Optimum Cardio

[atlantaholdem]

Any opinions out there on the most optimal cardio exercise for burning fat while minimizing muscle loss? Exercise Bike, Windsprints? Also, does heart rate matter when I’m on the exercise bike?

 

[mistahsaleen]

try jumping rope at a fast pace for 5minutes

 

[wakefib]

sprints

 

[thegoodfoods]

sprinting is my favorite cardio. its real intense. the more intense the exercise the more calories you lose

 

[SDHW]

HIIT (high intensity interval training) I have found this the best type of cardio to do. it takes less time, but we work harder, the EPOC is much greater as well. and you can apply it to almost any type of cardio, for example if your into sprinting, you can try jogging for 30seconds, then sprint for 15 seconds, work your way up to 15minutes, and then switch to a 1:1 ration, so you would jog for 15seconds and sprint for 15 seconds. I also like to do this right after I weight train for about 10-15mins.

 

[Tweakle]

while minimizing muscle loss

find out for yourself, anything that impacts strength is going to cause you to lose muscle... and in a cal deficit this will be much more pronounced.

the only muscle sparing cardio I've found is moderate intensity / duration, like a 30-45 min incline treadmill walk at a brisky pace, or stairmill at low intensity for the same time. But it all depends on your goals, if you want to look like a mens health model or larger soccer player then you can push the intensity up and take the hit on leg & posterior strength as it won't matter so much.

 

[thegoodfoods]

find out for yourself, anything that impacts strength is going to cause you to lose muscle... and in a cal deficit this will be much more pronounced.

the only muscle sparing cardio I've found is moderate intensity / duration, like a 30-45 min incline treadmill walk at a brisky pace, or stairmill at low intensity for the same time. But it all depends on your goals, if you want to look like a mens health model or larger soccer player then you can push the intensity up and take the hit on leg & posterior strength as it won't matter so much.

if anything that impacts strength causes muscle loss, then what about strength training alone? not just that. take a look at pro sprinters compared/contrasted to pro runners/joggers. the sprinters are bulky. the runners are skinny. please explain that

 

[Tweakle]

That makes no sense at all, strength training increases or maintains leg strength when in a calorie deficit. And runners are skinny because they eat nothing but shitty carbs, don't lift weights and do hours of running.

How does that correlate to someone who's primary interest is keeping leg strength up to preserve LBM while dieting?

I have seen a lot of 225 squatters come out shouting about how great high intensity cardio is, and how it builds ''big legs'' but there's a reason the majority of PLers and bodybuilders don't do it.