This is simply not true and you know it and Silock knows it.

The only measure of cardiovascular fitness should be something practical. Can you go up a few flights of stairs without being completely out of breath? Congrats, you're fit.

If you aspire to simply be a pussy then you are accurate.

I wasn't targeting you with my initial post. It's the other poster who keeps coming in here WAY off base and spouting garbage.

Running is important to you, and that's fine. You are more fit than me with running and I am more fit than you with lifting (**** you bench!). I just hope you realize that the definition of fit should not just be centered on the 1970's approach that simply relates to running. Because that's how it comes off when you talk about it. You yourself aren't fit by my definition because you are weak in squats/deads just as I am not fit in your definition because I don't run a sub 6 min mile.

I follow a lifting log of a lifter who deadlifts 3x his bodyweight, squats 2.5x bodyweight and benches 2x his bodyweight. He also runs a mile sub 6 minutes. That is as pretty ****ing fit as it gets.

So I'm a pussy if I can't run an 8-minute mile or something?

I do cardio. I just don't believe in running long distances. It sucks. It's not practical. It hurts my knees. **** that.

You are the one that stated that your resting heart rate told you all you needed to know about being fit!

ROFL

So by your stated definition, I am fit since I run 55-65 bpm. And I do less than 30 minutes of cardio a week.

It's not UNtrue; it's just more complicated than that.

The problem is that you can still have a great cardiovascular system from lifting weights, but not be very good at running. There's more to running than simply heart pumping blood. Like anything else, the more you do it, the more efficient at it your body becomes. This is true for both lifting and running. There are neuromuscular adaptations that happen in both activities that lend themselves to becoming good at something. For a lifter, not using muscles to run doesn't mean that they're not fit. It just means that they aren't good at running. Similarly, a runner could have the same amount of muscle mass as a lifter, but not be able to lift nearly as much because they don't lift all the time. Again, neuromuscular adaptations.

****, that's impressive. I'll never get there, because I'll never weigh 120 lbs :(

ROFL

He weights 175 and a straight up ripped freak. In the military too. Great lifter to watch and help with routines. Very smart.

You did a great job of losing a ton of weight and getting into shape.

I dont bash people who cant run fast because I believe if you are running at any pace you are doing good.

I have been a lifter way longer than a runner. Until I started running I didn't understand the difference.

I am not bashing anyone here, but I will say that to me total fitness is muscular and cardiovascular. That my opinion.

Congrats you are an anomaly.

Bull. Shit.

Some people break the mold. Some people can do jack and shit and bench 315, I worked with a guy who never lifted and looked like a beast.

Just dont expect the exception to be the rule. Seems like most people think they are the exception.

Ok.

So it's just running, eh? I can't claim to be fit because I prefer to bike for cardio than run?