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Title: Why do bodybuilders do extra cardio? (1 hour-2 hours)
Post by: bodybuilder1234 on August 21, 2009, 10:22:44 AM
Surely with added cardio you will just have to eat more so you dont feel like your starving.
I was thinking of bumping up my cardio from 30 minutes to 50 minutes a day but then I would have to add another meal just so i dont starve.
So it makes me wonder why bodybuilders eat so much when dieting while doing so much cardio (1 hour-2hours) instead of eating abit less and doing less cardio.

Your take on this getbiggers
Title: Re: Why do bodybuilders do extra cardio? (1 hour-2 hours)
Post by: El Diablo Blanco on August 21, 2009, 10:27:48 AM
Surely with added cardio you will just have to eat more so you dont feel like your starving.
I was thinking of bumping up my cardio from 30 minutes to 50 minutes a day but then I would have to add another meal just so i dont starve.
So it makes me wonder why bodybuilders eat so much when dieting while doing so much cardio (1 hour-2hours) instead of eating abit less and doing less cardio.

Your take on this getbiggers

The body burns about 90% of your calories according to the BMI while just living.  The last 10% need some sort of exercise to burn.  So why not just lower your calorie intake?  Well you get to a point where your body will burn up more calories than you take in but up to a limit.  To keep yourself sane, it is eater to eat a little more and do some cardio than to not just eat at all.  Try living on a 1000 calories a day for a week and see, then bump it up to 2000 calories but then add in cardio and tell me which week seemed easier.
Title: Re: Why do bodybuilders do extra cardio? (1 hour-2 hours)
Post by: bodybuilder1234 on August 21, 2009, 10:49:51 AM
The body burns about 90% of your calories according to the BMI while just living.  The last 10% need some sort of exercise to burn.  So why not just lower your calorie intake?  Well you get to a point where your body will burn up more calories than you take in but up to a limit.  To keep yourself sane, it is eater to eat a little more and do some cardio than to not just eat at all.  Try living on a 1000 calories a day for a week and see, then bump it up to 2000 calories but then add in cardio and tell me which week seemed easier.

no i agree with that but alot of people tend to eat say 2500 calories instead while adding another 30 minutes of cardio.
Which seems counter productive to me atleast
Title: Re: Why do bodybuilders do extra cardio? (1 hour-2 hours)
Post by: Luv_2build on August 21, 2009, 10:55:38 AM
because if you are not taking in sufficient calories you will not hold on to your muscle.  you can't maintain muscle mass without eating
Title: Re: Why do bodybuilders do extra cardio? (1 hour-2 hours)
Post by: Mr. Magoo on August 21, 2009, 11:04:05 AM
eat a shitload, do cardio as needed, repeat
Title: Re: Why do bodybuilders do extra cardio? (1 hour-2 hours)
Post by: Milos_Sarcev on August 21, 2009, 11:27:06 AM
Because they get too fat off season...
Title: Re: Why do bodybuilders do extra cardio? (1 hour-2 hours)
Post by: johnnynoname on August 21, 2009, 11:29:42 AM
the "all drugs" argument really comes into play here cuz pro's don't have to worry about any type of real cardio (ie HITT, Tabata).  

they can just walk on a incline for an hour or two

Title: Re: Why do bodybuilders do extra cardio? (1 hour-2 hours)
Post by: 240 is Back on August 21, 2009, 11:38:24 AM
Because they get too fat off season...

Which pros are good at keeping their body fat low enough in the off-season?
Title: Re: Why do bodybuilders do extra cardio? (1 hour-2 hours)
Post by: DK II on August 21, 2009, 11:39:54 AM
The body burns about 90% of your calories according to the BMI while just living.  The last 10% need some sort of exercise to burn.  So why not just lower your calorie intake?  Well you get to a point where your body will burn up more calories than you take in but up to a limit.  To keep yourself sane, it is eater to eat a little more and do some cardio than to not just eat at all.  Try living on a 1000 calories a day for a week and see, then bump it up to 2000 calories but then add in cardio and tell me which week seemed easier.

x2.

i like eating to much to eat like a sparrow. Being hungry all the time wears you out very fast, doing cardio improves life and well-being very much in the other hand.
Title: Re: Why do bodybuilders do extra cardio? (1 hour-2 hours)
Post by: regmac on August 21, 2009, 11:44:46 AM
Surely with added cardio you will just have to eat more so you dont feel like your starving.
I was thinking of bumping up my cardio from 30 minutes to 50 minutes a day but then I would have to add another meal just so i dont starve.
So it makes me wonder why bodybuilders eat so much when dieting while doing so much cardio (1 hour-2hours) instead of eating abit less and doing less cardio.

Your take on this getbiggers
I did it out of guilt for eating some shit I shouldn't have...but it usually still backfires. >:(
Title: Re: Why do bodybuilders do extra cardio? (1 hour-2 hours)
Post by: Playboy on August 21, 2009, 11:44:58 AM
They do it to burn fat. Duh....
Title: Re: Why do bodybuilders do extra cardio? (1 hour-2 hours)
Post by: johnnynoname on August 21, 2009, 11:46:50 AM
milos,

there are like 4 of you on facebook.  Which one is really you?
Title: Re: Why do bodybuilders do extra cardio? (1 hour-2 hours)
Post by: Playboy on August 21, 2009, 11:47:10 AM
They do it to burn fat. Duh....
Title: Re: Why do bodybuilders do extra cardio? (1 hour-2 hours)
Post by: dyslexic on August 21, 2009, 11:59:01 AM
The fat gets harder and harder to get rid of as you get older.


It's best just to keep it off in the first place.


A little extra exercise won't cause too much trauma with your drama...
Title: Re: Why do bodybuilders do extra cardio? (1 hour-2 hours)
Post by: Fatpanda on August 21, 2009, 12:03:39 PM
milos,

there are like 4 of you on facebook.  Which one is really you?

good question.

will the real slim shady please stand up !
Title: Re: Why do bodybuilders do extra cardio? (1 hour-2 hours)
Post by: DK II on August 21, 2009, 12:14:58 PM
milos,

there are like 4 of you on facebook.  Which one is really you?

ahaha, oh boy. You need more 'friends'??
Title: Re: Why do bodybuilders do extra cardio? (1 hour-2 hours)
Post by: wavelength on August 21, 2009, 12:17:40 PM
regardless of their motivation, it's solely a matter of health and convenience
Title: Re: Why do bodybuilders do extra cardio? (1 hour-2 hours)
Post by: johnnynoname on August 21, 2009, 12:18:14 PM
ahaha, oh boy. You need more 'friends'??

fuck yeah, i do

it would be awesome to have friends on there who were either a)female and/or b) straight
Title: Re: Why do bodybuilders do extra cardio? (1 hour-2 hours)
Post by: buffdnet on August 21, 2009, 12:59:43 PM
milos,

there are like 4 of you on facebook.  Which one is really you?
the one that's a felon maybe  ??? (http://www.freejunknstuff.com/laf.gif)