PowerBuilder
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Steady state cardio is (for the most part) rubbish. Well, that's what i think anyway & i'm sticking to it. I'm sure you know how it works, walking on the treadmil for example at 5km'h for 40 minutes. Or getting a sore butt on the stationary bike for 20 minutes going at a steady state. Now that's what i call boring! It's suspected that this type of training can shift your leg muscle fibers to slow twitch fibers because of the steady pace that a long distance runner would do. As a strength &/or bodybuilding athlete, i was under the impression that fast twitching muscle fibers was actually the name of the game. Yeah, in bodybuilding it's not the actual weight your moving that's cared about...but clearly when you get stronger, you'll get bigger!!
If your doing 5km'h for 40 minutes on the treadmil at a weight of 90kg. If you come back & do the same time, speed & incline on the treadmil at 88kg (for example) your actually decreasing the amount of work done. You wouldn't turn up to the gym, bench press 100kg for 3 sets of 8, then next week do 90kg 3 sets of 8 reps...would you! This is why i think High Intensity Cardio is king.
It doesn't need to be sprinting for 20 seconds, rest for 10 seconds & so forth for 20 minutes. Remember, you need to get fir, to be fit. So if your not there yet, simply going from 5km'h with 0 incline on the treadmil to 5km'h to 2% incline for those 40 minutes would be better. As long as your varying & increasing the intensity.
Also, holding onto the rails of the machine while at an incline levels is counter-productive. If your walking at 5% incline & holding onto the rails, possibly your not ready for that level.
If your doing 5km'h for 40 minutes on the treadmil at a weight of 90kg. If you come back & do the same time, speed & incline on the treadmil at 88kg (for example) your actually decreasing the amount of work done. You wouldn't turn up to the gym, bench press 100kg for 3 sets of 8, then next week do 90kg 3 sets of 8 reps...would you! This is why i think High Intensity Cardio is king.
It doesn't need to be sprinting for 20 seconds, rest for 10 seconds & so forth for 20 minutes. Remember, you need to get fir, to be fit. So if your not there yet, simply going from 5km'h with 0 incline on the treadmil to 5km'h to 2% incline for those 40 minutes would be better. As long as your varying & increasing the intensity.
Also, holding onto the rails of the machine while at an incline levels is counter-productive. If your walking at 5% incline & holding onto the rails, possibly your not ready for that level.