Now now dude, if I stop calling my dog walks cardio then I’ll have to accept myself as a reprobate.
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Dog walks are absolutely cardio though…
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Great.
stands by river and occasionally throws a stick
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Exactly my point, for real! You really can’t do too much “cardio,” in almost any context (assuming we’re limited by practical reality - don’t come at me with “hiking the Appalachian trail will make it more difficult to gain weight.” You absolutely have to account for conditioning. Walking the dog for two hours a day is a great way to stay heart-healthy! I read a Thib article about walking to the grocery store with his kids every day; I try to do that while on conference calls that don’t require me to present from the computer. My grocery store also has a bar, though, so I may be doing more harm than good…
Reading Tactical Barbell really solidified this for me.
I also like the idea that conditioning is outcome specific. That conditioning for a strongman competitor is not the same as conditioning for a runner.
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Science around nutrition and training is poor quality. Not that the scientists suck, or they are lying or anything, it’s just a virtually impossible thing to perform a really good study in many cases. Keep that in mind when you are being told things or reading things. Science will give you at best something to try out. Stop doing all the crap that isn’t working for you even if studies say it’s the best thing ever.
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Strongman training has done this too me. Conditioning for me is an attempt to get really good at a movement and accomplish as much work as possible in a given time frame (largely all determined by competition specifications). Cardio is chasing my kids on the playground after work.
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You keep teasing me with that strongman voodoo!! 
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High frequencies with daily undulating periodization. I made more progress with this method on literally every lift than at any other point in my training life.
When I say high frequency, it was as high as I could handle lol. Squats and bench both did well in the past with 3-4, and sometimes 5x per week (bench only). Really didn’t use a lot variety either, just varied the lifts Slightly, like adding pauses or ROM adjustments (think spoto press, tempo reps, etc). Seemed to be enough back then.
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