Why do bodybuilders do extra cardio? (1 hour-2 hours)

[bodybuilder1234]

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

[El Diablo Blanco]

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.

[bodybuilder1234]

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

[Luv_2build]

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

[Mr. Magoo]

eat a shitload, do cardio as needed, repeat

[Milos_Sarcev]

Because they get too fat off season...

[johnnynoname]

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

[240 is Back]

Because they get too fat off season...

Which pros are good at keeping their body fat low enough in the off-season?

[DK II]

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.

[regmac]

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.

[Playboy]

They do it to burn fat. Duh....

[johnnynoname]

milos,

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

[Playboy]

They do it to burn fat. Duh....

[dyslexic]

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...

[Fatpanda]

milos,

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

good question.

will the real slim shady please stand up !

[DK II]

milos,

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

ahaha, oh boy. You need more 'friends'??

[wavelength]

regardless of their motivation, it's solely a matter of health and convenience

[johnnynoname]

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

[buffdnet]

milos,

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

the one that's a felon maybe