Group: Beginners to Exercise

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Cardio workouts

Ksee128
Ksee128
Posts: 71
Joined: 2003/06/11
United States
2003/08/14, 10:07 AM
I am so cunfused about Cardio. I hear so many conflicting opinions on when to do it and how much to do. I have heard that doing more than 40-45 minutes of cardio can cause you to actually lose muscle. Is this true? If so, why? Also, I have heard it is best to do cardio first thing in the morning on an empty stomach? I have been doing that for some time now, and then I read here the other day conflicting opinions on this.

Please help me! Thank you.

roberta101
roberta101
Posts: 17
Joined: 2003/08/18
Canada
2003/08/18, 04:50 PM
Hey Ksee,

The best time to do cardio is the time that you actaully do it. There is no right or wrong time, just like there is no better cardio equipment than another. Some say the treadmill is the best cardio equipment but if you don't actually get on that treadmill, that statement is just hearsay. If you don't like getting up in the morning then that's not the right time for you. I've tried early morning cardio, nothing improved and I hated every minute of it. But everyone is different. What doesn't work for me will work for someone else.

There will always be a conflicting opinion on when, where, why to perform things, that's life for you everyone putting in the two cents. You just have to try it and if it works for you "Just Do It... The Way You Want To.." (a little twist on that old Nike saying...)