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HOUSTON TEXAN




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PostPosted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 10:46 pm    Post subject: Interval Training Reply with quote

Will I have any long term injuries from doing interval training 30 mins every day? Because I am a little sore after my workout but that soreness doesn't get any worse as time goes on.
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swanso5




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PostPosted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 11:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

don't do anything everyday...2 - 3/week x 20mins max mate
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SarahPT




Joined: 09 Sep 2006
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 12:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I agree. Not sure how intense your interval training is, but you run the risk of overtrainingg. And overtraining increases your injury risk.
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bmac_21




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PostPosted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 11:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

usually interval training for running should last 15-20 minutes.
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JTRz13




Joined: 16 Jan 2008
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 6:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

That's BS. You can do it, and should, up to 6 times a week.
Doing it 3 times a week isn't smart, it's lazy.
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Boss Man




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Location: My site, (Steelmuscle), and anywhere else I feel like

PostPosted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 9:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

No dude with respect you're B.S. Frankly, coming on here dissing a guy who's a PT, when you're new and have no rep isn't smart, what he said is.

If you want to disagree, do it in a better way, not a where you're calling out someone elses info, unless you know a lot, and their info looks well suspect, which Swansos doesn't and never will.

3 times a week max is all you need. People who do a lot of weights for Bulking or Fat loss, don't need a load of Cardio, it's often counter- productive, either for muscles losses, muscle burn, longer muscle recovery, increased unneccessary fatigue etc etc.

Loads of Cardio works for people with a sporting goals like a 10k, Marathon, Tennis, 400m etc etc, but not well for other things like basic Muscle building or Fat loss. it doesn't help like a proper diet and weights will, and won't potentially help your bodies recovery rates and results, done 6 times a week.

Carido should be a thing done to supplement your weights and diet regime. In the grand scheme of things, when you have Diet, Weights and Cardio, Cardio should be the least prioritised thing, and not as frequent or intense as weights.

It would never help achieve part of persons weight loss goal, as much as the other two, and if you had to pick one of the 3 only as a weight loss aid to get started, I think it wouldn't be Cardio in any circumstances. Diet first, Weights second, Cardio third, in most physical situations relating to muscle building or Fat loss.

Loads of Cardio where Cardiovascular fitness is important maybe, like many sports or sports refereeing, but not for bulking or cutting. It's counter-productive.
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swanso5




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PostPosted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 12:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Quote:
That's BS. You can do it, and should, up to 6 times a week.
Doing it 3 times a week isn't smart, it's lazy.


rationalise this buddy and while your there please explain to me why i'm 105 bodyfat but haven't done cardio / interval training for 4 years...is all my lazziness finally paying off after all these yrs??
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JTRz13




Joined: 16 Jan 2008
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 2:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

[quote="swanso5"]
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rationalise this buddy and while your there please explain to me why i'm 105 bodyfat but haven't done cardio / interval training for 4 years...is all my lazziness finally paying off after all these yrs??

105 body fat? What, lol? Don't worry, I think I get what you're trying to say.

Lol, probably because your body is good at keeping fat percentages down, etc. You're probably in your late teens or early twenties, right? In a couple of years, if you keep that up(no intervals), you're going to find yourself turning into a lard. I have a lot of friends like that. If you're older than what I guessed, I'll be shocked. But, judging from the way you type, you're about that, if not younger.

And I love how insecure and alarmed you guys got when I said that. You guys are probably the types that try to find a way to rationalize easy workouts into being effective ones. Interval training for about 20 minutes a day, 6 times a week(5 is okay, too) is not "overtraining". Overtraining would be this: 1 hour intervals, 7/6 days a week. That would be overtaining. It's not like weight training, where your body gets broken down and needs a day of repair. It's a totally different system.

By the way, 'Boss Man', just cuz swanson has a lot of 'forum points', doesn't mean he's credible. It just means he lives on his computer.
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swanso5




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PostPosted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 3:02 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

- i'm 30 this year buddy
- i used to high 20's body fat 4 years ago
- i'm no lard yet
- tha way i tipe???
- lifting 130kg deadlifts and 120kg squats at 74kgs isn't easy mate
- we came on strong because people looking for information might actually take notice of that and expect it to work
- 6 sessions isn't over training but 6 sessions is? i see your logic now...
- if your doing intervals properly than your using high intensity which will tax your nervous system, thus overtraining...that's not even taking wts or sport into account either
- no, i'm not credible at all, i simply make all this up for kicks
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JTRz13




Joined: 16 Jan 2008
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 3:02 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Boss Man wrote:


Loads of Cardio where Cardiovascular fitness is important maybe, like many sports or sports refereeing, but not for bulking or cutting. It's counter-productive.


Oh yeah, I forgot. Boss Man, what you're saying is totally true. That is if, by cardio, you mean low intensity jogs and crap like that. That shouldn't even be done at all. But if you really are referring to intervals, then you really just don't understand them.

If you want to shed fat, interval training goes at the top of the priority list. Interval training is what gets you cut- it adapts the body into a high-metabolic, fat burning machine. A good diet only does so much.
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JTRz13




Joined: 16 Jan 2008
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 3:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

[quote="swanso5"]-
- 6 sessions isn't over training but 6 sessions is? i see your logic now...
- if your doing intervals properly than your using high intensity which will tax your nervous system, thus overtraining...that's not even taking wts or sport into account either
- no, i'm not credible at all, i simply make all this up for kicks[/quote

.. I can't believe how fast you responded to that.
I just want to comment on the 6 session thing. I said an hour a day 6 times vs 20 mins. 6 times. You need to read this stuff properly.

Regardless, I think you're full of it.
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swanso5




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PostPosted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 3:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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If you want to shed fat, interval training goes at the top of the priority list. Interval training is what gets you cut- it adapts the body into a high-metabolic, fat burning machine. A good diet only does so much


1 - diet
2 - wt training
3 - sprints

then

4 - intervals

close but no
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swanso5




Joined: 16 Jan 2006
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Location: melbourne, australia

PostPosted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 3:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

a session is a period of time that you exercise, 5mins or 60mins it's still a session

full of knowledge yes, i'll agree with you there...you're spot on chief
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JTRz13




Joined: 16 Jan 2008
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 4:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

swanso5 wrote:
Quote:


1 - diet
2 - wt training
3 - sprints

then

4 - intervals

close but no


You're so full of crap, it's not even funny. I've done diets with light exercise for years and it didn't do a damn thing. It's when I started the high intensity interval stuff, that I got ripped. And I did it 6 times a week.

And why is sprints '3' and intervals '4'? That makes no sense.
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swanso5




Joined: 16 Jan 2006
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Location: melbourne, australia

PostPosted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 4:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

light wts won't do anything...grow some nuts and get under a heavy bar for first time in your life...

heavy wt = high intensity

sprints and intervals are different...one is continuous and the other isn't...i thought that was pretty obvious for an interval freak such as yourself

ripped you say.....
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