Is Cardio Twice A Week Enough?

[AmazingAJ]

im doing a fullbody 3x a week now so on Tue Thu Sat i do 20 min cardio on treadmil.

Now when im done with this cycle i might do a push/pull or an upper/lower. And i can only get to the gym Mon-Sat so 4 days would be weightlifting and 2 would be cardio

is 20 -30 minutes of cardio twice a week enough?

cardio would be about 8mph run for 20 minutes straight

also my goal is to gain muscle/strength and lose a bit of fat

[Bostongeorge617]

How much cardio one needs hinges on a multiple factors, many of which you haven't addressed. So the short answer to your question is do what you are doing for about 3 weeks, assess your progress and adjust accordingly.

[chazzy1864]

Perhaps.

[im2manly]

Maybe.

[ArizonaEli]

I'm wondering why you are limiting "cardio" to just running. There are a lot of ways to "do cardio" that involve assistance work for your lifting.

As to your question, I agree with everyone else: maybe.

Personally, I recently went from 3 lift / 3 "cardio" a week to 4 lift / 2 "cardio" per week and I don't like the results. I am going back to 3 lift days and 3 conditioning days.

[AmazingAJ]

I'm wondering why you are limiting "cardio" to just running. There are a lot of ways to "do cardio" that involve assistance work for your lifting.

As to your question, I agree with everyone else: maybe.

Personally, I recently went from 3 lift / 3 "cardio" a week to 4 lift / 2 "cardio" per week and I don't like the results. I am going back to 3 lift days and 3 conditioning days.

all i know is i when i eat a lot i gain weight fast so idk if its all muscle. What was ur routine like when u were doing 3 cardio/3 weights?