Need cardio suggestions...

[Cloudy Wolf]

look left for stats. right now i'm focusing on cutting. cardio 6-7x a week. and last week, i finally broke through a plateau.

before last week, i would do about 40-45 min low intensity cardio (jogging at the track) going 50-60%.

i tried hiit, but it's just not for me. maybe i'm too fat or just not at a low enough bf%.

last week i started my new routine. began at 15 minutes on monday and worked up to 25 minutes by friday, jogging at about 70-75%.

so my question is if i want to continue cutting by jogging at about 75%, what is an optimal session length? i don't want to lose muscle, even though there is little if any muscle for me to lose

also, which intensity cardio (regardless of intensity level or length) is ideal to minimize muscle loss when cutting? bulking?

[Hard Drive]

Originally Posted by Cloudy Wolf

look left for stats. right now i'm focusing on cutting. cardio 6-7x a week. and last week, i finally broke through a plateau.

before last week, i would do about 40-45 min low intensity cardio (jogging at the track) going 50-60%.

last week i started my new routine. began at 15 minutes on monday and worked up to 25 minutes by friday, jogging at about 70-75%.

so my question is if i want to continue cutting by jogging at about 75%, what is an optimal session length? i don't want to lose muscle, even though there is little if any muscle for me to lose

You won't lose muscle from running, not if you eat correctly.
What you should do, in my opinion, is just feel your way through it.
I know it's not the answer you're looking for, but none of the people on here can give you perfect advice.
ACSM reccomends atleast 45 minutes of cardio vascular activity at 50-70% MHR per day. Keep that in mind. But, I wouldn't reccomend that much cardio if you're in good shape already. What will happen then, is when you get older and do start to put on some flab, you'll end up having to run an hour a day to keep it off. If you can get away with 10 minutes of intense cardio every day before you work out, then by the time you're older all you have to do is up it to 15 minutes or so every day.

[vinnie85]

its tru as long as you are eating correctly you shouldn't lose any muscle mass. but remember that you should be lifting to maintain as well.

what i do is basically seperate cardio and lifting to seperate days. this allows me to do my cardio without depleting my lifts.

as you continue cutting one of the most important things to keep in mind is diet. as long as you're burning more then ure consuming you should continue to get cut. also be sure that your heart rate is extended. as long as your heart rate stays in a certain parameter then you should be burning calories. hope this helped any.

[Cloudy Wolf]

cool. right now my diet is great. granted, i'm not doing shakes with oats and protein, i am eating whole chicken breast, rice, fish, tuna, apples, bananas, natural peanut butter, eggs, whole grain wheat breat, lettuce, vitamins, and tons of water.

[Hard Drive]

Originally Posted by Cloudy Wolf

cool. right now my diet is great. granted, i'm not doing shakes with oats and protein, i am eating whole chicken breast, rice, fish, tuna, apples, bananas, natural peanut butter, eggs, whole grain wheat breat, lettuce, vitamins, and tons of water.

Kudos.

And actually, I like to mix my cardio and lifting together now.
What I'll do, is on leg days I warm up on the stationary bike for 10 minutes. On upper body days, after each exercise I do I run 1/4th of a mile in 90 seconds or less on incline, then move on to my next exercise(s). And one of my leg days, all I do is I do deadlift to max after my warmup, and superset half a mile on incline with decline crunches to failure.

[Tip Top]

i suggest jumproping...3-5 sets of 3 minutes with rest in between. good stuff right there!