Cardio duration

[Antoni2]

Re: Cardio duration

Hmm jogging for lengthy periods can be difficult on you legs and around fibrous. If your not preparing for a master range run, would keep it to 20-30mins at a relaxed average pace....

Personal Training Cary

[Mattingly]

Re: Cardio duration

Hmm jogging for lengthy periods can be difficult on you legs and around fibrous. If your not preparing for a master range run, would keep it to 20-30mins at a relaxed average pace....

Personal Training Cary

Thanks Alton(yep Alton), amazing and coherent advice! Please do this elsewhere.

[red crayon]

Re: Cardio duration

I often talk to people at the gym I go to about their work outs and cardio. Im no expert by any means but I have been doing this since I was 20 years old (Thats in the time before Nautilus). I had just read a book by Dr. Ken Cooper so I was pumped up to go running. Anyway, most of the people at my gym are red necks so I have to give the red neck version or they wont understand what Im talking about. The red neck version goes like this, You must exercise hard enough to sweat. You have 3 main factors that you can increase to help you get better results from your cardio session. Duration, speed and intensity. Duration is easy to increase but boreing. Speed is also easy and better done in short bursts, about one minute or less, like a sprinter. Increaseing the intensity is tricky but once you figure out that you have to make your body work harder than it normally does you can do that too. A good example is the way I increase my intensity, I carry a 5 pound olympic plate in each hand while Im on the tread mill. Some people dont think this will help but all you have to do is to look at your mailman. They carry the mail in a mail pouch house to house and usually dont have a weight problem. A bonus that the mailmen get are great looking legs.
So to hit the target heart range sweat. You know you are there when you sweat. Choose one or more of the other 3 variables and you will have a cardio session that will give results. Oh and I would start at doing cardio 2 or 3 times a week. Thats it. Its not easy but if you stay at it and throw in a good clean diet you will get results!