Things Trainers Hear: I don't want to do cardio.

Things Trainers Hear: "I don't want to do cardio." 

Statements I have heard from my clients before; "I don't want to do any cardio.", "I hate to do cardio.", "I know I should run (or insert any other form of cardio that one might find miserable) but I HATE it."

My response; Really? Why? Why do you feel like you "should" run? What exactly do you think "cardio" is?

If you hate to run, I am not going to recommend that you run. Do you know why? Because you won't do it. If you don't do it, and that's what I have recommended you do then what are you going to do? Nothing? Many people would do just that: nothing. Some will find something else, but many will do nothing. My goal is to get people moving, healthy, happier. We can't do that by doing nothing at all. A good program needs to be designed around what the Client WILL do.

So you hate cardio. Do you know what cardio is? Cardio is short for Cardiovascular. This means you are getting your heart rate into your Training Heart Rate Zone in order to train your Cardiac Muscle - yes. Your HEART is a MUSCLE and needs to be trained just as much (if not more so) as your bicep. Do you know that you DO NOT have to "do cardio" to train your heart? That's right. No running, none of those machines for hours on end in the "cardio theater" of your gym, no early morning Spin classes, no cardio dance, no step aerobics, nope, none of that. (Well, unless of course you like those things. Then by all means, keep doing them!) Did you know that you can actually get your heart rate into it's Training Heart Rate Zone by lifting weights? How about all those Cross fitters? I bet their heart rate is getting into their zone by doing dead lifts & push ups; clean & presses & pull ups. I bet when that guy in the squat rack lifts a lot of heavy weight with the large muscles of his legs & core, the demand his muscles put on his heart for blood rich in Oxygen & Glycogen gets his heart rate up.

There is an age-old debate among fitness enthusiasts and professionals; Cardio or Resistance Training - which is better for weight loss? The true answer to that question is that you need BOTH of them to achieve a health body! The good news is that you do not have to or even need to spend hours on the elliptical to "get your cardio" in any more. For most the recommendation is that you do a program of varied exercises at a higher intensity. A program that will work your muscles and your cardiovascular system. The best form of any exercise or fitness program is the one that you will actually DO!



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