Need cardio? You have to try this!!!!!

[Kane Fan]

I eat whatever is at hand
if I'm hungry or not
is that a solid weightloss plan?

 

[Judo Tom]

how is this stuff for fatloss?
I've been doing bagwork as cardio and my cardioability is improving but no real fatloss thus far

its working pretty good for me

the theory is that interval training kicks your metabolism into high gear for several hours after the workout. normal cardio sessions your metabolism returns to baseline much faster. So you burn more calories and that helps burn more fat. they definately illicit a growth response too and that will burn more cals as well during the next day or so where jogging or biking never did that for me.

the best part by far will be your ability to recover while fighting and training.

 

[Kane Fan]

I guess to be Iron Cardio I'd have to be using a weight
I"ll probubly start with bodyweight stuff
like Burpees or Squat Jumps
altho I can only accellerate a Squat Jump so fast so I'm not sure I can get enough out in 20 seconds to really get cardio out of it
tho after the whole four minutes I'll be pretty worn out

 

[Judo Tom]

yeah some exercises just work great with the 20sec / 10 sec thing others you have to modify both the time periods or the intensity but its a good starter

my recovery time during fights and in between fights while training has made dramatic improvements recently and i am dieting big time

 

[Reakt]

Its the Tabata Method:
http://www.t-nation.com/readTopic.do?id=490160

 

[Kane Fan]

I have yet to try this....
dang procrastination

 

[Judo Tom]

i took a few weeks off after my last tournament but i have another coming up in about 5 weeks so im gonna start sprinting hard at least 4x a week.

this time around though i am going to add some LONG sprints in there as well as the normal 20 secs work / 10 secs rest

I mainly want to add the long sprints in my runs but i will try it with some other exercises as well.

Good Luck