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by phate
Sun Feb 18, 2007 1:47 pm
Forum: Cardio Training
Topic: How much cardio?
Replies: 8
Views: 5008

a good way for him to get cardio benefits from weightlifting is superseting, which is where you do opposing muscle groups back to back without rest, for example, on an arm day he could do a set of bicep curls followed immediately by tricep extension followed immediately by a set of crunches then bac...
by phate
Sun Feb 18, 2007 1:38 pm
Forum: Cardio Training
Topic: hydration
Replies: 9
Views: 5410

good point on the runners, just remember that when you feel thirsty ur already dehydrated, so anticipate and drink before, as far as affecting ur workouts, studies show that someone mildly dehydrated losing 10-15% of ur muscle contratile strength, meaning if ur benching 200 lbs at max and ur mildly ...
by phate
Sun Feb 18, 2007 1:32 pm
Forum: Cardio Training
Topic: Elliptical
Replies: 2
Views: 2380

you didnt say if you were a or female, but i take it ur a female since most guys want to get bigger. either way, the before post is right, it takes serious training to get ur legs bigger from an eliptical, to best tone ur legs i would recommend doing HIIT training or higher resistance training to to...
by phate
Sun Feb 18, 2007 1:28 pm
Forum: Cardio Training
Topic: Bowflex treadclimber? $2300!!!
Replies: 2
Views: 2395

the reason the treadclimber works better then a regular treadmill is that when ur on a regular treadmill they assume ur walking at 0 incline, while the treadclimber makes you step upward like ur going up a hill. you can get the same benefits from walking at a 10-15% incline on a regular treadmill, t...
by phate
Sun Feb 18, 2007 1:23 pm
Forum: Cardio Training
Topic: Tried HIIT for the first time today
Replies: 4
Views: 3016

since u obviously are willing to put forth the effort, ive noticed that when you do HIIT training in the morning then its works better, since it gives ur body all day to burn the extra calories from ur revved up metabolism, also doing cardio in the morning before you eat nething burns up to 300% mor...