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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

For people whose primary fitness activity is lifting or sports: how much cardio do you do? Specifically, what do you do, for how long, and how often?

My primary fitness activity is a sport (recreational, 3x a week), with lifting 2-3x a week. I'm trying to do more LISS cardio outside of these for general cardiovascular health and possibly improved stamina.

Edit: Thanks for all the replies, y'all!

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[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I run and I have a concept2 rower. Most of the time when I'm doing that stuff it's low intensity steady state. I guess I try to get at least 1.5 hours a week of LISS in some variety. I also occasional ride a bike or go on a walks or other things. My job can be vaguely active as well. In terms of interval higher intensity stuff I do that less often but I will try to do interval stuff with kettlebells once a week usually. I'm not focusing my training on anything in particularly currently just working on increasing my squat and deadlift slowly.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks for sharing! I love rowing too

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

sometimes I wish I had a fan bike/airdyne because I don't want to put in the coordinated effort for the rowing, and a lot of my exercise is pull heavy so having something low-impact without pulling would be nice, but for the most part I enjoy it immensely. Being able to pace very precisely based on stroke rate and heart rate and speed or wattage is nice to keep me from overdoing it.

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