Comments on: Interval Training or Long, Slow Cardio? It doesn’t matter http://www.sixpackabsexercises.com/blog/interval-training-or-long-slow-cardio-it-doesnt-matter/31 Tips and tricks to get six pack abs from a professional trainer Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:07:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Carl http://www.sixpackabsexercises.com/blog/interval-training-or-long-slow-cardio-it-doesnt-matter/31/comment-page-1#comment-2936 Carl Fri, 13 Aug 2010 05:55:15 +0000 http://www.blog.sixpackabsexercises.com/interval-training-or-long-slow-cardio-it-doesnt-matter/31/#comment-2936 Great tip! Carl Great tip!

Carl

]]> By: Tim - The Lean Look http://www.sixpackabsexercises.com/blog/interval-training-or-long-slow-cardio-it-doesnt-matter/31/comment-page-1#comment-2913 Tim - The Lean Look Wed, 21 Jul 2010 02:16:49 +0000 http://www.blog.sixpackabsexercises.com/interval-training-or-long-slow-cardio-it-doesnt-matter/31/#comment-2913 The only thing that I would add is to make sure that your long steady-state cardio is performed 5 minutes after your High Intensity Interval Training. The HIIT released the fatty acid from your cells which make them readily available in the blood stream to be eaten up by the slow cardio portion of your workout. The only thing that I would add is to make sure that your long steady-state cardio is performed 5 minutes after your High Intensity Interval Training. The HIIT released the fatty acid from your cells which make them readily available in the blood stream to be eaten up by the slow cardio portion of your workout.

]]> By: Carl http://www.sixpackabsexercises.com/blog/interval-training-or-long-slow-cardio-it-doesnt-matter/31/comment-page-1#comment-733 Carl Tue, 07 Apr 2009 04:19:31 +0000 http://www.blog.sixpackabsexercises.com/interval-training-or-long-slow-cardio-it-doesnt-matter/31/#comment-733 Hi Oscar, My guess would be that your abs exercises are too easy. Read this post to find how to make them harder and more effective: http://www.sixpackabsexercises.com/blog/abdominal-exercises-progression/7/ Best, -CJ Hi Oscar,

My guess would be that your abs exercises are too easy. Read this post to find how to make them harder and more effective:

http://www.sixpackabsexercises.com/blog/abdominal-exercises-progression/7/

Best,

-CJ

]]> By: oscar http://www.sixpackabsexercises.com/blog/interval-training-or-long-slow-cardio-it-doesnt-matter/31/comment-page-1#comment-671 oscar Wed, 18 Feb 2009 04:34:15 +0000 http://www.blog.sixpackabsexercises.com/interval-training-or-long-slow-cardio-it-doesnt-matter/31/#comment-671 i go to the gym ever day and work on my aps all the time. but i really dont see them. i do cardio and aps alot how long do i got to run? to lose alot of weaight? im 6'1 and wght 171 i go to the gym ever day and work on my aps all the time.
but i really dont see them. i do cardio and aps alot
how long do i got to run? to lose alot of weaight?
im 6′1 and wght 171

]]> By: Carl http://www.sixpackabsexercises.com/blog/interval-training-or-long-slow-cardio-it-doesnt-matter/31/comment-page-1#comment-586 Carl Sat, 03 Jan 2009 18:55:38 +0000 http://www.blog.sixpackabsexercises.com/interval-training-or-long-slow-cardio-it-doesnt-matter/31/#comment-586 Hi Lady, Good to hear you lift weights now. Weightlifting + cardio is better than cardio alone. I guess you realized it. Based on what you told me, I'd suggest doing one less cardio session a week and one more weightlifting session a week. So, you'd lift weights 3x per week, and run 2x per week. If you like lifting weights and get good results, do more. Also, try making one of your cardio session an interval training session. There's more details on doing that in this post: http://www.blog.sixpackabsexercises.com/interval-training-the-specifics/29/. Good luck! Carl J. Hi Lady,

Good to hear you lift weights now. Weightlifting + cardio is better than cardio alone. I guess you realized it.

