Is slow cardio in the morning any good?

[FreshMintBlue]

EDIT:

Sorry guys for the missing stats, thanks for all the help.

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Age: 31
Height: 1.86 cm
Weight: 209 pounds
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The reason I'm asking is because I cannot see any or very littler results after 2 weeks cardio in the morning.

I have enough fat around my belly that I cannot see my abs.

I did read up on slow cardio and most people agree that around 3Mph is the best way to go and that you ONLY see results after a couple of weeks, I'm neverless afraid that I waste time until the summer.

Here is my diet and my workout/cardio plan:

Cardio every morning around 08.00 concist of:
45 min walking on Treadmill around 3 mph.

Diet:

Right after Cardio: Protein Shake with water

10.00
50g Oat meal
1 medium Apple
200g Egg whites
Multivitamin
Glutamin
Cee Creatin

12.30
200g Turkey Breast grilled
200g Frozen Veggies
100g white rice (brown is way to expensive here)

15.00
2 slices brown bread with NATURAL Penut butter

17.00
50g Oats
1 medium apple
Skimmed milk

After Workout
1 Protein Shake with water

21.00
200g Turkey Breats
1 Salad
2 Table spoon Olive Oil
1 Table spoon Vinegar

Before bed:
2 Flaxseed Oil casules
2 Omega 3 casules

Any help is deeply apreachiated..... do i waste my time or can I get ripped untill August ?

[Foster]

Is that less calories then you were eating previous to starting the cardio? You have everything measured out precisely so I'm assuming you know the caloric content of everything and it's less calories then before.

Is someting preventing you from doing cardio at a faster pace? I don't really understand the purpose of slow cardio unless you can't do moderate speed. Some people argue that fast speed is more cardio health and less weight loss and that moderate speeds are best. I haven't read anything that says to do cardio slowly.

Also, I don't know how you can expect us to tell you if you can get ripped when we have no idea your current weight or your goal weight.

[BigVrunga]

low to mid intensity cardio is supposed to draw more energy from fat rather than carbs, so many think its the way to go. However, if you think about it when you sleep your energy is drawn mostly from fat too...so if that were the case we could all get ripped just from sleeping 12 hours a day!

I am cutting right now (my first *real* cut since I started training 5 years ago) - and last month with my diet locked in I did all mid-intensity cardio, jogging 15-20 miles a week on a treadmill. I definitely lost fat.

However, this month I switched over to HIIT cardio, which is a mix of mid intensity cardio with high intensity bursts in the same session. As a result, Ive lost more fat in 2 weeks with HIIT than I did in 4 weeks with just straight jogging.

Slow cardio is better than no cardio, but mixing it up with some intensity work with result in a great caloric defecit, not to mention that great feeling of having your ass kicked after a workout

BV

[Brent]

I would give it a little more than 2 weeks before you see results.
I would favor HIIT and make sure you are taking in less than your normal of calories.

[myfathersboy]

Don't forget also that terms like 'slow' and 'fast' and 'high intensity' are very subjective....your current condition, weight, and age all play a role in determining your target heart rate. In other words, 'slow' for you might be 'fast' for me depending on the aforementioned factors. I think it's misunderstandings like this that is one of the major reasons people don't see results....some kid walks into the gym and crams 900lbs onto the leg press and moves it 2 inches because some dude at work told him "go heavy or go home"...well thats all fine and good but 'heavy' is another one of those subjective terms that really does us little good.

ok...sorry, got a little carried away....what I am trying to say is find your target heart rate for burning fat and, using that number, adjust accordingly. HIIT and slow, steady cardio both have their places, but you need a starting point in order to define what all of those vague terms mean to YOU.

Did that make any sense at all?

[dsl]

what is the calorie breakdown of your diet?


Also, just keep your heartrate around 125-130 for the morning cardio and you should be fine

[HeIsLegend]

yeah try some HIIT cardio it works good...Ive never done the stairclimber at the gym until yesterday and 10 minutes switching it up kicked my butt i never thought i could sweat so much from doing stairs

[blahblah192]

3 mph is like walking??

[HeIsLegend]

yeah thats kinda slow i switch up mine on different incline levels and different speeds all the way up to 8.0mph i usually do that for 12 minutes then the skier for 20 then the stair climber for 15

[moklepaul]

Must be quite subjective, my walking pace is about 5mph.

I've started a HIIT program that I do early morning, so far it's been going good.

I think you may see better results if you spent less time going at a faster pace.

The diet plan looks, unless your age/weight/height are in some extreme.

