hiya all,  i just wondered what is good cardio workout's??
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A cardio workout is vaguely defined as anything that will make your heart pump a little faster.\n\nSome very good cardio workouts are:\n\nrunning\nswimming\njump rope\nroller blading\ndancing\nsports (tennis, basketball)
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1.5 hours of cardio a day + 15 mins of weight training + 30 mins of ab workout.\n\neat healthy, low carb food in normal amounts and drink 2 to 3 litres of water a day.\n\nyou can do it.\n\nhave fun.\n\nI plan to do the very same thing so if you want give me your e-mail and we'll do it together.
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Hello,\n\nJogging is an aerobic exercise and of course it would be considered "cardio."  Basically, Cardiovascular exercises are those where you are using oxygen and burning glycogen and would include exercise on a treadmill, or elliptical, or jogging around a track, or using a stationary bike, etc.    You can definately burn bodyfat while doing cardiovascular exercises, but you want to make sure that you also are doing your cardio within a moderate intensity range.\n\nTo simplify, if you are a healthy individual (no medical problems that would prevent you from doing certain cardiovascular exercises - if in doubt, consult a physician before beginning a program) you can do your cardio anywhere from 20 - 60 minutes per session up to 5 times per week if necessary.  If you are just beginning, or you are very overweight, it would be good for you to start out even by walking 3 days per week to build up your cardiovascular endurance slowly.  If you have been doing some type of cardio for a while, maybe try to stick to a 3-4 day per week routine, and go at least 20 minutes per session, keeping your heart rate within a moderate range which will help you burn body fat.\n\nTo figure out what your range is, you would determine this by using a small formula to determine your heart rate ranges, from minimum to maximum.  The formula looks like this:\n\n220 - Age  x .6   and x .8\n\nSay you are 30 years old.  220 - 30 = 190    190 x .6 = 114   and 190 x .8 = 152\n\nTherefore, as a 30 year old individual, your heart range for doing cardio would be 114 - 152.   (These numbers represent your target heart ranges at 60% of your maximum and 80% of your maximum.)  Then, once you have determined this, you can take your pulse as you are doing your cardio (either at the wrist or just below the ear at the neck) and count how many beats you feel in 10 seconds and then take that times 6 to get an average beats per minute.  Since you are probably just beginning and want to burn some bodyfat, it would be good for you to stay near the lower range, around 60 - 65% keeping your heart beat around maybe 120 or so during your cardio session.\n\nThere are more accurate ways to do this, but I wanted to try to keep it simple for you and make you aware of how you know where to be when you do cardio.  A much simplier way to tell if you are training at a good pace, is called the "talk test", and all that means is that if while doing cardio you are breathing moderately and still have enough oxygen to hold a conversation with someone while you're doing it, then you should be ok.\n\nI hope this helps you a bit and wasn't too confusing.  Doing a good cardio program is not hard, it just takes a little bit of research to make sure you are doing it properly to fit your goals.  Some people are endurance athletes and want to train at higher heart ranges to do marathons, etc.  It all depends on what you want to accomplish.\n\nGood luck to you, keep up the weight training and perhaps consult a trainer if one is available where you work out.  These people should be able to help you determine how you should train and explain why you are doing what you're doing.  Enjoy.\n\n-nikemand
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best to start on general cardio ... cycling or step for short period.\nthen move onto either leg or upper body work\n\nleg press then bench press  dead lift arm curls\ni feel that you should go for fewer reps and higher kgs in weight..not a great believer in 10 or 15 rep weights thinkl that 3 at 90kg 2 at 105kg then 1 at 120kg is good but choice is up to you. remember breath and never train alone aleays have a spotter incase you need help..start slowly and results will follow.. balanced diet.. no booze
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First of all great job and god bless you for taking charge of your life to a better you!!! Now my doctor told me that it is recommended by the American Heart Association that we need at lease 30 minutes of exercise 5 days a week. So here is what i do i either jog or use  the elliptical machine for 45-60 minutes 3 days a week. Then, 2 days out of the week i get on the elliptical for 30 minutes and then i do strength training for 30 minutes. You see that is just part of my life style. One other part is asking for gods help to get me through this because without him i wouldn't be able to do this. So what ever ever higher power you believe in ask for its help and you will get it. Also as part of my healthier eating style i follow the South Beach book its great! You can order it on-line or buy it at a book store for less than 20$. Well I hope this helped you if you want more support or advice don't be afraid to email my email is jgomez3582@yahoo.com. Take care Lisa! Oh by the way my name is James
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Cardio helps burn your calories, but to maximize calorie burn, you need to pair it with resistance training. try jogging, then some ab crunches, squats and lunges (legs burn more calories than other parts of you).
