How Does A Person Looking To Gain Weight Get A Cardio Workout?

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  krieger said,

  Essentially, the same way everyone else does- just with a little less volume. Anybody other than a professional bodybuilder or competitive power lifter has no business claiming a little cardio prevents them from developing. You absolutely need cardio to maintain your heart health.
  You need the extra calories to support growth, yes, but mostly to support your increased level of activity. I weight ~225lbs. I take in about 3000-3500 Calories a day. A 20 minute interval workout burns about 300-400 (adjust for size, effort level, etc). Big whup. Ya’ think there might be a bit left over? You only need to get concerned about too much cardio when you either run a lot more or start getting closer to your genetic potential performance level (back to that ‘professional’ bit..).
  I am in no way advocating you go run for an hour 5 times a week or take on a marathon, but 2 or 3 bouts of intervals a week certainly won’t slow you down all that much. Try doing a light 5 minute warm up, followed by 5-10 30/90s intervals (30 seconds hard, 90 light), and a 5 minute cool down. Do that a few times a week on off days and you’ll live longer for it. It will also greatly help you stay/get cut.

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  magicmbo said,

  Working out with only cardio makes it extremely difficult and almost impossible to gain weight (unless you’re very weak to begin with). That is why marathon runners are skinny while sprinters are big and built. In order to gain muscle mass, you must force the muscles into pushing/pulling harder than they normally do (weight lifting). This causes the muscles to have tiny tears, and after resting and recovering, they heal and become stronger (and eventually bigger) than before.
  That is why body builders, who have huge muscle mass, do weight training with low rep/high weight.

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  Dave M said,

  Cardio has barely any true fat loss effects. It can increase your metabolism but nothing compared to training to increase or maintain muscle size.
  If you want to do cardio, do it for a few days and then begin a weight training routine.
  Any longer and you risk sacrificing muscle tissue and literally sabotaging your fat loss efforts.

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  Sean B said,

  You can still do a good cardio workout and gain weight. If you burn 600 calories a day from cardio, then eat 600 or more calories to make up for it. Especially from carbohydrates.

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  . said,

  You don’t, if you’re a hardgainer – which Really sucks! I wish I had a problem losing weight instead because I enjoy cardio workouts.. much better than lifting weights =(

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  emma, :] said,

  maybe have alot of protein before and after the workout so it goes straight to your muscles increasing mass
  xo

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  Megan said,

  just walk lightly

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