thats what i just said homeslice

This post was edited by Snicks911 on May 20 2015 05:05pm

cardio doesn't have to be hiit or distance running..

i been doing 20-30 mins walking every day, feel very good. just shoot for 250-300 cals burned

if you have one of those bodybuilder diets where all caution is thrown to the wind, heavy in red meat and other sat fats/cholesterol, cardio every day would be some solid harm reduction

walking is just energy expended though, no real benefit for ppl our age

Don't base yourself on the threadmill caloriea burned it's over by like 40% in most cases -_-'

really nao.. ok.



that's just my gauge to get it to about 30 minutes.

Define small amount

i run 5 miles one day and 2 miles the next and alternate i don't really lift anymore but i hit the gym the other day and deadlifted 405 squatted 315 and benched 255 just from doing cardio based workouts aka running, hiking and push ups.

depends on your goals...

all a matter of caloric needs

if u want to gain weight, eat more than u burn

in calculating an estimate of daily expenditure, factor in how much cardio you do

then go from there

to see aerobic benefit you need to be reaching at least 60% vo2max for CT training and HIIT pushes you up to 90% pretty easily. walking will prbably keep you at like 30%. the reason walking is a good alternative for older individuals is that the absolute amount of work stays the same, they still have to move their (arbitrary) 60kg frame over a certain distance and that requires an absolute amount of oxygen, say 20ml/kg/min O2. the difference is that vo2max declines with age so an older person walking might hit 80%vo2max because their aerobic limit has declined to be only 25ml/kg/min whereas someone young will still have a normal 50ml/kg/min peak, so the amount of relative work is different for young and old. benefits come when you challenge your vo2max. old people can challenge theirs with less intense exercise than young people