Is this cardio decent

[-SD-]

Ive been doing 3 miles EOD on a treadmill with 2.0 incline, 10 lb weight vest. Its a fast walk and takes 45 minutes.

 

[ExtraMile]

1. is it getting your heart rate up?
2. is it lasting over 30mins and less than 90mins?

if yes then chances are its good cardio

 

[-SD-]

1. is it getting your heart rate up?
2. is it lasting over 30mins and less than 90mins?

if yes then chances are its good cardio

its definetely getting my HR up, im drenched with sweat after.
its 45 minutes.

 

[burnthiscorpse]

Try with or without the vest, speed of around 2.5-3 and an incline of 14-15%. No jog just walk.

 

[Tblock1]

Add a more intense under 20 minute cardio once or twice a week also, such as running a 1 or 2 mile time at your fastest.

 

[Jocques Straap]

Cardio,

Man I hate that word.

"I'm just going to jog on the treadmill, you know get a little cardio in."

Man I hate that.



What's the Goal?

If your goal is to improve your cardiovascular fitness. Then you must push the intensity up. Think muscle building when trying to improve the heart/lungs. Muscles respond to high intensity, not this low intensity crap. How would you ever expect your arms to get bigger by one curling pink dumbbells? They won't. You've got to up the intensity if your want your cardiac muscles to respond and improve.


If you don't care about the health of your heart and lungs, and only want the caloric burning effects of slow steady state. Then great, it works for that. It's not the most time efficient, but if that's how you like to spend your free time.

The point is, no one on the internet can tell you if the training you are doing, is right for you. If X amount of cardio, is pushing you as hard as you physically and/or mentally are capably of being pushed, then it's probably the right amount.

Progression is the key.

 

[Jocques Straap]

If you are doing "Cardio" purely to burn calories, then you might as well save yourself some time and money, stop doing "cardio" and start eating less.

 

[Snipjim]

Instead of walking. Try 15 minutes of HIIT, alternating 1 minutes sprint 1 minute walk. Do that eod instead. See if it makes a difference. Does with me. It is less boring and takes less time with better results. Bonus!

 

[stephen4327]

Instead of walking. Try 15 minutes of HIIT, alternating 1 minutes sprint 1 minute walk. Do that eod instead. See if it makes a difference. Does with me. It is less boring and takes less time with better results. Bonus!

very true .. i do 5min walk warm-up, 7min jog, 3min walk, 10min jog

 

[nakavalna]

everyone is all hiit this and that.... atm im doing 6 days a week of 1 hr walks....alot of bodybuilders never even go past an incline of 5 or speed of 2.5.