For people whose primary fitness activity is lifting or sports: how much cardio do you do? Specifically, what do you do, for how long, and how often?
My primary fitness activity is a sport (recreational, 3x a week), with lifting 2-3x a week. I’m trying to do more LISS cardio outside of these for general cardiovascular health and possibly improved stamina.
Edit: Thanks for all the replies, y’all!
I have a dog, so I walk 1.5-2hrs a day to keep him happy. I was shocked at how well it improved my stamina in my sport.
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I play basketball twice a week for 4 ish hours total and get all my cardio through that, it’s fantastic.
Also lift 2-3 times a week. Peak I go 3 days consistently but most the times it’s just 2 I’m satisfied w the gains and #s I get.
I run and I have a concept2 rower. Most of the time when I’m doing that stuff it’s low intensity steady state. I guess I try to get at least 1.5 hours a week of LISS in some variety. I also occasional ride a bike or go on a walks or other things. My job can be vaguely active as well. In terms of interval higher intensity stuff I do that less often but I will try to do interval stuff with kettlebells once a week usually. I’m not focusing my training on anything in particularly currently just working on increasing my squat and deadlift slowly.
Thanks for sharing! I love rowing too
sometimes I wish I had a fan bike/airdyne because I don’t want to put in the coordinated effort for the rowing, and a lot of my exercise is pull heavy so having something low-impact without pulling would be nice, but for the most part I enjoy it immensely. Being able to pace very precisely based on stroke rate and heart rate and speed or wattage is nice to keep me from overdoing it.
I walk at least 3-4 miles every day, often more. That’s usually a 30-45 minute walk, on top of the usual walking around in the apartment and such. Combined with lifting weights 4 days/week, it does the job.
Thanks for sharing!
I try to lift every other day. Every time I lift I do 15 minutes of exercise bike.
I also try to walk about 1 hour every day. I don’t aim for a step number just be outside and moving for an hour is good for me.
Thanks for sharing!
I managed to start running with a C25K program and finally attained a regular 5k run 3 days a week for a couple of weeks before I injured myself a year ago (bad case of plantar fasciitis and muscle strain). The PF is mostly recovered but I fear re-injury, though I want to start again. My main take away has been: “Go slower than you think you should. Slower!”.
While I couldn’t run, I started a structured calisthenics program (r/bodyweightfitness) and experienced great results (even though y consistency has been average at best). I took 4 weeks off after a solid 9 months or regular practice and have just begun again.
I’d like to being incorporating running again.
I run 3x/week, weight lift 2x/week, and if I have extra time and energy for it I’ll also do something just for fun like hiking or step aerobics. I enjoy cardio a lot more than weight lifting, but have accepted that I need to be doing some form of strength training to maintain my health as I age.
Trail/mountain run once a week (2.5-4mi) just as maintenance, rest one day, which is always after that run because mountain runs kill your legs. Then I just lift everyday.
