"cardio bunny"

[JAWS22]

This thread is cracking me up...I have to admit, I sometimes am jealous of the cardio bunnies They usually are hot..tan, perfect hair and nails, a new cute outfit for every day and somehow, they are more "toned" than I am..it's just not fair!! Oh and the guys always drool all over themselves at them...but I make fun of them all the same..lol..my favorite is how they talk and text on their cell phones the whole time

Anybody can get in shape Twin... just sayin.

[Keltron]

There ARE some women at my gym who might be looked at as cardio bunnies but it's not that they don't bust their ass or push themselves... it's just that they don't know what to do on the weight floor.

However, women AND MEN who are cardio-only because they just want to tone should just go to a cardio center instead of a gym.

and she also enjoys 100 calorie packs frequently.

Like i always say, eating 100 calories of **** still makes you a ****-eater. I'd rather have a 400 calorie slice of cake every other week as a cheat meal than eat those things as a regular snack.

[Mindi912]

[Pssst] she doesnt think shes pretty *whispers*

[psst] what's that got to do with anything?

[KyleAaron]

Are the Cardio Bunnies related to the Dumbbellinas, or are they the same thing? The Dumbbellinas is what I've heard called the girls who spend a lot of time with the 2lb dumbbells... looking in the mirror... not at themselves or their form, but at the reflections of the guys lifting weights.

The Dumbbellinas are an important part of my gym's society. For example, a few weeks ago I started doing chin-ups, nobody else was doing them in the gym. Now, I am not buff at all, but the chin-up makes a guy look pretty good - shows arms and back, pulls your waist right in, if you have any muscle at all you look like a gymnast - in comparison to the ordinary guy, anyway. I had three Dumbbellinas who came along regularly, stopping their cardio to play with their two pounders, they were pretty friendly. I am very much attached and let them know it, still it was nice.

Now five or six other guys have started doing chinups, too.

So are they related, the same, or what?

[twinnett]

That's a new term to me!! lol...actually, the PTs at my gym perpetuate the notion of "women need to do 1000 reps at 2#" mindset. I've never seen them really train a woman..it's all bosu balls and stretchy bands and endless crunches, etc..

[user4894514884]

Like i always say, eating 100 calories of **** still makes you a ****-eater. I'd rather have a 400 calorie slice of cake every other week as a cheat meal than eat those things as a regular snack.

SO true!

[Keltron]

That's a new term to me!! lol...actually, the PTs at my gym perpetuate the notion of "women need to do 1000 reps at 2#" mindset. I've never seen them really train a woman..it's all bosu balls and stretchy bands and endless crunches, etc..

As a trainer, that pisses me off. I have a feeling that the trainers KNOW that lifting heavier is better for them but their clients won't go for it and would rather do the light weight, bosu crap.

When a new female expresses concern over the workout being too heavy, bulky, manly, I tell them how it is and most of the time, they go w/it.

[SpittfireDA]

I am definitnely *not* jealous of the bunnies. Around here they're either skinny-fat or just plain fat. If any of them have to cut through the weight room to get to their ellipticals, they usually give me dirty looks.

That's ok, b/c after their hour of reading a magazine, texting and chatting, their legs and "under-arm flab" are still jiggling.

[user4894514884]

That's ok, b/c after their hour of reading a magazine, texting and chatting, their legs and "under-arm flab" are still jiggling.

hahahahaha x 100

[jchap]

This thread is cracking me up, lol.

To me, a "cardio bunny" is someone who only does cardio or if they do lift, it's countless reps with little pink dumbbells.

I do a lot of cardio, not anything high-impact either. I have osteoporosis so I have to stay away from running and do lower-impact stuff like walking (love walking, do lots of it) as well as kickboxing videos. I've just always loved cardio, nothing improves my mood more than going out and getting that "me" time. On the other hand I also lift and lift heavy. I strength train 5 days per week, with an average of an hour each session. I train vigorously, no pink dumbbells here. I used to be a "cardio bunny", I confess. I've been obsessed with cardio since the age of 14, but have only ventured into serious weight-lifting within the past year or so. So although I do a lot of cardio, I no longer consider myself that "cardio bunny" I once was.

Long story short, there is a big difference between someone who does a lot of cardio and a "cardio bunny".

I have to completely agree with you on this! I usually do 250 minutes of cardio a week, sometimes spin, sometimes arch trainer-sometimes rower-sometimes elliptical. I have to do low impact as well but my cardio is my mental health thearapy!
I lift(and heavy) for many reasons as well but I still call myself a cardio bunny when I step out of spin class dripping from sweat and high on my endorphin rush.

[BuffedWildCat]

I'll probably get flamed for this but... LOL.

I just hate the term "cardio bunny" ...on the one hand I know what ya'll mean by that. It's the skinny-fat chick on the elliptical for 40 min every day who eats snackwells cookies since they are "diet" and wonders why she can't "get a flat tummy but not an ugly six-pack like a man or something *ew*"

OK. "bunny" it is.

But not everyone who is doing a whole lot of cardio is a bunny. Maybe I'm just defensive since spending an hour on a treadmill sounds like a great way to warm up to me... or becuase when someone said to spend "more time on weights than cardio" I laughed since I'd be lifting for 3-4 hours a day if I did that... but seriously. Cardio workouts can be hard and they can build muscle and they are not just for flaky people.

I think the difference is if you're trying to improve your performance at the cardio or not. If you get on the mill and jog at the same speed every day you're wasting your time. But if you constantly increase the speed and the distance you will get stronger and faster and continue to see results. Imagine if I always lifted the same weight at every session. I would see no change from that-- change comes from doing more and the same is true with cardio.

I will agree that the elliptical is pointless except for burning calories-- there is no way to get past a certain, very low level of intensity on that thing.

But, with running I been hitting it hard for 6 months and I'm only just scratching the surface of what my body can do! And running has improved my leg press. Yes. My leg press. It's not just about bouncing along burning calories and trying to get "toned" whatever that means.


I just had to get that off of my chest.

You're not a cardio bunny, you're an athlete... big difference. You do what you do in order to excel in a sport. When people refer to cardio bunnies they are talking about the people who do the cardio machines everyday for long periods simply because they think that doing so will give them the body they want.

[JAWS22]

[psst] what's that got to do with anything?

[Pssssssp] its got everything to do with it

[Mindi912]

[Pssssssp] its got everything to do with it

eeeerrrr ok then....

[JAWS22]

eeeerrrr ok then....

You gettin attitude with me gal [gives you a one eyed stare]