All those guys have ever said is that HIT or resistance training provides enough cardio for GENERAL HEALTH. Not enough for milers, sprinters, or football players. General health.
i’m so sorry you believed the marketing for HIT and it took you so long to realize you couldn’t be Casey. Do you rage every time you are let down by the marketing image projected on every product you buy?
I haven’t done cardio is many years, but I do resistance training 3 times a week, can’t remember the last time I missed. I can still walk as far as I need to, jog up flights of stairs in the parking garage to get to my car, pretty much whatever I want or need to do. When last tested, my BP was 118/68, pulse 61. General Health.
Jim Fixx died at 52 of a heart attack. Jogging.
I don’t actually know what “high intensity training” includes and what it does not. I can only speak to resistance training (with the aim to get bigger and stronger). I do remember that Vince Taylor was a very successful bodybuilder and most of his workouts were pumping blood into his muscles with relatively light weight (for him.)
Most can agree that three major components to successful bodybuilding competition is:
- resistance training
- diet
- cardio training to lose fat
I assure you that if you could only choose two of the three to do and still be fairly successful, cardio training would not be one of the two. Cardio training is not required to loose body fat, but resistance training is required to build muscle tissue.
I don’t disagree with the benefit.
I do agree that I could not be competitive at bodybuilding at my age of 74, or from the time I got dermatomyositis (59).
But I truly cherish every year of the three decades that I did compete. I will have those memories for as long as I live. Occasionally I am asked about all the muscle I lost, I usually reply, “It is better to be a has been, than a never was.”
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You might want to rethink that!
Arthur Jones quote;
“From Here to Infinity… or very close”
“The potential benefits of the Duo Squat machine are not limited to the development and muscular strength and size… since this machine also provides the best possible source of cardiovascular benefits. Not “one of the best sources”… THE BEST POSSIBLE SOURCE OF CARDIOVASCULAR BENEFITS. And, probably the safest.”
Can anyone even find a Duo Squat machine today? Jim Fixx might still be alive if he had used the Duo Squat!
I feel it is better for myself to have been a “never was” bodybuilder. I was seldom interested in muscle mass. YMMV
FYI
Cardiovascular conditioning is for improvement of the circulatory system, not for weight loss, even though VT1 cardiovascular conditioning is far superior to resistance training for such weight loss.
I was just trying to stay somewhat related to the OP’s asks
Marketing. If you fall for it, that is on you. Maybe you should rethink how you react to statements that do not fit your bias.
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