In other words, if you start out
performing moderate cardio, you can gradually increase your exertion, allowing your body to adapt on the way.
Not exact matches
Muscle wastage occurs when
performing a lot of long duration
cardio, so instead try 2 - 3 short, high intensity sessions and only add longer, more
moderate sessions as a last resort.
Cardio is light or
moderate exercise that can be
performed for prolonged periods of time.
Ideally you should aim for 3 — 5
cardio sessions each week, with each one lasting around 30 — 45 minutes, when
performed at a
moderate pace.
The study's control group who only
performed moderate intensity (65 - 80 % VO2 Max)
cardio for 3 times a week lost 71.8 % more weight during their 4 month long study than the group who only
performed 3 times a week of resistance training that consisted of 3 sets of 8 exercises with a repetition range of 8 - 12.
Group A
performed the regular
moderate intensity
cardio regime (ex.
After your intervals are done,
perform 15 minutes of
moderate cardio.
According to the American College of Sports Medicine, you should
perform either 30 - 60 minutes of
moderate cardio 5 times per week or 20 minutes of intense
cardio 3 times per week.
You will also
perform 2 days of
moderate cardio workouts.
«
Perform 30 - 60 minutes of steady pace
cardio 3 - 5 times / week maintaining your heart rate at a
moderate level»
While steady - state (low to
moderate) forms of
cardio can and should be
performed for extended periods of time to see maintenance and improvements in VO2max (think upwards of 45 minutes at a jog), HIIT training for
cardio fitness involves working at an intensity that can only be maintained for about 20 to 25 minutes.