Comments on: Long, Slow “Cardio” – A big waste of time and even bigger stress on your body

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:34:07 +0000

Kate,
HAHA! Yeah keep doing that LSD…I I I mean LSC….LSC….man…LOL thanks for the laugh. And great article dude! Just in case anyone may be skeptical, I was 190 and 6 foot tall with about 20% body fat. I did TONS of intervals with very low recovery time for about 6 months. Needless to say, I am down to 11% body fat with almost and 8 pack. Yeah that’s right, I ALMOST have the very bottom two lol.

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Anonymous — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 12:24:46 +0000

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By: Kate

Kate — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:44:07 +0000

Thanks Keith

That does help. I will still do LSD after weight training and on HIIT days I will gauge the extra cardio based on my energy levels.

Thanks again
Kate

By: Keith Scott

Keith Scott — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:24:08 +0000

Kate,

Its always tough to answer intensity questions over email or on the net because I really dont know your fitness level, history or anything else. With that said, I routinely bring my clients over their “calculated, estimated max HR” during HIIT sessions. Actually, it is the only way to really get results. Once I know they are at a good fitness level and their history is good, I will slowly add more intensity each session. You just have to make sure you can handle it and that you are clear with your health care professional. So, yes, that is a good level.

Doing the extra work with long-slow cardio should not hurt you and in fact will still help to burn some fat…its just not the best, and most efficient way. The one thing you really have to watch out for is over doing it with the HIIT AND the extra sessions.

If you are doing HIIT right, you really wont have much left for extra cardio in the end. I would rather see you do your HIIT and slow cardio on separate days.

Hope that answers your questions. Let me know if you have anymore

Good luck

-Keith

By: Joy

Joy — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:01:35 +0000

I have the same questions as Kate. I just need to see my heart rate monitor saying I burned so many calories.

Thank you!
Joy

http://fitandhealthygal.blogspot.com/

By: Kate

Kate — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:20:41 +0000

I have recently added HIIT to my program on non-weight trainng days and really like the challenge and change it brings. I have done it on a crossramp and a stationary bike. I like to see how high I can get my heart rate on the sprints. I’ve had it into the high 170’s.
Q1 – is that a good level? – it is about 20 bpm higher than my calculated max HR.

Q2 – is it a good or bad idea to continue doing “Long, Slow Cardio” to get to a total of 45 min or an hour after an initial 12-15 min HIIT session. I just can’t seem to get it into my head that I can get away with only putting in less than 20 min in the gym. (I wonder what my trainer would say about that?!!)

Thanks
K.