MXMAD

Is it ok to do cardio on say Monday and tuesday then have a day off wednesday? Or should i also take day breaks in between training?

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YetiMan

Hi Mate, I do cardio between 5-6 times a week ( apart from last 2 weeks) and seems fine for me! Dont think cardio needs a break between - obviously that prob will depend how hard core your going

MXMAD

Thanks for the quick reply m8.

I have only just started to do cardio to get my cardio fitness up as its quite poor.

I am doing 10 mins gental jog

10 mins on the bike

12 mins on cross trainer

1000M on the rowing machine

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NeilpWest

A good one for cardio fitness is on tredmill 2mins jog 1min sprint 2min jog 1min sprint etc for 20mins. Every 5min put the incline up 2degrease that will nacker you.

robbiedont

Yeah, it depends what you are calling " cardio " I get burnt out really quickly because my idea of cardio is my heart rate 150/160bpm +

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MXMAD

Yes same here, get a target of 140 - 160 i do this for about 30 mins and will work up as i get CV fitter

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robbiedont

Have you got a heart rate monitor?

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MXMAD

No, i just use the one on the machines in the gym

Not 100% i know but they give you a rough idea

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robbiedont

Do they have chest straps?


How do they work?

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MXMAD

No they only have the metal sencors where you put ya hands.

You must of seen them?

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robbiedont

Nope, I do my running outside ;)


You shouldn't hold on when running/walking, you're not getting the full effect by supporting your weight!

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JawD

I mix up my cardio.

On days when Im doing weights, I sometimes end the session with a 10min HIIT.

For that, I will use the rower or the cross trainer. That would be 1min gentle, 1min hard as I can, 1m gentle and so on. When I do this on the cross trainer (and so have no choice but to hold the heart rate monitor) my BMP goes up to 160 and then down to 145 and back to 160 and so on. For me (bare in mind age has an effect here) that is about 80 - 90%.

If I do a cardio day and no weights, I do 30mins at the moment in the gym. 10 mins step machine (I go hill walking so I do this intentionally), 10 min cross and 10 min treadmill. When I increase this soon to 40min Ill add 10min rower. I do these though at around 65-70% which for me is around 120-125 BPM. When I use the crosstrainer and stepper the hand grips help me keep the BPM on target. The rower and tread dont have these (or do but cant hold em while using the machine, not without looking like a gimp anyway!) so I try to judge it myself.

Other days, more so as the mornings and nights get lighter, I go for a run in my local park. I dont monitor my HR at the moment, but just call it a gentle jog. Takes me about 30mins at the moment but am looking to up that to 45min by tweaking my route.

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