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post 1610556861 07-14-2020, 09:32 AM
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If you don't do cardio, you lift to fill emotional insecurity and vanity

Not health or performance. Any other reason you give is cope and justification.

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Does taking my dog on a morning and evening walk count as cardio?
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Originally Posted By Droopdx⏩
Does taking my dog on a morning and evening walk count as cardio?
Depends if it's 10 minutes or 30. Better than nothing, but the question is, if you didn't have a dog, would you still do it?
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TIL strength training has no health or performance benefits.

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Originally Posted By KathleenRyan⏩
TIL strength training has no health or performance benefits.

Thanks OP.
Strength training without cardio is literally just asking to tax your heart and lungs if you actually do it for decades. LVH isn't isolated to gear users. Being at an obese BMI even at low bodyfat% is just as taxing on your cardiovascular health as being obese with fat, you just happen to be stronger and have less fat-related complications
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Originally Posted By Shayded⏩
Strength training without cardio is literally just asking to tax your heart and lungs if you actually do it for decades. LVH isn't isolated to gear users. Being at an obese BMI even at low bodyfat% is just as taxing on your cardiovascular health as being obese with fat, you just happen to be stronger and have less fat-related complications
Cardio is hard though
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Originally Posted By KathleenRyan⏩
Cardio is hard though
Biomechanically easier for humans to do cardio than to lift weight. If you can lift weight, you can run. We're literally a running bipedal species that hunted by exhausting our prey.

Don't disappoint your caveman forefathers
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Originally Posted By Shayded⏩
Depends if it's 10 minutes or 30. Better than nothing, but the question is, if you didn't have a dog, would you still do it?
If I didn’t have a dog would I still take my dog on a walk? Probably not
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It's true, but you also wash your face and look at your self in the mirror in the morning for the same reasons
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Originally Posted By Shayded⏩
Strength training without cardio is literally just asking to tax your heart and lungs if you actually do it for decades. LVH isn't isolated to gear users. Being at an obese BMI even at low bodyfat% is just as taxing on your cardiovascular health as being obese with fat, you just happen to be stronger and have less fat-related complications
Can you explain how just weight lifting is bad for heart & lungs specifically and why doing cardio prevents that?
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Originally Posted By FailedPotential⏩
It's true, but you also wash your face and look at your self in the mirror in the morning for the same reasons
Never said they were bad reasons. Just funny when people say it's something else. It's the same argument as "I wear makeup cus it's fun".
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I lift because its a good way to take out aggression, honestly find it pathetic that so many men are fine with being milk bags. I dont really watch my diet, lifting just makes me feel good. No vanity here.
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Originally Posted By SashaGab⏩
Can you explain how just weight lifting is bad for heart & lungs specifically and why doing cardio prevents that?
Bigger muscles = more blood. More blood = more strain on heart, and by extension oxygen absorption through the lungs.

Cardio increases the efficiency of how well your heart delivers blood (and oxygen) through your body, lowering the risk of LVH and lowering your blood pressure as well as resting heart rate.
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Originally Posted By mycorona⏩
I lift because its a good way to take out aggression, honestly find it pathetic that so many men are fine with being milk bags. I dont really watch my diet, lifting just makes me feel good. No vanity here.
Its also a great way to teach yourself discipline and how to set/work toward/achieve goals.
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Yup there’s a 0% chance I lift due to:

-hobby
-releases stress
-build muscles
-work on PRs
-overall improvement to lifestyle

Instead I’m just a vapid insecure psychopath. Thanks OP
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Originally Posted By swolefnatic⏩
Yup there’s a 0% chance I lift due to:

-hobby
-releases stress
-build muscles
-work on PRs
-overall improvement to lifestyle

Instead I’m just a vapid insecure psychopath. Thanks OP
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Originally Posted By Droopdx⏩
If I didn’t have a dog would I still take my dog on a walk? Probably not
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I'm going to stop doing cardio because the *******ry of this thread is pissing me off

Thanks for contributing to my early death OP
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I lift because it makes me feel good and I love that endorphin high. The physical aspect is just a great by-product of lifting. Plus, lifting helps bone density and as a woman, that's pretty important as you age.
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What kind of cardio do you do, op? And for how long? Before or after lifting?

I always plan on doing some cardio after lifting but never do it
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running is for criminals.

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I lift so all the girls I have at the moment can text me "I can't wait to touch your sexy arms when we watch movies in your bed later this week" heh. Matched with an aesthetically big cut cock and you're good to go boyos. Sex is my cardio because running is for *******s.
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I do cardio, but I'll also admit I lift partially for vanity reasons. Nothing wrong with a measured amount of vanity, just as long as it doesn't become a defining personality trait.
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Originally Posted By Shayded⏩
Not health or performance. Any other reason you give is cope and justification.

Discuss
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Originally Posted By Shayded⏩
Bigger muscles = more blood. More blood = more strain on heart, and by extension oxygen absorption through the lungs.

Cardio increases the efficiency of how well your heart delivers blood (and oxygen) through your body, lowering the risk of LVH and lowering your blood pressure as well as resting heart rate.
if you are natty and at a decent bodyfat year around 10-15% you shouldnt worry about LVH, lol.
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Go on bodybuilding.com and complain about body building. Nice...
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Originally Posted By Shayded⏩
Bigger muscles = more blood. More blood = more strain on heart, and by extension oxygen absorption through the lungs.

Cardio increases the efficiency of how well your heart delivers blood (and oxygen) through your body, lowering the risk of LVH and lowering your blood pressure as well as resting heart rate.
Interesting, I've been browsing the net and I can only find articles saying that lifting weights is beneficial for the heart.https://fitnessgenes.com/blog/5-effe...on-your-heart/So more strain on the heart is true but your heart at the same time grows so that it can handle the extra pressure. Do you have any studies regarding this interesting topic?
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Originally Posted By SashaGab⏩
Interesting, I've been browsing the net and I can only find articles saying that lifting weights is beneficial for the heart.https://fitnessgenes.com/blog/5-effe...on-your-heart/So more strain on the heart is true but your heart at the same time grows so that it can handle the extra pressure. Do you have any studies regarding this interesting topic?
he is just plain wrong.
LVH is just a concern when you are on the sauce and past your genetic limit.
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Hogwash.

The more muscle you maintain when you're younger will have an effect on the amount of muscle you can carry into old age.

The amount of muscle you carry into old age will affect your quality of life by preventing injuries and keeping you mobile.

Cardio is for girls.
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