Cardio

[clubbinkid]

whats the right way of doing a my morning cardio to burn fat but preserve muscle

[Psychotron]

run on an empty stomach, and be around 70% of your max heart rate.

[Tony Soprano]

is it ok to do less than 20 minutes? sometimes that's all the time i have

[Mighty Joe]

Just get up earlier!

MJ

[Panzerfaust]

I got to be up in 5 1/2 hours for cardio..

[geoneo]

just remeber to do only 60%-70% of your maximum heart rate (220-age - i think ), if you go over that you may start to break down muscle.

[Panzerfaust]

Cardio went good for me this morning, you are right geoneo

To find your target heart rate....220-age * .6 or.7

For me it is 220-25= 195 * .7 = target heart rate of 136.5 (136)

This is at 70% of my max heart rate, range should be around 65-75% for 45 minutes on empty stomach and it is best to do in the morning and make sure to split your cardio and lifting up, do not do them together.

[Soldier of Misfortune]

Just to reiterate, we just went over this in my personal fitness class. Cardio in morning on empty stomach at 70% MHR for 45min and youll be fine. Any more HR and youll burn muscle. I did a 5 mile ruck march this morning. It was just under an hour, I know I broke my own rules, but I gotta train like this.

[Tony Soprano]

is 45 minutes the optimum amount of time to shred the fat? I usually do 30 minutes(when i can), will the extra 15 minutes produce much better results?

[Hypertrophy]

15 extra minutes will increase your caloric expenditure and burn more fat. If you are doing cardio 4-5 days/week, yes, it will make a difference over the course of your program.