How much do you cardio?

[old-n-fat]

Just wondering where my regimen fits into the overall sector.

I do 20 minutes of cardio every Mon/Wed/Fri post-workout. Been doing it for about 5 months and thus far have lost about 12 lbs, but I'm sure my bf% tells a better story as I'm putting on muscle at the same time.

How much cardio do you do?

[bustasinclair]

I do 45 mins/6 days a week at medium intensity (4.5 mph at 10-14% incline on treadmill--similar speeds on other machines when not doing t-mill)

I'm trying to cut to close to contest BF%, so it may appear extreme.

[aneas]

3-4 times a week for 25-30 minutes a session.

[Capt_Lou]

30-40 min 6 days a week fasted
30 min post weights

Total fat loss to date from January 1st - 21lbs

[Gettinolder]

I do 30-45mins 2 times a week. Weds and Saturday.

[Subcool]

15 minutes before and 20 after workout 4 x per week
went from 19 % BF to 13.8 in 3 months

Sub

[Original Poster]

3-5 sessions a week....20-30 mins each.

At my peak I was upto 12-13 hours a week when seriously cutting.
GOD did that SUCK.

[mlandis]

I run, so it really depends on what I have planned to run that day. I run 3 to 4 days a week, 30 to 120 minutes depending if I have a 1/2 marathon that I'm training for.

To keep from getting too lean I'm lifting 3 days and using protein and creatine and keeping the runs down to 30 - 70 minutes in length.

[SP1966]

60 minutes on the treadmil at 4.5mph 4.5 incline 5-6 days a week. Now that the weather is finally getting nice I will start to ride my mountain bike in place of some of the TM time.

[egoatdoor]

Three days a week offseason, up to five days "in season".

Offseason, its never more than 30 minutes and sometimes much less if I do HIT. In season, I steadily ramp up the number of days and the maximum duration over a 14 week period, using the mirror as my guide. This year, I finished up at 5 days with a maximum time of 50 minutes on non HIT days.

[Kate1]

25 minutes - 3 times a week - on this:

Sorry I don't know how to embed the pic. Anyway - start at level 6 on this, walk up the stairs sideways (each side) periodically, then go to level 11 for intervals. This thing will kick your ass - in a good way

[ygohome]

3 workouts a day... starting last week I increased from 15 min to 20 min on treadmill at start of each workout... 6.5 mph at 5% incline. the rest of my workout time is with weights and inverted situps. the more intense and amount of cardio the better for a lean build

[LyingSac]

6 days @ 30 minutes

[5krunner]

Two 45 min LISS sessions daily six days a week for me currently while cutting.

[groink]

i do 25-30 mins every workout

[mikieson]

None this week as my goute in my left foot is screwing with me...BUT normally only about 1 mile on the treadmill 3 times a week. And some heavybag work once or twice a week.

[bodyrokk]

3-5 sessions a week....20-30 mins each.

At my peak I was upto 12-13 hours a week when seriously cutting.
GOD did that SUCK.

damn thats alot of cardio ..did it work well for u?how and on what?

[Clif]

very little to none, im preping for a comp and have stop due to losing to fast.

i was at 147.0 this morning.

[agsuper]

4 times a week either 40 minutes on the elliptical 3.5 miles or one hour of walking at a fast pace around my subdivision with a stroller.

[strongforgood]

Every day for about an hour. I figure my ancestors worked the fields for about 12 hours a day and survived, I can do a little cardio.

[AndroShock]

Absolutely none. Can't, which is ok for what I am trying to do.

[groink]

Two 45 min LISS sessions daily six days a week for me currently while cutting.

What's a LISS session?

[Capt_Lou]

What's a LISS session?

Low intensity sustained state - Keeping the heart rate at a steady level. I only do LISS and my HR is kept between 130-135.

[groink]

Low intensity sustained state - Keeping the heart rate at a steady level. I only do LISS and my HR is kept between 130-135.

Oh okay...thanks

So I'm a LISSer and i didn't even know it

[snoack]

working on expanding my base mpw(Miles per Week), goal is minimum of 25 by June. Currently have 14.25 this week, 2.2 miles of hill training scheduled for tomorrow.

[Analyst]

Right now, about 2 hours per week (total of maybe 10 miles running). I'll be working slowly up to 30-40 miles per week, so whatever that comes to in terms of time...

In fact, my main focus right now is on running, with lifting weights a close second.

[MDSkiffer]

I am a big fan of High intensity interval for no longer than 25 minutes. I will get my heart rate as high as 160 which is anerobic at that point but then settle back down to 140ish for two minutes then bang out a good minute at a high level again.

[Byakuya]

Wednesdays and Sundays are my main cardio days, but I also do cardio post-workout on most other days. Most days I probably don't do more than 20-30 minutes of cardio though, so I probably don't do enough. I have a hard time with cardio. I just don't seem to have much endurance.

[brava]

5 minutes warm-up prior to my workouts...that's all.

[abeachparty]

Right now, I am doing five 45-minute cardio sessions per week. But that will gradually move up to 10 per week just before my contest in July.