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Originally Posted by RedThat
Why are you doing so much cardio?...you really don't have to do that much cardio, seriously. It's not necessary bro.
Are you trying to train to get in shape to run a marathon or something? Or are you simply trying to put on muscle and lose weight? What are your goals?
*If you're simply trying to lose weight, if I were you, I'd be focusing more towards caloric expenditure than anything. That's the bottomline and thats what matters the most.
Focusing on input and output. In other words, it's the amount of calories you intake on a daily basis vs. the amount of calories you burn on a daily basis. If the amount of calories your burning is greater than the amount of calories you're consuming, then that's when weight loss occurs. Im sure that has been discussed somewhere in this thread, but I thought Id just bring it up as a reminder.
If you are lifting weights, which Im assuming you are, did you know doing too much cardio can be counterproductive? especially if you're lifting weights and trying to put on muscle.
The reason for that is, when you overload on the cardio training, your bodies stress hormones become upgraded and as a result hormones such as cortisol
become released and is known to have its effects by eating away at muscle tissue.
Don't get me wrong, Im not trying be discouraging or act like a prick, Im just trying to help you out by giving you good advice and stating truth. Besides, I think you're a good guy and you deserve all the help you can get.
Best thing to do is put on muscle, and focus on diet and do a sufficient amount of cardio. Keep the cardio at a certain range, I'd say 30-45 minutes is plenty, and the weight training should be 45min to an hour. That's it. That's all you need Mr. Flopnuts. Be careful to not overtrain your body or to stress it out too much. If your goal is to lose weight, just remember caloric expenditure and be sure to know what your putting out compared to what you're putting in. when you put on muscle you will burn more calories at rest and your own body will compliment you in weight loss because adding more body mass increases your RMR( resting metabolic rate) thus more calories are burned at rest. More muscle increases the amount of calories you burn in a day no doubt.
Also, for guys like me and you because of our age it's important to keep our heart rate at certain range. They say to shoot for about 124-152bpm.
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Originally Posted by GoChiefs
Because he's hardcore. He wants to get the weight off quickly.
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GC's answer is part of it. Calories in vs. calories out. I try to burn up as close to 5000 calories as I can everyday, but honestly it's usually closer to 4000. I'm only doing this kind of cardio 2-3 days a week, and it's split between morning and afternoon/evening time. It's definitely not coming all at once.
The other part, is that in the last 2 and a half months or so I've really gotten into running. I never ran a mile in my life, and it's a bug that's just gotten a hold of me. I love it.
So, while I'm now able to run the distance of a 5k, I'm not only training for my first one next month, but I also have every intention of running at least a half marathon if not a full one at some point in the next year or two.
Will I be a runner for life? I don't know. But I definitely plan on being a runner for a while. Just because I enjoy it, and at 32 (really 33 at this point) this is really my last chance to do it. I don't want arthritis as an old man. This is just something that I think is important for me right now.
I'm not trying to burn up all of this weight too quickly. Have you seen those people on The Biggest Loser that lose a bunch of weight really fast? Yuck. But I am a little obsessed with the 300 mark. Unless you've been fat your whole life, you wouldn't understand. 18 years is a long ass time to weigh over 300 lbs. I'm ready to be done with it and I'm incredibly close.