A lot of people misunderstand what it means to have good cardio. Good cardio is when you are able to push the fight, and I’ve shown that in all of my fights.
I find that the thing that makes every body look the best is great toning, and really, really targeting the muscles, and low cardio, where you’re sculpting and getting your heart rate up but not beating yourself up.
When it comes to cardio, we know I don’t have a problem.
Yes, you do need to be doing cardio to shed fat but no, you don’t need to be going for hour long runs pounding pavement or hitting the treadmill every day.
All the circuit training, it’s cardio circuit training, so everything you’re doing, you’re still running up your heart rate. You’re burning, I think, triple the amount of calories than if you were just weight lifting.
For cardio, I run every Sunday.
I concentrate on making everything strong, and you can’t do that with just cardio. I strength-train one day – and I’m not talking heavy weights, just a little. I see my trainer one day, next day I take a yoga class or cook. I’m not someone who just opens a pantry and rustles something up.
I’ve changed up my training over the years; I don’t lift weights as much as I used to, so I’m built for the cardio now.
I do martial arts mostly. But if I am bored, or my body is aching, I swim or go the gym. I can sometimes be doing cardio on the treadmill, kick boxing, stretching, dance, whatever I feel like. I just make sure I have something to do every day but no particular set routine.
I don’t like cardio since I get bored but dancing is another form of cardio that works well for me.
I’m lucky to have parents who used to be bodybuilders! They help me keep fit by going to the gym and training with me. I’m also addicted to Cardio Barre classes and hiking.
I’ve got to get my cardio up. I’m usually known as the fitness guy on the Stanford team, but not 70 to 80 plays a game, so I’ve definitely got to step that up. But I’m all about it.
I’ve recently discovered Cardiobar. It’s in L.A. and it has Cardio Aerobics. It’s all women with no shoes on, dancing to upbeat music. I’m just dripping sweat at the end of the class. It’s very fun for me, and it makes me want to work out.
I do cardio everyday, which involves a 25-minute run or jog besides 45-minute-long weight training. I don’t lift heavy weights. As far as my diet is concerned, I have seven small meals a day.
I’ve done all my bike circuit cardio workouts when I know I gotta push my numbers higher and I gotta be better than I was before. It sucks. Your body doesn’t want to do it, but I’ve done that. I know I have that in me.
Lots of weight training, squats, a little bit of cardio, but mostly just adding more weights into my workouts. And working out with friends to make it fun. That’s always so important.
Do cardio throughout the year at least three days a week for at least 30-40 minutes, whether it be first thing in the morning on an empty stomach or after a post-workout protein shake. Cardio won’t kill your gains as much as you think; you’ll see how much muscle you really have.
I do as many fun activities as possible. A lot of hiking, beach bike riding and walking. And cardio barre, which is a dance-based workout at a ballet barre. It’s a full-body workout for one hour on Monday, Wednesday and Friday in a studio.
I do yoga and a little bit of cardio to keep myself fit because it’s very important for me to feel healthy from the inside.
I do a dance-based cardio workout infused with circuit training, and emphasizing strength and alignment.
I have a love-hate relationship with cardio.
I love a mix of kickboxing, gym, yoga, Pilates, horse riding, and dancing. I also do skinny rappelling, which is a quick cardio workout with music and lighting, so it’s fun.
To me, I’m going out there focusing on competing, not worrying about cardio or anything like that.
I’ve obviously got the brains. I’ve got the cardio.
If I could only do one exercise, it would be dead lifting. For cardio, I dance, I ride my bike, I run and I have kids. There is a… lot of cardio just from being a parent.
I do close to 30 minutes in cardio at a very high rate. I raise the level of intensity. I do a level 18 on the elliptical at four miles an hour for 20 minutes. That’s 360 calories. I want to see someone else try that. The resistance factor at 18 is brutal. No one goes to 20.