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The least expensive way to do cardio is to get a pair of good sneakers and go out walking.  You can do it anywhere, anytime.  I would also recommend a jump rope -- it's easy to use and burns a lot of calories very quickly, and it's fun.  \n\nYour calorie intake may be too low, so that your body goes into starvation mode.  You might also have too low a fat intake -- a little bit of fat is healthy.  Check out www.weightwatchers.com for some good advice, or go to a meeting: a lot of people there have only 10-15 pounds to lose.
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I tried to lose weight for a while, and no amount of cardio got off the last 30 or so pounds.  I was introduced to a cleansing and nutritional system by my mom, who lost something like 40 pounds in a few months.  Anyway, I got on this cleansing system, which cleans out toxins and impurities in your body and i lost 30 pounds in 6 weeks, energy is super high, and just felt awesome. It's been over a year now, and I've kept it off with this system and feel great every day.  If you're looking at a great way to safely and quickly take off fat and get healthy, you should give this a good look.  I'd be glad to share it with you, send me a message. Good luck!
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Pilate's, power aerobics, step aerobics, and 20/20/20 (20 min of step, cardio, weights).  I also like cycling and yoga.
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run... actually... treadmill workout: do incline walk for an hour... make sure the incline is all the way to the highest (for the gym i go to 15 is the highest incline) and use 3.5 - 4.0 speed.   then stairmaster and randomize it.  don't do bikes cuz it doesn't do anything.  SO every other day, do stairmaster and the other days, incline walk.  make sure you get one day off though.  good luck!
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If your doctor recommends that you exercise and get some cardio exercise than climbing stairs is a good exercise.  Just be aware of your body.  If you start to get really tired, or feel dehydrated, get off the next floor and take the elevator.  Getting your heart pumping should be good for you.. your body needs it, but I would talk to your doctor about it if you're concerned.
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What do you want to accomplish?  Just general fitness, build up a specific muscle group, lose weight, or what?  Answer that and you'll be 90% of the way to your ideal workout.\n\nAs a very general rule, exercise that uses your arms AND legs is better than just one or the other, and exercise that raises your arms over your heart is better than exercise that doesn't (because the heart has to pump harder to push the blood uphill).  Which means that if you're stuck indoors and don't have equipment, the humble jumping jack isn't a bad choice.   (Hmmm... jumping jacks with a 5-lb dumbbell in each hand?  I've never tried that...)\n\nIf you have access to a health club, try the elliptical cross-trainers, especially the ones that let you pump with your arms as well as "pedal" with your legs.  I find those get my heart rate up faster than treadmills or stationary bikes, and are a more "concentrated" form of exercise, at least for my body and its many flaws and weaknesses.  Your mileage may vary.\n\nFrom my personal experience, though, I haven't found anything that is as intensive, complete, and thorough as martial-arts practice.  Kicking and punching for half an hour, either alone or with a partner, is incredibly intense, especially if you have a heavy bag to provide some resistance.  I've been teaching my 15YO daughter her next form lately while we are at the gym, and just minutes of walking across the floor doing  reverse punches gets me more winded than half an hour on the elliptical.
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If you're going to the gym anyway, then I'd recommend cutting back on your cardio to maybe 30min each visit (but make sure you're working hard enough to sweat profusely), and replace the other 30 minutes (or so) with weights (30min) and stretching (5min or so).\n\nFor the cardio portion, consider 2 machines for 15min each, but skip the cycle entirely.  go with treadmill, rowing (if available), and elliptical.  Do the elliptical or rowing first, and 'warm up' for the first 5 minutes.  5min 'cool down' at the end is plenty before you move on to the weights.   The stretching at the end is when you completely cool down.\n\nCheck out "Hot Point Fitness" for suggestions on all specifics for cardio, weights, stretching.
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As strange as it sounds, you may be working out too much. I would go for 45 mins of cardio 5 days a week, but use different machines, or try a spin class. For strength, two days a week, and try yoga or pilates.
