Time between cardio question

[jeze]

They say that you should not allow more than 48 hours pass between your cardio workouts or else the benefits are lost. Is this really true?

If I was to do cardio on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays but missed Monday and Tuesday, does this really not benefit me?

 

[blut wump]

I remember seeing a study way back which showed that you could do cardio Mon, Tue, Wed and it'd have the same long-term benefits as any other three-day combination. From my own personal experience the 48-hour rule is nonsense.

 

[jeze]

That's what I firgured because it really made no senese to me why letting a few days in between would make you lose the benefits.

 

[blut wump]

Maybe it changes once you get to be an elite athlete in top contest form but I reckon mere mortals can work out whenever is convenient.

 

[Synpax]

Sometimes you need a few days just to recover.

 

[pintoca]

never heard of that... I had to take a few days off once, because I as doing double cardio and it got me really bad on my knees.

with daily cardio never had it...right now 6x/week and steady

 

[medicj]

I think it depends on what u do. I wouldn't do 2 hard days in a row. I always take 1 day off a week. I don't know what u do for cardio but I wouldn't do anything super hard for 2 days in a row. If u go to the gym and do cardio and stay until u can barely walk out alive, then don't do that much the next day. Give it a day or 2. But I usually don't like to totally just do nothing on a day after a hard workout. I go for a light jog or something - just to keep from feeling all sore and stiff the next day. But if u go to the gym and just get a good, normal, 25-35 minutes of steady cardio ... u can probably go almost every day. I would always take at least 1 day off a week. Just listen to your body. Your body always knows when it wants more or less.