Cardio

[Bhootnike]

yep haha, well i just walk as hard as i can so that i am within 30cm of the end of the treddy, after 30mins i prob. get a bit more lenient haha

[VivaTequila]

Running is good as.

I'm slightly overweight because I have a terrible diet, but I'm losing weight because I ride/run everywhere. I normally go for 5km runs 3-4 times a week and I ride to/from work most days in the week, and about once a week I go for a 60~80km ride.

Cardio is the shit for maintaining a respectable weight if you are unhealthy by default and have crappy metabolism. I'd be obese as hell if I didn't exercise.

Goal weight is anything under 90kg (currently at 93)

[Graphite]

Hmm, this is such a good thread. So is there any programs suggested for losing weight? E.g. run as fast as you can for 2 mins then jog for 1 mins and repeat 10 times?

I'm used to the steady state running/jogging :S. I'm losing weight slowly but if there is a better method I will use that.

[Gloamglozer]

This is rule number 1.<sup>*

*</sup>If you need to run from zombies...

[Phy124]

Running is good as.

I'm slightly overweight because I have a terrible diet, but I'm losing weight because I ride/run everywhere. I normally go for 5km runs 3-4 times a week and I ride to/from work most days in the week, and about once a week I go for a 60~80km ride.

Cardio is the shit for maintaining a respectable weight if you are unhealthy by default and have crappy metabolism. I'd be obese as hell if I didn't exercise.

Goal weight is anything under 90kg (currently at 93)

Good stuff, (wo?)man!

I'm really glad I was born with a good metabolism or I would be so screwed...

Keep at it, you'll definitely get there

Hmm, this is such a good thread. So is there any programs suggested for losing weight? E.g. run as fast as you can for 2 mins then jog for 1 mins and repeat 10 times?

I'm used to the steady state running/jogging :S. I'm losing weight slowly but if there is a better method I will use that.

I believe it can be beneficial to do other types of running (interval/fartlek) but I'm unable to give detailed descriptions on how, so I'll leave it to someone else

[JellyDonut]

Goal weight is anything under 90kg (currently at 93)

YYou should change your name to TilaTequila
Just sayin'

[taiga]

JellyDonut you drunk bro?

VivaTequila, I think you should look into interval training. 1min sprint/2min jog intervals are not bad, but if you're actually sprinting you probably won't be able to do that very long. Better to do shorter intervals in my opinion. I do 10 seconds sprint 20 second easy when doing regular intervals, and 20 second sprint with 10 second intervals when doing tabata (can only do this for ~7 minutes before hitting the ground)

The reason this method is better is that you can add it to a steady state regime (can do it at the end of a long walk/jog), it doesn't take much time (an effective tabata workout is about 4 minutes and a regular interval workout is probably 15), burns a lot of calories during, is muscle sparing, and increases your metabolism for the rest of your day (bulk of the calorie burn). On top of that it will improve your sprint times a lot too!

[VivaTequila]

Running is good as.

I'm slightly overweight because I have a terrible diet, but I'm losing weight because I ride/run everywhere. I normally go for 5km runs 3-4 times a week and I ride to/from work most days in the week, and about once a week I go for a 60~80km ride.

Cardio is the shit for maintaining a respectable weight if you are unhealthy by default and have crappy metabolism. I'd be obese as hell if I didn't exercise.

Goal weight is anything under 90kg (currently at 93)

Good stuff, (wo?)man!

I'm really glad I was born with a good metabolism or I would be so screwed...

Keep at it, you'll definitely get there

Hmm I don't actually eat that unhealthily, I just eat lots, and lots, and lots. I'd go through 3~4L of milk a week and I'd eat upwards of 10,000kJ extra in junkfood a week, mainly biscuits n' stuff, and those are where my problems lie. It's just an absence of fresh food in our house because my folks are FOB russians and don't eat anything that hasn't been pickled for 8 years, so I go out and buy my own food and the habits from being a little kid and spending your $2 pocket money on lollies just haven't abated yet.

Exercise is awesome.

Goal weight is anything under 90kg (currently at 93)

YYou should change your name to TilaTequila
Just sayin'

lol I found out about this model AFTER I adopted VivaTequila as my online tag.

JellyDonut you drunk bro?

VivaTequila, I think you should look into interval training. 1min sprint/2min jog intervals are not bad, but if you're actually sprinting you probably won't be able to do that very long. Better to do shorter intervals in my opinion. I do 10 seconds sprint 20 second easy when doing regular intervals, and 20 second sprint with 10 second intervals when doing tabata (can only do this for ~7 minutes before hitting the ground)

The reason this method is better is that you can add it to a steady state regime (can do it at the end of a long walk/jog), it doesn't take much time (an effective tabata workout is about 4 minutes and a regular interval workout is probably 15), burns a lot of calories during, is muscle sparing, and increases your metabolism for the rest of your day (bulk of the calorie burn). On top of that it will improve your sprint times a lot too!

Might try this out. I do it when I'm cycling, but never really tried it when I run. I normally go all out and run hard on the first sorta 800m and then crash and jog the rest of the 5km circuit. I dunno if this is anywhere near as good, but I'll try your method.

[kensan]

For those wanting a more in-depth article into HIIT (High intensity interval training) and LISS (Low intensity steady state)
http://www.simplyshredded.com/cardio-for-fat-loss-high-intensity-interval-training-cardio-vs-low-intensity-steady-state-cardio.html

Bottom Line:

Do the type of cardio that you have a personal preference for. Whichever one fires you up the most because you’ll most likely work harder at it. HIIT is quicker, proves to be more effective for fat loss, creates metabolic changes, and helps with muscle retention but not everybody can do HIIT. LISS is safer, but takes twice as long to accomplish similar things and it still has its place for fat loss in moderate amounts, from a pure calorie burning standpoint (meaning only to burn calories & not make changes to your metabolism).  ....

[VivaTequila]

interesting read above