Based on what you told me, I’d suggest doing one less cardio session a week and one more weightlifting session a week. So, you’d lift weights 3x per week, and run 2x per week.

If you like lifting weights and get good results, do more.

Also, try making one of your cardio session an interval training session. There’s more details on doing that in this post: http://www.blog.sixpackabsexercises.com/interval-training-the-specifics/29/.

Good luck!

Carl J.

]]> By: Lady M http://www.sixpackabsexercises.com/blog/interval-training-or-long-slow-cardio-it-doesnt-matter/31/comment-page-1#comment-579 Lady M Sun, 23 Nov 2008 12:22:06 +0000 http://www.blog.sixpackabsexercises.com/interval-training-or-long-slow-cardio-it-doesnt-matter/31/#comment-579 Hi Tom I used to be an avid cardio fan and spent the whole of my 20's training aerobically 3-4 times a week and was very fit. However now at the tail end of my 30's (and a completely different lifestyle) I have only managed to exercise on and off for years, and never seem able to stick at it for more than a few months before it just gets boring or too time consuming. Anyway, I have recently started with interval training and I have been doing 3x30 minute interval sessions per week on the treadmill, and I tag on 2 resistance sessions a week (Although I separate the muscle groups between those sessions so that I am only working all of my muscles once a week) The first 4 weeks were hell and I couldn't believe how unfit I was! However week 5 I couldn't believe how much easier it became all of a sudden, and I then had to increase the intensity during the sessions to achieve the same results. I definitely feel that I have improved my fitness level far more quickly than with my old cardio routines. Also the session seems to go by far more quickly and is much less boring, especially as I can see the intensity of my speed/incline improving so drastically...it is really encouraging. After reading the article above though, I am now wondering if I am training correctly? Should I still be adding in a cardio routine (although I would rather avoid it) and should I now step up the number of workouts a week, or do I just stick with the same and just keep increasing the intensity the fitter I get? I guess what I want to know is that will I plateaux if I don't change anything... bar the increase in intensity? Also I have been tagging on the resistance work at the end of 2 of my interval sessions, and I have now read somewhere that you should weight train BEFORE the intervals and not after? Ultimately I just want to improve my fitness levels and get a leaner more toned look. Thanks Hi Tom

I used to be an avid cardio fan and spent the whole of my 20’s training aerobically 3-4 times a week and was very fit. However now at the tail end of my 30’s (and a completely different lifestyle) I have only managed to exercise on and off for years, and never seem able to stick at it for more than a few months before it just gets boring or too time consuming.

Anyway, I have recently started with interval training and I have been doing 3×30 minute interval sessions per week on the treadmill, and I tag on 2 resistance sessions a week (Although I separate the muscle groups between those sessions so that I am only working all of my muscles once a week)

The first 4 weeks were hell and I couldn’t believe how unfit I was! However week 5 I couldn’t believe how much easier it became all of a sudden, and I then had to increase the intensity during the sessions to achieve the same results.

I definitely feel that I have improved my fitness level far more quickly than with my old cardio routines. Also the session seems to go by far more quickly and is much less boring, especially as I can see the intensity of my speed/incline improving so drastically…it is really encouraging.

After reading the article above though, I am now wondering if I am training correctly? Should I still be adding in a cardio routine (although I would rather avoid it) and should I now step up the number of workouts a week, or do I just stick with the same and just keep increasing the intensity the fitter I get?

I guess what I want to know is that will I plateaux if I don’t change anything… bar the increase in intensity?

Also I have been tagging on the resistance work at the end of 2 of my interval sessions, and I have now read somewhere that you should weight train BEFORE the intervals and not after?

Ultimately I just want to improve my fitness levels and get a leaner more toned look.

Thanks

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