Harie
Experienced Member
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I totally disagree with you on the cardio JayMan.
To keep as much muscle as possible, one needs to keep the cardio short, but high intensity. With long cardio sessions, your body eats up your muscles.
Illustration: How many runners have you seen with lots of muscle? I've never seen any. Reason is because they do lots of long duration cardio (at mid range heart rates) which eats away at their muscles.
CCS - Maintaining nearly 90% maximum heart rate for an hour is just plain crazy. That's even a more sure-fire way to lose muscle mass than JayMan's 45 minutes of low intensity cardio. If you must do long sessions of cardio, then, listen to JayMan.
To keep as much muscle as possible, one needs to keep the cardio short, but high intensity. With long cardio sessions, your body eats up your muscles.
Illustration: How many runners have you seen with lots of muscle? I've never seen any. Reason is because they do lots of long duration cardio (at mid range heart rates) which eats away at their muscles.
CCS - Maintaining nearly 90% maximum heart rate for an hour is just plain crazy. That's even a more sure-fire way to lose muscle mass than JayMan's 45 minutes of low intensity cardio. If you must do long sessions of cardio, then, listen to JayMan.