No offense and it’s good to see someone who’s passionate about their athletic pursuits, but with regards to strength sports (this particular subforum,) if you can run comfortably at 85 percent max heart rate for one hour, which you listed, that’s fine and dandy, but you are not going to be much of a strength athlete.
The original question was asked in the context of gaining weight (in a strength sports forum). In athletics you have to make choices…you don’t perform at a high level in sports that require diametrically opposed physical development.
For a strength athlete, a certain level of cardiovascular performance should be maintained, but to go way beyond that point means compromising anaerobic performance.
Since you used your own photograph as an example, I’d say your physique appears to my untrained eye to be near ideal for endurance sports. I.e., lean and very little muscle mass.
For someone who just wants to get big and strong, the amount of cardio should depend on the person’s ability to partition nutrients. Do what you need to do so you don’t turn into a fatass. Don’t do any more than that.
No offense and it’s good to see someone who’s passionate about their athletic pursuits, but with regards to strength sports (this particular subforum,) if you can run comfortably at 85 percent max heart rate for one hour, which you listed, that’s fine and dandy, but you are not going to be much of a strength athlete.
The original question was asked in the context of gaining weight (in a strength sports forum). In athletics you have to make choices…you don’t perform at a high level in sports that require diametrically opposed physical development.
For a strength athlete, a certain level of cardiovascular performance should be maintained, but to go way beyond that point means compromising anaerobic performance.
Since you used your own photograph as an example, I’d say your physique appears to my untrained eye to be near ideal for endurance sports. I.e., lean and very little muscle mass.
For someone who just wants to get big and strong, the amount of cardio should depend on the person’s ability to partition nutrients. Do what you need to do so you don’t turn into a fatass. Don’t do any more than that.[/quote]
No i know. I just felt stupid for blasting the guy and not offering some advice. I figured he could use some direction on how to “properly” train aerobically.
Sorry about that
Yeah, let me be clear, Dave I think your advice and attitude are awesome. I’d like to post it on all the treadmills at all the chain gyms in North America, so all the asshats and fat housewives can read it and realize that training should be exhilarating, not factory work.
What I said only applies to strength athletes, which means like one percent of one percent of the population. And I don’t think you meant to tell powerlifters or competitive bodybuilders they needed to be logging miles of roadwork each week.
yeah dave, that was a really good post and made a lot of sense. my goal weight is 160-165lbs. i just feel i’m a bit underweight so i wanna catch up. i just checked yesterday and i’m a little over 144lbs, so i gained a few lbs since monday and making good progress. this weekend i’m going to run a bit around the area so i can get my endurance going.
