I have started doing a 4 day strength, 2 day cardio routine of late. My weight is where I want it and I'm trying to build muscle. I end up working each body part twice per week and then do an hour of cardio 2 times per week. Not counting walking the dog and that kind of thing. I wanted some advice on whether you all think that cutting cardio down to 2 times per week is an ok thing to do, or do you see any big disadvantage to that?
Is 4 day strength - 2 day cardio ok?
- Thread starter sophiem
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2 days cardio don't seem like quite enough to me...but's that is just MY opinion. Tell you what...why don't you try 2/days per week and if you begin to see your body make changes that you don't like or want, then increase. Sometimes the only way to know if something will work for YOU is to actually put it to the test...
Good luck!! Let us know how it goes...
~Marietta
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Good luck!! Let us know how it goes...
~Marietta
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pink_fortitude
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Since your goal is strength and not fatloss and you walk regularly, I don't think that it would hurt. It is recommended that to maintain your current bodyfat % do cardio three or four times per week for a half an hour. But like Marietta said, if you start it out and don't like what is going on, it is really easy to change and just tack on more cardio! 
Good luck
Missy
Good luckMissy
kathryn
Cathlete
Sounds fine to me, especially if you get a lot of walking in with your dog.
If you find that it's not enough cardio, you could do an " extended warm-up" for your weight workouts of about 12 minutes--a regular warm-up and a bit of cardio. That little bit of extra could be just the thing to help.
If you find that it's not enough cardio, you could do an " extended warm-up" for your weight workouts of about 12 minutes--a regular warm-up and a bit of cardio. That little bit of extra could be just the thing to help.
kathryn
Cathlete
. Do you do a small section from a DVD or just
>freestyle something?
I'm definitely a vidiot! I usually add on one of the 10-minute workouts (like a segment from Janis Saffel's "Quix Fix Cardio Kicks" or a segment from "10-minute solution: Carb (and calorie) burner)". the warm-up of Cathe's Cardio Kicks would also work well, as it is around 12 minutes long.
I like doing this because it not only gives me a bit of a cardio boost, but it serves as an extended warm-up for the weight work (which seems more important the older I get!).
>freestyle something?
I'm definitely a vidiot! I usually add on one of the 10-minute workouts (like a segment from Janis Saffel's "Quix Fix Cardio Kicks" or a segment from "10-minute solution: Carb (and calorie) burner)". the warm-up of Cathe's Cardio Kicks would also work well, as it is around 12 minutes long.
I like doing this because it not only gives me a bit of a cardio boost, but it serves as an extended warm-up for the weight work (which seems more important the older I get!).