Cardio?

Bigsteve · 09-09-2008, 10:21 AM

Ok I do wanna loose my stomach, but is cardio a benefit or a disadvantage to power lifting?

rIPPDUP · 09-09-2008, 10:33 AM

advantage. end of statement.

Bigsteve · 09-09-2008, 10:34 AM

K thanks this site is great thanks again everyone.

**Thomas_Rivera** · 09-09-2008, 10:39 AM

One of the problems in powerlifting is that some guys let their body fat get way too high.

Bigsteve · 09-09-2008, 10:43 AM

Well right now sad to say I'm half body fat. I wouldn't mind getting down to like 30% body Fat. I have got some good advice on here and going to try it.

**Thomas_Rivera** · 09-09-2008, 11:16 AM

Are you sure that you're half body fat? That doesn't even sound right for a large powerlifter.

Bigsteve · 09-09-2008, 11:26 AM

i used one of those online fat counters

**Thomas_Rivera** · 09-09-2008, 11:53 AM

Online fat counters are bull****.

Get a nice set of calipers.

Bigsteve · 09-09-2008, 11:54 AM

what is that?

**Thomas_Rivera** · 09-09-2008, 11:58 AM

body fat calipers - Google Image Search

Bigsteve · 09-09-2008, 12:49 PM

I have to much to pinch lol

DOMS · 09-09-2008, 01:28 PM

You mean you looked at a BMI scale, they are utter crap, have a look and see what it says for all serious weightlifters, no matter how ripped they are the scale will say they are over weight cos it goes on height to weight ratio.

Cardio is a very good option. Do it after your weights and aim for 30 min plus at 130 BPM

Bigsteve · 09-09-2008, 01:48 PM

kk will do

**ZiR RED** · 09-22-2008, 06:37 PM

It may take a several months of low intensity aerobic cardio to build a base, but once you have, you NEED to start sprinting.

Aerobic cardio results in decreases in GH, Test, and Increases in Cortisol.

Sprinting causes just the opposite.

Aerobic cardio causes decreases in muscle fiber size, and even intraconversion of fast twitch type IIX to the less powerful IIA and IIC.

This doesn't occur with sprinting.

And, in studies done comparing HIIT (sprinting) to steady state cardio, subjects lost 9x as much body from the HIIT training.

You tell me: Line backer or tour de france cyclist?

Br

Bigsteve · 09-22-2008, 06:41 PM

Line backer all the way

Mighty6453 · 09-25-2008, 07:21 PM

Cardio is a drag anyway you slice it! with that being said you might want to try sled pulling or get a truck tire and pull it around it will help your GPP (general physical preparedness) and help also help with recovery. I personaly hate cardio and I find this challenging with a sled you can go a little bit then add a plate a bit more diffcult to add weight with a tire use some sand bage or somrthing I personaly made a pulling set up with an eye bolt a tire and a tow strap

Bigsteve · 09-25-2008, 08:02 PM

LoL sounds like something I saw on the rocky movie

Mighty6453 · 09-25-2008, 08:11 PM

belive it or not it works look up Louie Simmons and see what he has to say about sled work. what matters most is doing it

**ZiR RED** · 09-26-2008, 07:09 AM

Its high intensity.
Its using intervals.
It uses many, if not all, muscles at once.

I'm all for it.

Br