Either i went back in time or there was a server roll back.
or an admin went deletey happy.
In the beginning, go slower and longer. Does your treadmill in the gym have a heart rate monitor? If so, try a walk of 6km/hr and see what your heart rate is over about 10 minutes. Aim for something like 120-130 beats per minute. The 11-13km/hr is probably taking you to 150-180 beats per minute.
Basically, forgetting about beats per minute - you want to be able to do a sustained, 30 minute effort to get a cardio benefit. So it should feel like a jog, you get warm, the sweat rises after a few minutes, but you can still talk and your steps are smooth and even.
If it feels like a sprint, where you get hot, you're dripping with sweat, your steps are not smooth you're almost stumbling and you can't talk except to swear briefly, then you're going too hard. No-one can keep that up for more than ten minutes.
if your looking to build strengh and size the treadmill and cross trainer aren't gonna do shit
They will if you do them three times a week on your non-weights days, hyjak. If nothing else, when you build fitness you recover more quickly between sets. But there are other benefits. Obviously trying to be a marathon runner and a professional bodybuilder, you'd have to choose. But most of us are not aiming at either extreme, and a beginner doesn't have to decide anyway, they can just improve their overall strength and fitness.
A certain level of fitness is also recommended for general health.
didnt realise it was a non weights day. nevertheless he says he wants to build strength and isnt concerned about gaining some fat so why burn a stack of calories on the days that his body needs them the most? feed and recover the day after a weights session
No, it won't. If it did, all bodybuilders would ride home in a wheelchair and sleep all day, desperately avoiding anything that might bump up their heart rate and make them breathe heavily.Won't walking / jogging excessive amounts hinder my progress in gaining mass as i already have a very high matabalism ? And struggle to gain weight...
It's all cardio. Anything which raises your heart rate improves your body's ability to move blood through your body. There is not much evidence for a "fat-burning" range or anything like that.I was under the impression that cardio exercise is in the upper range of your hbpm and fat burning was in the lower range ? ?
Your posts are greatly appreciated Kyle but we must be careful of posting up drug assisted atletes to use as role models or goals.I just whacked up the first sprinter who came up clearly on google image search. I've now changed it to Melinda Gainsford-Taylor, an Aussie sprinter. She has never been accused of illicit drug use.
I know of exactly zero walkers who've been accused of using steroids, I presume you were talking only of sprinters.
It is true that people who train in sprinting and those who train in walking reduce their body fat, in part by means of that training. And that was the point. High heart rate, middle heart rate, so long as it's higher than resting, you burn fat.
If you're going to go around deleting long and thoughtful posts which attempt to help beginners in their understanding of physical training, then I don't think this will be a very useful forum for anyone.
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