much I ate, I could not keep my strength or lean mass gains. The running literally stripped of whatever muscle I had on my upper body, essentially had me spinning my wheels.
Running is a catabolic activity. Once a week is fine, but anything more than that is probably detrimental to muscle building.
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