What do you do for your cardio workouts? Excercises, duration, intensity, heartrate, etc...

Do you monitor your heartrate, or do zone training?

I just want to know what other people do, and get some new ideas for myself.

2/20/2006 11:22:40 AM

i do about 45 minutes on the treadmill. my heart rate is at a steady 155-160 during the whole duration. nearing the end I crank up the speed till I maintain about 170 for 3-5 minutes.

[Edited on February 20, 2006 at 11:28 AM. Reason : i do weight training on non-cardio days.]

2/20/2006 11:27:26 AM

yeah you need to monitor your heartrate.

theres a zone you need to be in for cardio vs fat burning.

2/20/2006 11:27:27 AM

i think cardio is about 85% of your max heart rate.

2/20/2006 11:28:51 AM

^ and ^^ I know all that stuff, I just want to find out what other people do.

I have a chest strap heartrate monitor that I use at the gym, its way more accurate than the handgrips on any of the cardio machines.

There are 3 target heartrate zones:
Z1 = 60% - 70% of your max heartrate
Z2 = 70% - 80% of your max heartrate
Z3 = 80%+ of your max heartrate

For the past few weeks, I've been doing a 5min warmup then intervals of 4min at Z2 then 1-1/2min at Z1, for up to 40 minutes. Yesterday I tried going a full 60 minutes at Z1 on the elliptical machine. I managed to keep my heartrate average at 155 for the full 60 minutes.

What I really want to know is what other people do for cardio. Thanks Amsterdam718

2/20/2006 12:12:06 PM

During bulking up phase I do 30-45 minutes of cardio using the Ellipse, Stair Climber, Rowing Machine, and Bike. I keep my heart rate around 180+ and only do it in the mornings.
When lowering my body fat I do same thing except keep heart rate kinda low and do it 2-3 times a day.

2/20/2006 1:02:19 PM

Paging LiusClues and the

http://brentroad.com/message_search.aspx Fucntion

2/20/2006 1:07:39 PM

^ searching only shows up 4 threads about cardio, but no accounts of what other people do

I saw your thread about the Guerrilla Cardio, do you still do that? What do you do Boobs?

2/20/2006 1:35:13 PM

HEY MINI HAVE YOU CHECKED OUT ANY CLASSES AT YOUR GYM...I TOOK A BOOT CAMP PLYOMETRIC CLASS FOR A WHILE AND IT WORKED WONDERS....TRY DOING ONE OF THOSE TO MIX IT UP.....THESE CLASSES WILL PUSH YOU MORE THAN YOU CAN PUSH YOURSELF ON ANY MACHINE

2/20/2006 1:37:50 PM

What is a decent heart rate monitor to use? They seem to range in price from $30 to $200 but I have no clue what to look for. Do the strapless monitors work at all or is it pretty much a must to have one?

2/20/2006 1:52:38 PM

I love to run.

Clear your mind and become one with the pavement.

2/20/2006 2:26:05 PM

^^^ I havent tried any of the classes yet, but there are tons of classes during the week. I need to try out this new BodyPump class

^^ I have a Polar F6 heartrate monitor, it does way more than I need right now. I use it mainly to measure my current, avg, and max heartrate. Also the cardio machines at O2 pick up the heartrate from the chest strap and display it on screen, so I dont have to focus on holding the handgrips or checking the watch every 15 seconds.

[Edited on February 20, 2006 at 2:29 PM. Reason : more ^s]

2/20/2006 2:28:54 PM

Spinning.

2/20/2006 4:56:30 PM

shit I usually get past 180 when I run

2/20/2006 5:01:28 PM

swimming, running, bicicycling, rowing, eliptical, basketball, soccer........go to the gym and pick one

2/20/2006 5:03:49 PM

I personally go off perceived effort, cadence and power over heart rate.

Cardiac drift is very common in runs. The longer you run, the more your heart rate will drift.

For those of you that are going well over 180, you're probably above your lactate threshold (which is not aerobic), unless you're a Kenyan.

2/20/2006 5:12:55 PM

^what that guy said

2/20/2006 6:01:10 PM

I could go forever in the 170s....

When I get above bout 180....probably ill be done in 20-30 mins

its always fun to push it to 200 for a minute at the end

2/20/2006 6:03:27 PM

Quote :

"Also the cardio machines at O2 pick up the heartrate from the chest strap and display it on screen, so I dont have to focus on holding the handgrips or checking the watch every 15 seconds. "

same for PF...it rocks

2/20/2006 7:28:01 PM