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Purpose of Cardio

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gu3mute

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I have hear people say they do cardio to get cut, and to help keep fat off while bulking. What I am wondering though, is if this is true. I don't quite understand how it would be helpful in losing fat. It seems to me that if you are eating a certain amount of food and doing cardio, you could achieve the same effect by just eating less and not even doing the cardio.
I hope you understand what I'm asking I can't seem to word it how I want.

Why do cardio when you can just eat less?
Thanks
 
Don't quote me on this, but I've read somewhere that dieting by JUST reducing calories will result in more lean muscle loss than reducing calories AND using cardio.

Plus, there's this thing called your heart. . . and cardiovascular health is important while bulking, helps you work harder in the gym, etc.
 
anotherbutters said:
Whatever you like. Just don't go crazy and run yourself into the ground with it.
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Okay. I don't do any cardio as is so if it helps with bulking, then I'll start it up and keep my calories the same cause I need to shed some BF.
 
bignate73 said:
its a technical term for breathing into a bag.

;)
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oh ok lol i dont think that will put oxegen into your bloodstream maybe some c02 or somthing deff not good :p

anyone ever try doing 30mins cardio and then max out right after? you might be surprised at the results you get, you would think you would be tired and a lil exhausted. give it a try :coffee:
 
Guinness5.0 said:
Got link or a more detailed explanation of this? I've heard the term 'nutrient partitioning' many times but I have no clue what it means and how cardio affects it.
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I cant think of a link of the top of my head that involves cardio,but nutrient partitioning is basically a means of describing what percentage of calories end up at muscle/fat cells.It can be influenced by many factors,including age,genetics,diet,current bodyfat % etc,
Here is link that may be useful
http://readthecore.com/200501/mcdonald-body-composition.htm

Cardio supposively helps partitioning of nutrients to muscle by increasing insulin sensitivity of the muscles.This allows for a more efficient uptake of nutrients and less fat gain.Although I could be very wrong,it is to my understanding that an athlete who particapates in lots of activity will not only burn much more calories then someone less active,but increase the mitochondrial density of their muscles too.Mitochondria are the tiny little regions within a cell that convert glucose and other nutrients to ATP,the bodys energy currency.This would go a long way towards increasing the total metabolism of the individual and make the body far more efficient at processing the large amounts of food of a typical bulking cycle.

It seems that people who put on lots of muscle whilst neglecting cardio/anaerobic conditioning run in problems later on with fat gain whilst bulking because the ratio of mitochondria has fallen compared to their muscle size.This makes the body inefficient at processing the large surplus of food whilst bulking which leads to fat gain.People who are engaged in regular cardio/sports seem to put on the muscle much more cleanly then their less active counterparts as their mito profile is good,in addition to burning much more calories during those activities.Look at most boxers,sprinters and other sports that require high levels of anaerobic conditioning,most stay very lean even whilst bulking.

Hope it helps.
 
asdfzxcv basically got to it before me. The benefit of cardio is mainly better nutrient partitioning.

Lifting will work your heart just fine, so that's a moot point in favor of cardio.

HIIT is great, but with 5x5 it's risky. You're squatting thrice a week, OHPing and deadlifting...then throwing HIIT on top of it? Okay well, if it's not sprinting, maybe it's not an issue, but if you plan to sprint, I'd cut out the Wednesday squats and possibly deadlifts. After all, squatting 2x a week is fine, and deadlifts will increase with your squat anyhow. Unless you're competing, you don't need deads.

Also, interval training helps to rid you of subcutaneous fat, the kind you don't want. Other types of caloric restriction and activity (read: steady-state cardio) have no preference between visceral and subcutaneous fat stores.
 
gstacker said:
oh ok lol i dont think that will put oxegen into your bloodstream maybe some c02 or somthing deff not good
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Cynical Simien, you've been gotten bitch. LMAO!!!

j/k . . . but he's right you know. LoL
 
LMAO!! I'm just giving you shit bro. I actually tried to give you karma but I have to "spread it around" some more. LoL I thought your smartass response was perfect . . . and then I was like, Oh yeah, hyperventilation involves CO2 not oxygen . . . LoL
 
Hyperventilation (read: faster-than-normal breathing) decreases CO2 concentrations unless done in a hypoxic atmosphere (such as a bag in which the only available air is the CO2 you just exhaled). I was referring to hyperventilation in normal air.
 
no worries bro I'm jus here to learn I honestly didn't know the def of hyperventalate thanx for clarifing that, back to topic
 
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