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Old 08-06-2008, 12:58 PM   #1
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the ANTI-CARDIO cut thread

I Hate cardio... i love lifting iron

i got about 50 to 6o lbs to lose....body fat % is 29.9% currently

i am 6 3' 345lbs down from 365 in january 08

i cant stand cardio... my diet is pure CKD with one carb refeed day and its locked on point.

i cant stand cardio.... one reason is LEG DAY... my leg training is so intense and heavy... do cardio even 3 days after cramps me up.

i hate cardio... can u get down to my goal with just diet and severe lifiting?

or is cardio the only answer?
 
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Old 08-06-2008, 01:05 PM   #2
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you can, but it would be harder take alot longer. there are countless upsides of doing cardio, one of which is having a higher metabolism which will make fatloss much easier.

just try doing low intensity cardio 3x a week for 30-40 minutes a piece following your weight training session. i know it sucks but its 90 minutes a week at the least. it'll be well worth it, trust me.
 
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Old 08-06-2008, 01:47 PM   #3
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I had the same problem with hard leg days affecting cardio performance. I find that I tend to do more cardio at the beginning of my week as I work my way towards leg day.

After leg day I find it better to do non-running cardio like: the row machine (concept 2), swimming, or power walking (wussy stuff, but it burns calories and keeps you trim).

Also, if you do intense cardio while your legs are trying to mend from the hard work out, your strength gains will be diminished. So it will be best for your strength gains, and cardio performance to do low intensity stuff after the leg work out. Also, as a heavier guy you will want to stay away from high impact modes of exercise to avoid joint damage.

It will take a very long time to shed that weight using dieting alone. It is worth mentioning that diet + exercise weight loss is greater than the sum of either of it's parts (You lose more doing both than you do while strictly following one or the other).

Having your diet locked in is more than 1/2 the battle IMHO. It takes much more discipline to eat right all week than it does to go sweat it out for 30 minutes on the track!
 



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Old 08-06-2008, 01:55 PM   #4
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I got down to 10% or below without cardio and in the past got to very low %'s with very little cardio but the challenge is you must have INSANE self control. I mean it, your life becomes all encoumpased by hunger and pain... If you can't do that then get on the damn treadmill
 
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You don't need to do cardio to cut body fat. I recently had a very successful cut on a CKD without doing a single day of cardio. As long as you're burning more calories than you're taking in then you will lose weight. It is as simple as calories in = calories out. Just know how to count your calories on a CKD...fats should be rounded down to 9 cals per gram (because of the amount of energy it takes the body to burn a gram of fat) and protein should be rounded up to 5 calories per gram (due to gluconeogenesis).
 
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i dont do that much cardio at all.
and im dieting down for a competition.

i went from about 14-15 percent bodyfat
down to around 9 percent in a month

3 days a week after training sessions i always do moderate cardio,
20 minutes on the treadmill medium incline.
 
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I've been able to lower my body fat by adopting a strict diet of many small meals a day but that only take me down by little where in contrast with a little cardio i notice the gains are much rapid.
 
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you guys aint telling me what i want to hear... but usually what works best people dont wanna do...

ima just have to grin and bear it and get on that god forasken stepper.

how about 12 rounds on the punching bag...thats acutally fun...can that replace MACHINE HELL CARDIO?
 
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you guys aint telling me what i want to hear... but usually what works best people dont wanna do...

ima just have to grin and bear it and get on that god forasken stepper.

how about 12 rounds on the punching bag...thats acutally fun...can that replace MACHINE HELL CARDIO?

Yes, boxing is an awesome form of interval cardio...Try 90 - 120 second rounds with 30 - 60 seconds in between.
 



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Yes, boxing is an awesome form of interval cardio...Try 90 - 120 second rounds with 30 - 60 seconds in between.
Now that is something i can do and would want to do...probally would do it so much i would over-train.

for the CARDIO HATER that may be the trick to shredded abs

i might even order one of those automatic ring clocks too
 
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Old 08-06-2008, 04:18 PM   #11
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you guys aint telling me what i want to hear... but usually what works best people dont wanna do...

ima just have to grin and bear it and get on that god forasken stepper.

how about 12 rounds on the punching bag...thats acutally fun...can that replace MACHINE HELL CARDIO?
punching bag is a pretty good work out i know after i lift i usually go hit the bag for 5-6mins and then hit the tread mill

also try just walking on the treadmill on a nice incline i use to run on the elliptical and fight cramps constantly no mater how good i stretched and then that started to plateau off with my fat loss so i changed and started walking 40mins a 4mph on a 15 incline (out of 15) and that restarted the fat loss in 5 weeks im down from 24.9% to 20.2 as of monday just stick with and keep the diet clean

also try out the speed bag and the sway bag those are fun as hell once you get the rhythm down if you could 90 1.5-2 mins on the heavy bag and then 1.5-2 on the speed bag and keep rotating like that id be wiling to bet that would be great for cardio
 
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I'm with JR, its possible to get sub 10 with keto diets and retain a good amount of LBM. But discipline is key.
 
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Now that is something i can do and would want to do...probally would do it so much i would over-train.

for the CARDIO HATER that may be the trick to shredded abs

i might even order one of those automatic ring clocks too
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