Jun
10
2005
Cardio as Exercise
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Cardio is one of the big three in the game of changing your body, the way I look at it there is diet, cardio and weights. The diet is self explanatory, the cardio is to burn calories before and after the cardio workout and weights are to create more muscle which automatically needs more calories just to maintain. I will try in the future to add info on individual types of cardio training but for now just want to outline how, when and what kind of exercise counts. Firstly any time that you do 20 minutes or more exercise that does not hurt your muscles I consider it a cardio workout so examples would be biking, walking, running or even sports such as Tennis or Golf or Ballroom dancing. I try to make sure that I do some kind of cardio every day just to get my blood flowing and to get away from other distractions such as TV or computers. Another important thing to try to do is to change up your cardio from day to day just for variety more than anything. The best time to get a cardio workout is in the morning. I myself ride a bike to work 25 minutes each way in the morning and afternoon and one of the main reasons that I like this is that when you have a workout of any kind in the morning it will raise your metabolism for 12 hours afterward, now most of the calories that you burn would likely be during the workout by I know that I feel better for hours after my ride compared to a non riding day. Here is a breakdown of the calories consumed during some activity; it is OK to just compare them more than trying at this point to deduct them from your caloric intake per day. Calories Burned Per Hour Per Body Weight Activity 75 lbs 100lb 150lb 200 lb There are many ways to fit this cardio into your day and if the morning does not work, or you want to kick your body into high gera, then a cardio workout in the evening can be a great way to improve your health. Looking to make a change and lose some weight? I have reviewed the top diet on the internet and you can go and read over 200 comments people have made about why this diet has worked well for them, as well as some of the problems. Tags: even sports, Golf, Swimming, TennisIf you like this post then you will probably like these other related items as well
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Very good article. My wife and I recently watched a show on the Discovery Channel and it talked about the body clock and the best times to perform certain functions, such as exercise. We found it interesting that almost every single world record set by professional athletes was set between 3 and 6 pm. This is the time the program said people tend to perform physical activities the best.
I’ve also noticed that since I started doing my aerobic workouts in the morning and an anaerobic workout late in the day, I’ve increased lean muscle and stamina much more quickly.
By the way, thank you for the chart on calories burned. I will help me in figuring out intake vs calories burned.