I believe you guys

[danny1]

Hey guys i'm currently bulking and I believe you guys when you say you should cut the cardio down from 5 days a week to about 1 or 2. Why should we do this even 1 time a week. What exactly does this cardio once a week do to you when you are bulking. I mean I dont understand how it plays such an important role when a person is bulking. How will 1 time a week affect anything. Great you burn those 400 calories that one time during the week. To me it doesnt seem significant at all. I believe you guys when you say this but can some1 just give me some type of information about how this is exactly helping me

 

[Karky]

cardio isent just about cals burned, its about cardiovascular health.

 

[danny1]

is that the main reason to do it while also bulking

 

[marko157]

cardiovascular health is just as important whether you are bulking,cutting or not doing any resistance training whatsoever

 

[Wrangell]

Hey guys i'm currently bulking and I believe you guys when you say you should cut the cardio down from 5 days a week to about 1 or 2.

Assuming someone does do cardio 5X a week while trying to bulk, that validity of that advice would sort of depend on the intensity and the duration of the type of cardio you're doing - wouldn't it ?

btw - curious, what were the reasons they gave, when telling you to " cut the cardio down from 5 days a week to about 1 or 2 "

Why should we do this even 1 time a week. What exactly does this cardio once a week do to you when you are bulking. I mean I dont understand how it plays such an important role when a person is bulking.

Hard to say what ' role ' the " guys ' had in mind. it might be that considering that you have to ensure you are in a calorie surplus - i.e above what your normal maintenance calories are - in order to gain muscle mass in an optimal way, cardio may have an adverse effect on the rate that mass may be added. Adding bulk requires extra calories, but cardio reduces calories, so ' frequent ' cardio may have a role in compromising your calorie requirements for muscle. Beyond that, in terms of your muscles themselves, there are the considerations of what might be considered to be the added ' stress ' certain forms of cardio may have on your body - i.e cortisol's adverse impact muscles.

I'd put more focus ( worry ) on ' fine tuning ' your diet first, weight training second and leave concerns about cardio last - but that's just me. But again, as I said before, it sort of depends on the intensity and the duration of the cardio you're doing IMO.