is 20 mins a day of cardio enought? i weight train 4-5 days a week and at the end i run for 20 mins is this reasonable?
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how much cardio per day?
- Thread starter nickelninez
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Leeroy is right, obviously anything is better than nothing, but I'd agree you should bump it up. It can be simple little things like adding a 10 minute walk in the morning, afternoon, or whatever. I ride to the gym or pool and that helps too.
If you are already weight training on the same day you are doing cardio then I wouldnt worry about adding more cardio, you are already doing enough. If you are doing cardio on days you are not lifting, then I personally prefer 45 minutes to an hour.
Believe it or not, you're doing cardio all day long. So any time added to controlled cardio is good.
On weight lifting days, I usually go with 20 minutes as well. On non-lifting days, I go with around 30 minutes.
But it's really up to you. But remember, doing prolong cardio can cause muscle catabolism - the act of your body breaking down muscles. But you need not to worry about it because it only happens when you're doing like a 2 hour session or something like that.
On weight lifting days, I usually go with 20 minutes as well. On non-lifting days, I go with around 30 minutes.
But it's really up to you. But remember, doing prolong cardio can cause muscle catabolism - the act of your body breaking down muscles. But you need not to worry about it because it only happens when you're doing like a 2 hour session or something like that.
But you need not to worry about it because it only happens when you're doing like a 2 hour session or something like that.
Sorry for kinda stealing your thread but this goes along perfectly about what I was wondering.
So if I'm running 5-6km's in about 20-25 minutes twice a week. Then followed by a weight day the next day I won't see any muscle loss?