How to do Cardio?
"Hey, the Strength and Physique, Volume One book is awesome!! Definitely a good book to have in your collection. But I’m a little tossed between my dieting and cardio plan. My goal is to gain size and lean muscle, but I’m not to sure what type of cardio to do. I’m already on the skinny side, but without the ripped six pack. Should I be doing cardio at all seeing that I’m trying to gain size?”
-thx man
My Answer: If you’re on the skinny side, then forego the cardio for now until you gain some muscle. Your body likes to concentrate on one goal and one function. You know the saying, "Jack of all trades, master of none." What you can do is alternate between mass phases and fat loss phases. That way you concentrate on one goal at a time. Gain as much mass as you can for a few weeks and don’t do any cardio. Once you start smoothing out just a little too much, start dieting and adding in the cardio.
Do interval training, don’t do steady state cardio. In other words, rather than jog steadily for 30-45 minutes, do sprint intervals. Do an all-out sprint for as long as you can, then walk for 60-90 seconds, and repeat for about 20 minutes. And when I mean sprint, I mean ALL OUT, balls to the wall, I’m-going-to get-you sucka chase. If you’re doing cardio out in the city streets, then you can use telephone poles as markers: sprint from one telephone pole to the next, then walk to the next pole and so on and so forth for 20 minutes.
