I had no special goal for exercise other than to reduce “all cause mortality” and my internet research steered me toward 30 minutes of moderate cardio. But I have also heard that strength/cardio are interrelated.
i said cardio is exercise for heart and lungs- speaking less broadly, the better shape your heart and lungs are in, the better you can be at resistance training; you’ll have more stamina and faster recovery, and things in general will be easier to do (walking, stairs, keeping up with children). resistance training makes the rest of your body stronger, so that things in general get easier, like lifting things etc. you can get away with only doing cardio or only doing resistance but best to do a bit of both, i think. but you should also train a bit for flexibility.
you can run/row/elliptical yourself skinny (not without eating healthy) but you cant run yourself jacked, you need to build muscle. unless you’re a sprinter, i guess
But I have also heard that strength/cardio are interrelated.
My experience being male and into cardio is that so many dudes simply do not give cardio enough attention. Cardio gives you super quick recovery time when doing anything physical, and overall gives you way better endurance so you can work on more muscles in a strength training session
I’ve seen dudes with muscles worthy of a magazine spread fail to match my regular runs or bike rides because they simply do not put enough focus on cardio
I had no special goal for exercise other than to reduce “all cause mortality” and my internet research steered me toward 30 minutes of moderate cardio. But I have also heard that strength/cardio are interrelated.
i said cardio is exercise for heart and lungs- speaking less broadly, the better shape your heart and lungs are in, the better you can be at resistance training; you’ll have more stamina and faster recovery, and things in general will be easier to do (walking, stairs, keeping up with children). resistance training makes the rest of your body stronger, so that things in general get easier, like lifting things etc. you can get away with only doing cardio or only doing resistance but best to do a bit of both, i think. but you should also train a bit for flexibility.
you can run/row/elliptical yourself skinny (not without eating healthy) but you cant run yourself jacked, you need to build muscle. unless you’re a sprinter, i guess
My experience being male and into cardio is that so many dudes simply do not give cardio enough attention. Cardio gives you super quick recovery time when doing anything physical, and overall gives you way better endurance so you can work on more muscles in a strength training session
I’ve seen dudes with muscles worthy of a magazine spread fail to match my regular runs or bike rides because they simply do not put enough focus on cardio