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The Joys of Cardio
Topic Started: Jan 23 2016, 05:29:09 AM (2,258 Views)
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okay, so, as many of you know, a few months back, i had reached a record low in over 10 years, dropping down to 178.8 lbs. well, as i may have noted, weight doesn't just stay off. you have to maintain healthy eating habits and exercise regularly.

and for the longest time, i was doing just that. however, before mgsv came out, around august 20th or so, i stopped working out entirely, because things came up. fortunately, my eating habits were the same, and so i fluctuated between 179 and 183, which was manageable. not too far off, and once i got back out of my funk, i'd continue losing weight.

then came november. stress had me eating a little more than i otherwise would, and december, since my mom moved again, and she's got a bad back, and all my other siblings have jobs, i; the guy who only does odd jobs and temp jobs whenever they arise, was the only one available to do the moving, so i volunteered to empty the entire house and move stuff to her new house and the storage unit. and doing so, due to other personal reasons, was stressful both physically and mentally. so i ate a lot in between all the heavy lifting. i was eating chipotle more often instead of my usual sandwich, snacking way more frequently, and not on healthy shit, and not once did i check my scale because i was in a different state of mind.

well, the moving finally stopped, i'm back at the apartment, and i knew i done fucked up because my tits were a bit saggier. so i hopped onto the scale on sunday, and what do i see? 197.2 lbs. almost twenty fucking pounds, give or take because i fell off the wagon. fortunately, i pulled my head out of my ass, and got right back on that wagon.

so, because i'm turning 31 in a little over 3 weeks, i set a goal for myself; be under 178 lbs by february 14th. my original workout method was simple; burn 650 calories a day, by working out in the morning. now? the plan is to burn a minimum of 1100 calories a day. because i am now working out early morning and late at night, the times of the day when the body has the most energy, if you can believe it.

i hit the ski machine with the level set at 10 and the resistance set at 8. i do so in the morning until i burn anywhere between 550 to 600 calories. then i do it again around 9 or 10pm at the same rate. in addition to which, i am once again really counting calories. for snacks, i bought myself english muffins which are 100 calories each, and sugar free raspberry preserves which are 10 calories a teaspoon, which i lather on the toasted muffin slices for snacks / breakfast. lunch, despite better judgement, is my biggest meal of the day, because that's the meal i was eating back when i was working out the first time, and because there was an amazing deal on oatmeal, i got myself strawberry creme oatmeal boxes, and use three packets in one bowl after my nighttime workout, which is only 390 calories, and it keeps me sated at night so i don't eat stupid shit like i was.

it's now friday, and i'm down to 192.7 lbs, and i haven't even done my night time workout yet. unless a day arises when i'm just drained, two workouts a day is the plan here. and it's likely to stay that way until i finally reach my eventual "normal weight goal" of under 170, but that's another journey entirely.

i'll keep this updated as i go along, and if i meet my goal, i'll get into specifics if anyone else is looking to burn some pounds and has access to a gym.
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good on you, man! which workouts on their site have you been following? because the thousand calorie burn looks gnarly lol.
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A bit of everything really. I tried a few of their kickboxing/strenght formula, but I'm definitely not ready for more than 20/30mn of this. This sh*t always leave me sore asf. I usually alternate between cardio/pilate/strenght. I also tried HIIT once or tries but holly molly is it hard.

What about you ?
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HIIT is not for the faint of heart and I seriously discourage doing that shit if you're completely new to working out or if you haven't worked out in a long time, because it makes you very prone to injuries. Plus most of the time you can't even handle the intensity, and the aftermath is that you're sore for a week and you have to stop the program.

I really need to get into doing some cardio again myself because I've noticed my energy levels aren't what they're supposed to be. Problems is: I only like running outdoors, and it's too wet/cold outside this time of year. I refuse to run on a threadmill, and I get crazy tension head/neckaches from swimming. That rowing machine in the gym looks kinda tempting, though.
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Thanks for the advice, man. Don't worry I'm not going crazy, with asthma and all that I learned to moderate myself.
We are actually talking about a special trainer that I recommended to dep a few days ago and they have a very good and progressive program.
I also open a lot of jars for my mother in law and it's a very good upper body exercise
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tried hiit and i shit you not, i stumbled over my own two feet and just really needed to catch my breath. i feel like i need to trim a lot more of the excess fat from my body before i have enough energy to really give something like that a go.

the tonal workouts, i'm trying to save until i build a bit more muscle mass since i've had bad experiences with trying to do too much at once. (that was literally my very first downfall into the spiral of doughiness lol)
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I recommend HIIT for beginner then. Completing a HIIT workout is no easy task
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Tried playing Gwent while on an exercise bike. 75 minutes later I was completely out of money.
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What's great about doing this via a rowing machine is they're actually hella fun for some reason.
I absolutely love the rowing machine!! Too bad I can't use them as of now cause I just had shoulder surgery and can't do many things as of late. I can't wait to start physical therapy and get back to the gym lol.
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I don't even try. Why would I?

Virtually all my cardio is some form of walking/running. I have a fitbit and excersing on a rowing machine or bike doesn't count 'steps' so fuck them. I want to win at step counting.

That and an hour on the bike I find too taxing on the quads, I like the distribution of muscle soreness than confined to one group. I can expend more calories in an hour on a treadmill running / jogging on an incline than biking for an hour and I would feel less tired from the run.