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You can do all the weights you want, but if you don't have cardio, your new muscles will be covered by a layer of fat! So, yes, cardio is very much important. Even if you are thin, you still need to do cardio for your heart. Its recommended to do at least 30 minutes of cardio 3 times a week. Thats the bare minimum. Cardio will help you burn fat, and then lifting weights will help you tone up. And don't forget to eat healthy because if you're eating junk food all the time, exercise won't help too much.
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exercise more. \n\na strong cardio workout is good for quickly losing weight. do it in the morning before breakfast and really push yourself. a hard 20 min workout several days a week, will be a good start. also, after your cardio work out, don't make b-line to the kitchen, hold off on eating for at least an hour, your body will continue to burn calories and fat even after you have stopped.\n\nstarting a weight training program will also help you lose weight and build muscle.\n\nmake sure the food you love to eat is good for your body, protein is your friend. stay away from junk food\n\nalso, check out the book "body for life" it covers a 12 week program, but you might be able to get some help out of it.
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Cardio, cardio, cardio. This helps you with the simple philosophy behind fat loss: Burn more calories than you take in. If your goal is fat loss, incorporate 4–6, 30–60-minute sessions per week into your training schedule.\n\nOf iron and sweat. If your goal is to lean out, follow your weight training with cardio. Since lifting depletes glycogen stores, your body is more likely to use fat as its first fuel source during cardio. Also, the combination of the two results in a higher caloric burn postworkout.\n\nTread heavily. What’s the best exercise and intensity to burn maximal fat? Researchers found that jogging on the treadmill at about 70% of your maximal heart rate, or MHR (subtract your age from 220 and multiply by 0.7 for your heart rate in beats per minute), was optimal, burning about 40 grams of fat per hour of exercise. Going above or below this intensity burned significantly less fat, as did pedaling on a stationary cycle, regardless of intensity.\n\nRun hungry. If you can stomach getting up earlier, perform cardio before your first meal of the day. Your body is most likely to use fat as the first energy source because your glycogen stores are depleted. If you’re concerned with muscle loss, take 10–20 grams of whey protein before your session, but stay away from carbs.\n\nPost-cardio burn. Following aerobic exercise, your resting metabolic rate remains elevated for anywhere from 60 minutes to about 12 hours, depending on the intensity and duration of the exercise session.\n\nMove outdoors. Try your next outdoor run on sand, which is more difficult than running on harder surfaces like cement. It’s easier on the joints as well, but wear shoes to avoid stress fractures and protect your feet from glass. Running on grass is also a welcome relief to joints and arches.\n\nTaper off. Instead of starting slow and building up speed, do your high-intensity cardio early in your workout and taper off to a slow finish to burn significantly more fat. After a 2–3-minute warm-up, immediately kick it into high gear (80%–85% max heart rate) for 15–20 minutes before slowing down (60%–65% max heart rate) for the last 10–20 minutes.\n\nVary your cardio. Whether you’re lifting weights or doing cardio, the trick is to keep your body from adapting to what you’re doing. Regularly changing your cardio mode is the best way to keep your body responding to your efforts.\n\nInterval for success. Unless you’re a highly conditioned athlete, you can’t maintain a very intense pace for very long, so the best way to improve your aerobic fitness and burn fat is with intervals. That is, you alternate very intense periods of work with lower-intensity sessions in which you recover.\n\nNo butts. Smoking deprives cells of the oxygen they need to maximize metabolism, keeps muscles from repairing themselves after exercise and makes cardio a lot tougher. Plus, your smoke-scented clothes are sure to irritate fellow gym rats.\n\nFidget to fight fat. Are you a fidgeter? Maybe you should be. Several studies have shown that toe-tappers, while completely annoying at the office, will burn more calories over the course of the day than the stationary man.\n\nNUTRITION\n\nStay hydrated. Active individuals actually require more water and should aim to consume roughly 1 gallon per day to avoid becoming dehydrated. And if you’re one of those people who hates drinking water, consider this: Dehydrated individuals burn less fat than their well-watered counterparts.\n\nEat more frequently. Eating 5–6 small meals a day as opposed to “three squares a day” causes your metabolism to work constantly. Eating larger meals, on the other hand, slows your metabolism and forces leftover calories to be stored as fat.\n\nEat protein. Since muscle-building is the fastest route to slim down, you want to make sure that your protein consumption is enough to keep up with your weight training. Eat too little protein and your gains could be much slower. Get 1–1