Sparring is probably the best cardio, but strength training is the best way to prevent the kind of injuries that come from roadwork and sparring.
Eating well was something I learned as I started to be successful and had to travel and perform concerts, which are an intense cardio workout.
I’ve been into weight training for many, many years and you add to that a good dose of cardio, don’t overindulge, and you can do all right.
I’ve always liked to do cardio, which is so weird.
What I do normally is I do the cardio, then I’ll eat – protein shake, oatmeal, banana – then I’ll hit the gym, and I’ll be in the gym for two hours.
I normally work out six days a week. I’ll do Pilates on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, and I’ll do cardio on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.
Both cardio and resistance training are essential for looking and feeling great.
When I’m on the road, I’ll break my exercise into a cardio session and a weights session.
My brain puts baths in the same category as yoga: it’d be ‘nice’ to relax for an hour, but I just want a 10-minute, high-impact workout; get in, get out. Showers are my cardio.
I can’t tell you how many guys have approached me when I’m doing cardio. Like, I have my headphones on; I’m in the zone, so don’t bother me.
Typically, my cardio consists of an inclined walk and run on the treadmill for 40 minutes. After that I’ll do three sets of 20 push-ups, 100 crunches, and then I’m off to rehearsal.
I prefer not to use any machines. I focus a lot on cardio, which is what I do when I’m on stage. I also am into isometric workouts.
I love hot yoga. I go to a sculpt class with weights. That’s really good for the core and it’s obviously super hot. I love cardio bar. I’m not a big gym fan, so I like to go to classes.
I focus on having a feminine body, a dancer’s body. I do resistance and dance and cardio. I like hiking, swimming, being active. It clears your mind and it’s a good way to decompress.
I do breakfast first, which is a small bowl of oatmeal and some sort of protein, like hard-boiled eggs. And then I work out – 40 minutes of cardio and maybe some strength training.
When I’m not working I do go to the gym and do my cardio but nothing beats the high-heel workout!
I try to work out about four or five times a week. I’ll do a little bit of cardio, half hour on the punchbag, or just go for a jog.
Cardio is the devil.
I attend dance class every alternate day, and it works like a cardio workout for me. I also do weight training in the gym every alternate day.
Just pushing myself for more rounds at a higher pace in training. Your focus should be grounded in what you do, and that’s fighting. I’m getting my cardio that way.
I’ve really stayed up with the cardio, because I know the Heat are going to make sure they want us in shape, the best shape, our body fat and stuff like that. So I’ve been really keeping up with my cardio.
I have a very eclectic iPod. So I’ve got my cardio people – so it’s anything from Beyonce to some Jay-Z to Janelle Monae, her song ‘Tightrope,’ that’s a good cardio song. And then I’ve got Sting. I’ve got Mary J. Blige. I’ve got The Beatles. I’ve got Michael Jackson. I try to pick the songs that I personally love.
I lift weights and do as much cardio as I can make myself. I’m not a big cardio fan, and I hate doing legs.
If your goal is to look different, you’ll see results faster with strength training than with cardio alone.
I work out seven days a week, and I love every minute of it. It really is a way just to get away. I weight train and do cardio and stay active as much as possible every day; I have to just to clear my head. I love to get into the gym.
I work out at home. I don’t have a gym, but I use light weights. I do calisthenics, which is basically using your own body weight, like you do in yoga, to strengthen your core. I also do a bit of cardio.
I work out a lot, but it changes day to day. I always start out with some cardio – either a jog, a bike ride, or footwork drills designed specifically for tennis movement. Then I do weights, but I switch the days: one day it’s upper body, the next day it’s lower body. Then I do stomach and back pretty much every day.
I work out two, two and a half hours a day. For ‘Immortals,’ it was body-weight stuff: crunches, pullups, and martial arts-based cardio.
I believe coming up to heavyweight, I can shine. That’s where I feel the best in terms of being agile, speed, cardio, all that kind of stuff plus I have the power.