How much cardio depends on how much time I have. If I have plenty of time I aim for 1,000 calorie burn minimum on my fitbit. I adjust the amount based on time. Recently it's been jogging around 9km on a 5% incline. Get's monotonous but I'm only doing the time because I've committed the crime.
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Holy shit, 9km on a 5% incline is pretty impressive though.
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I don't even try. Why would I?

9 KM p/h for an hour. Started at 8.1km p/h and gradually worked up by .1. Got up to 9.3km/h (that might have been 5.5 or 6 as well) but never got further. I hit a bit of a low point and regressed pretty badly overall. Trying to get back to that point. I don't always manage it. Still working on getting my stamina back, the mental stamina as well as physical because again it's monotonous as shit.

Running on a treadmill without at least .5% incline is pointless. At least give your legs some form of gradient to work against. It'll be early March at best before temps outside in England become tolerable to run in.
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If you're bored, podcast and audiobooks are a great way to pass the time ;)

And I agree, that's pretty impressive
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I could never do that, personally. I start to get pain in my hips at around the 5km mark. Long-distance running isn't something I'm built for.
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5km is already quite a lot. I suffer from heavy asthma so I can only dream about running that much
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one thing i recommend, if you have a phone that runs videos or whatever, put short burst videos on your device and watch those as you work out. music videos, trailers, action sequences, fight scenes, short, funny skits. time flies in a hurry when you watch them in succession. youtube downloaders are a godsend for finding new stuff to keep you interested when you're sweatin' your maxi buns off.
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I really love cardio, or at least I used to. I had an incident at the gym last year where I overworked my heart and was rushed to the hospital. My heart rate was around 190 BPM running on the elliptical at about 7-8MPH with a steep resistance level. The resistance was definitely higher than I've ever had it that day, so I pushed myself too hard.

Basically, I felt dizzy and a wave of fear came over me, I felt like I was going to pass out. They detected cardio enzymes (troponin) at the hospital and kept me over night to monitor my heart rhythm and perform tests in the morning. I ended up passing all the tests, I received a 12 METS score on the cardio stress test and my echocardiogram showed a perfectly normal/healthy heart.

The problem is, ever since that day I've had high anxiety, and I can't work out as well as I used to. I used to be able to jog/run at about 5.5 MPH, now I can barely walk at 4MPH without getting my heart rate above 85%. The doctors told me to keep my heart rate at about 160, so I can't really run or use the elliptical anymore and it sucks. It's really demotivating and depressing. I'm also trying to lose weight, and it's more difficult than it was before since I'm not able to burn as many calories doing cardio. I also feel like I'm not really making any gains strength wise when doing strength training. I seem to just be maintaining muscle mass, not building, and I'm fine with that, I just wish I could do more and perform at the level I used to.

I guess I have high cardiophobia, I always think somethings wrong with my heart or that it's weak. I have high blood pressure and cholesterol, which has been a bit difficult to control since my incident last year. I'm planning on getting back on a low carb, chicken and brown rice diet this week. I'm currently only briskly walking for about 45 mins, 20-25 of those minutes I'm reaching 85% of my target heart rate. I just want to be able to do full hour cardio sessions at high levels, HIIT, etc. I'm not entirely convinced it's not my heart that's holding me back, but I'm also not convinced that it is my heart holding me back. It could just be high anxiety, exercise induced anxiety etc.

I don't get short of breath while doing cardio, I get like an anxious breath where I feel like I can't breath deeply into my chest, or I can't get a satisfactory breath into my chest cavity. I can breath into my stomach fine, but once I notice my breath being off, it gets worse. I've been to a lot of doctors and they all reassure me it's not my heart, but I just don't know. Since my incident I've had a few more incidences where I feel dizzy or like I'm going to pass out, doctors say it all has to do with blood pressure and differences in my sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system, and not actually a weak heart. So because of this issue I'm scared to exercise at my full potential and I just take it easy. I've lost about 10 pounds in the last 2 months, so that's not entirely too bad, I still have 34 pounds to lose until I'm at my ideal weight.

I miss the joys of cardio, because it used to be really fun for me, I got high off of it, now it just makes me anxious and nervous, and I even dread it. It feels good after my work out though, it's just during the workout I feel anxiety. Plus I get heart palpitations, which doctors tell me are benign, but they're still scary and you never really get used to them. I really, really hate this shit, it impacts my quality of life and daily living. I don't feel like myself anymore.
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Have you tried to gradually increase your cardio and see where that gets you? Like going from walking to brisk walking, then to a very light jog? Just easy stuff to test yourself and see how you react? (Main thing being not to push yourself). It does sounds like anxiety, so that may be the main issue to tackle.
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Have you tried to gradually increase your cardio and see where that gets you? Like going from walking to brisk walking, then to a very light jog? Just easy stuff to test yourself and see how you react? (Main thing being not to push yourself). It does sounds like anxiety, so that may be the main issue to tackle.
I've been thinking of doing light interval training, I was able to do a brisk walk at 4MPH for a bit, but anxiety won't let me get there right now, so I'm doing 3.8 MPH. I think I'm going to do small bursts of jogging at 4.3-4.5MPH for 30 seconds, then dropping back to 3.7-3.8 for 30 seconds, and doing that for a few minutes each session to see if I can get used to faster speeds.
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