2 miles a day enough?

[CBrown10]

would running 2 miles a day be enough cardio to lsoe fat, along with lifting and a good diet?

[LiL USMC BBer]

That entirely depends..


How hard is that 2 miles? Is it a fast 2 miles? or a slow trot? How many calories you burn/energy spent to run that 2 miles?


In the end it all comes down to

Calories in > Calories out = gain weight
Calories in< calories out = lose weight
calories in=calories out = maintain

Its up to you, how you go into a caloric deficiency. Either by
-Energy Spent > Calories in

Or drop calories..

[CBrown10]

true true.....its a fairly quick 2 miles im in pretty good shape so its prly not enough....i want to run hills but up here in wisconsin we are piled up full of snow so thats prolly not happening until atleast april....i saw awesome results last year doing HIIT with hill sprints

[LiL USMC BBer]

I would look into increasing your 2 mile TIME. Everytime you run that two miles look into getting a better time.

I wouldn't run much further cause then it'll start interfering with your leg development.

I only run distance becuase I have to.

[Gballer]

That entirely depends..


How hard is that 2 miles? Is it a fast 2 miles? or a slow trot? How many calories you burn/energy spent to run that 2 miles?


In the end it all comes down to

Calories in > Calories out = gain weight
Calories in< calories out = lose weight
calories in=calories out = maintain

Its up to you, how you go into a caloric deficiency. Either by
-Energy Spent > Calories in

Or drop calories..

its nt that simple, carbs do play a part too, bck in nov. started 3 months of cutting where i had around 400 deficit, 50% carbs sumtimes more nywayz made lil progress and weight lost was mostly muscle...had a 1 month bulk and im currently cutting for the past 4 weeks, so far had much better result with around 100g carbs...

[LiL USMC BBer]

its nt that simple, carbs do play a part too, bck in nov. started 3 months of cutting where i had around 400 deficit, 50% carbs sumtimes more nywayz made lil progress and weight lost was mostly muscle...had a 1 month bulk and im currently cutting for the past 4 weeks, so far had much better result with around 100g carbs...

I didn't say anything about carbs and how much YOU take in.

I never once said it was that simple either. If it WERE that simple.. everyone would be shredded.

[WaistofSpace]

true true.....its a fairly quick 2 miles im in pretty good shape so its prly not enough....i want to run hills but up here in wisconsin we are piled up full of snow so thats prolly not happening until atleast april....i saw awesome results last year doing HIIT with hill sprints

Do you belong to a gym? you can run on the incline treadmill. Also, if there is a ton of snow on the ground you can hit it up Rocky style.