Comments on: What is the Best Form of Cardiovascular Exercise? http://www.projectswole.com/conditioning/what-is-the-best-form-of-cardiovascular-exercise/ A place where beginner, amateur, and experienced athletes can maximize their physical potential through conditioning, weightlifting, nutrition, and discipline. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:46:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Staph Infection http://www.projectswole.com/conditioning/what-is-the-best-form-of-cardiovascular-exercise/comment-page-1/#comment-2569 Staph Infection Fri, 06 Mar 2009 06:26:01 +0000 http://www.projectswole.com/training-articles/what-is-the-best-form-of-cardiovascular-exercise/#comment-2569 Nice article. I do a lot of swimming but not much cardio. Nice article. I do a lot of swimming but not much cardio.

]]> By: Steve http://www.projectswole.com/conditioning/what-is-the-best-form-of-cardiovascular-exercise/comment-page-1/#comment-1111 Steve Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:11:04 +0000 http://www.projectswole.com/training-articles/what-is-the-best-form-of-cardiovascular-exercise/#comment-1111 Taffy: I'm sure the 'stairmill' is a great cardiovascular workout. Your legs and bum probably burn, you probably work up a serious sweat, and that's great! But you definitely are not taking advantage of the muscle building effects of HIIT training. If you MUST train on a machine, you can probably find a pre-set interval workout program. I know this exists on most treadmills, but I'm not sure about stair machines. If you continue to use the stairclimber for cardio, don't expect that it will contribute very much to muscle gain. To 'maintain muscle tone', it will probably be fine. Taffy:
I’m sure the ’stairmill’ is a great cardiovascular workout. Your legs and bum probably burn, you probably work up a serious sweat, and that’s great! But you definitely are not taking advantage of the muscle building effects of HIIT training.

If you MUST train on a machine, you can probably find a pre-set interval workout program. I know this exists on most treadmills, but I’m not sure about stair machines.

If you continue to use the stairclimber for cardio, don’t expect that it will contribute very much to muscle gain. To ‘maintain muscle tone’, it will probably be fine.

]]> By: Taffy http://www.projectswole.com/conditioning/what-is-the-best-form-of-cardiovascular-exercise/comment-page-1/#comment-1102 Taffy Thu, 09 Oct 2008 22:37:36 +0000 http://www.projectswole.com/training-articles/what-is-the-best-form-of-cardiovascular-exercise/#comment-1102 I've always heard that slow and steady is good for losing weight (and potentially muscle mass), and that HIIT is great for both losing weight in terms of fat and building muscle mass. I would like to do HIIT, but it seems impossible to do it in the gym as one's fumbling with speed adjustments on the treadmill, and I am not yet confident enough to risk sprinting outside and collapsing in a red-faced mess. I've started using the stairmill at my gym. It looks like a mini escalator and I feel that it's both aerobic and anaerobic. Two days later my butt is slightly sore, but I'm not sure if this qualifies as "intense" training... on a level of 10 (out of 20) I'm breathing hard, I feel my lungs straining, and my legs burning for the 30 minutes or so I do it. Do you think this is an effective form of cardio to cut down on my body fat while maintaining muscle tone? I really would like to do both. I’ve always heard that slow and steady is good for losing weight (and potentially muscle mass), and that HIIT is great for both losing weight in terms of fat and building muscle mass. I would like to do HIIT, but it seems impossible to do it in the gym as one’s fumbling with speed adjustments on the treadmill, and I am not yet confident enough to risk sprinting outside and collapsing in a red-faced mess.

I’ve started using the stairmill at my gym. It looks like a mini escalator and I feel that it’s both aerobic and anaerobic. Two days later my butt is slightly sore, but I’m not sure if this qualifies as “intense” training… on a level of 10 (out of 20) I’m breathing hard, I feel my lungs straining, and my legs burning for the 30 minutes or so I do it. Do you think this is an effective form of cardio to cut down on my body fat while maintaining muscle tone? I really would like to do both.

]]> By: Kyle http://www.projectswole.com/conditioning/what-is-the-best-form-of-cardiovascular-exercise/comment-page-1/#comment-182 Kyle Sun, 23 Mar 2008 17:07:53 +0000 http://www.projectswole.com/training-articles/what-is-the-best-form-of-cardiovascular-exercise/#comment-182 Hey! Nice post. I personally feel that interval training is the best form of cardiovascular exercise one can get. I also thought you might be interested in voicing your opinion on my Cardio vs. Interval Training debate: Squidoo.com/Cardio-vs-Interval-Training Thanks! Kyle Hey! Nice post. I personally feel that interval training is the best form of cardiovascular exercise one can get.

I also thought you might be interested in voicing your opinion on my Cardio vs. Interval Training debate:

Squidoo.com/Cardio-vs-Interval-Training

Thanks!
Kyle

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