[FreshMintBlue]

The reason I started with slow cardio is that after bulking (a little dirty after my Egypt holiday) I wanted to keep my little bit of muscles I have gained over the winter time.
To be honest with you, I have the time of my life atm, I never was stronger in squads and any other excersise for that matter.
I don't want to risk loosing all my gains by doing HIIT (what I have done in the past and I have to admit that I got some results)

I'm just a little worried since I'm still on 209lbs in the MORNING with no food in my my belly and I (If i had the chance) cleared out my crap before I went to the gym.

[BigVrunga]

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The reason I started with slow cardio is that after bulking (a little dirty after my Egypt holiday) I wanted to keep my little bit of muscles I have gained over the winter time.
To be honest with you, I have the time of my life atm, I never was stronger in squads and any other excersise for that matter.
I don't want to risk loosing all my gains by doing HIIT (what I have done in the past and I have to admit that I got some results)

The 'cardio burns muscle' myth is a complete load of steaming BS, IMO. If you have a good diet, and you're doing cardio in the right amounts, you are NOT going to lose any muscle unless you have some kind of hormonal imbalance. HIIT cardio actually helps preserve muscle compared to long (60+ min) of endurance training. Look at a sprinter and a marathon runner...who generally has more muscle on their frame?

BV

[FreshMintBlue]

After thinking a little bit I came to the following conclusion:

I will do an on off HIIT day...

Monday: As usuall 45 min walking around 3-5mph

Thuesday: HIIT Bike 15 min

Wednesday: 45 min walking

Tursday: HIIT

Friday: Walking

Saturday: HIIT

Sunday: Off

What do you guys think ?

[BigVrunga]

That sounds like a great idea

[WannaGro]

The 'cardio burns muscle' myth is a complete load of steaming BS, IMO. If you have a good diet, and you're doing cardio in the right amounts, you are NOT going to lose any muscle unless you have some kind of hormonal imbalance. HIIT cardio actually helps preserve muscle compared to long (60+ min) of endurance training. Look at a sprinter and a marathon runner...who generally has more muscle on their frame?

BV

HIIT will burn muscle if you do it to long, I was a sprinter and a hurdler, and my training was 2-3hrs, 6 days a week. It was mostly HIIT type training, and I would lose about 5lbs per week during conditioning, while eating over 4000 calories per day. I would lose a decent amout of muscle too. I do realize that none of these people just trying to lose weight would train like this, but I just think that even with a sound diet muscle can be lost with to much HIIT. Running distance though I think does burn more muscle. The distance runners always looked sick because they were so scrawny.

[BigVrunga]

HIIT will burn muscle if you do it to long, I was a sprinter and a hurdler, and my training was 2-3hrs, 6 days a week. It was mostly HIIT type training, and I would lose about 5lbs per week during conditioning, while eating over 4000 calories per day. I would lose a decent amout of muscle too. I do realize that none of these people just trying to lose weight would train like this, but I just think that even with a sound diet muscle can be lost with to much HIIT. Running distance though I think does burn more muscle. The distance runners always looked sick because they were so scrawny.

Oh hell bro I totally agree there...2-3 hours a day for 6-days a week??? You'd lose muscle if you weight trained like that! For a bodybuilder, cardio of any type shouldnt exceed 45 min per session, IMO. I keep mine around 30.

BV

[FreshMintBlue]

Oh hell bro I totally agree there...2-3 hours a day for 6-days a week??? You'd lose muscle if you weight trained like that! For a bodybuilder, cardio of any type shouldnt exceed 45 min per session, IMO. I keep mine around 30.

BV

HIIT 30 min? you cannot be serious, I cannot go more than 15 min lol or I start puking.

[BigVrunga]

HIIT 30 min? you cannot be serious, I cannot go more than 15 min lol or I start puking.

Yeah I can get to 20 or so then I have to do mid-intensity up to 30

[WannaGro]

You definitely have to work up to it, doing what I was in track, during conditioning, puking everyday the first week was normal. 20 to 30 minutes shouldn't be that bad though. I would say have you (active = jogging)rest between sprints be longer at first and then decrease the rest time as you increase your sprint time. This way you'll get your target time, and just work up the intesity as you get into better condition.

[idunk42]

[quote=WannaGro]You definitely have to work up to it, doing what I was in track, during conditioning, puking everyday the first week was normal. [quote]

This makes me think of running hills when I was playing college basketball. Every single freshman or transfer was sure to puke the first few times. It was hilarious cuz we were all there at one time or another.