Re: Too much cardio?

Fat man bathing in cold (ocean) water and slow burning cycle is somewhat
different to me. Like whales compared to swimming athletes.
The example was well chosen, even in that sport possible to achieve fat
transformation to muscle. Of course, who never did it could not imagine it.
And all of the stupid assholes who do not know what does it mean power
swimming start to speak some cold water phenomena because it rings some bell
in their twisted mind.



"savanfort" <savanfort@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Lots of hodge-podge even in the well intended advices.

You have to realize that cardio is for improving/maintaining your
cardio-vascular system. Only past timers think aerobic type exercises are
for weight loss but what they really understand is fat loss. In reality
the weight loss from cardio is actually muscle loss.

Aerobic type exercises = fast burning = loss of muscle
Slow burning = fat burning = loss of grease

Do not go back to dinosaur age, and accept all untrue gym myths like "no
pain no gain" stupidity. (Pain, that is lactose accumulation in the
muscles rather inhibiting muscle activity than signal of muscle growth)

Want loosing fat, make slow, fat burning cycles in your exercise like
power swimming. Search in Google "slow burning exercises" if you want to
consider applying up to date methods. And first and foremost do not want
to loose weight. Loose rather fat. That is transform fat to muscle!!!
And as a secondary benefit, improved muscle mass helps to burn even more
fat. Do not use the scale, use the waist measuring ribbon. 1/16" - 1/8" -
1/4" loss a week can be achieved depending on brain power, genetics, and
diligence.

"JL" <jotrocks@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Is it possible to do too much cardio when trying to lose weight?

I'm 31, 6' and 225 lbs. My goal is to get down to 190 by doing cardio,
a few weights, and following the zone diet and around 1800-2000
calories a day. I eat 5 small meals, drink a ton of water, and have a
cheat meal once a week, on my off day from running. This approach has
worked for me in the past when I went from 260 down to 205. Now I'm
back up to 225 and want to get the weight back down.

Anyway, I'm jogging first thing in the morning for 20-25 minutes, six
days a week. My goal is to build up to 30 minutes each day by adding
10% more time each week. My avg HR is in the high 160s during my runs.

Three nights a week I'm doing a few weights - Sunday is pushups,
incline flys, upright rows and shoulder shrugs. Tuesday is curls and
triceps. Thursday is squats, deadlifts, and lunges. All of these are
with pretty low weight, 3 sets of 10 reps. I'm not trying to bulk,
just maintain.

I'm having mixed results my overall weight - it's dropping, but very
slowly, less than 2 lbs per week. I'm wondering if I need to A: drop a
day of running so my body has more time to recover or B: run slower and
longer, keeping my avg HR in the 150s during my runs. Or C: lift more
often, and at higher intensity.

Any advice would be appreciated!

Matt





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