so this guy told me that joggin is not cardio....?

Question

then wat is
im confused
im burning fat ribht?
what am i supposed to be doin
to burn fat
i know how to tone
and gain muscle

im also confused on
the heart rate stuff
how do u know
if your going faster than your
heart rate or watever...

Answer 1

Hello,

Jogging is an aerobic exercise and of course it would be considered "cardio." Basically, Cardiovascular exercises are those where you are using oxygen and burning glycogen and would include exercise on a treadmill, or elliptical, or jogging around a track, or using a stationary bike, etc. You can definately burn bodyfat while doing cardiovascular exercises, but you want to make sure that you also are doing your cardio within a moderate intensity range.

To simplify, if you are a healthy individual (no medical problems that would prevent you from doing certain cardiovascular exercises - if in doubt, consult a physician before beginning a program) you can do your cardio anywhere from 20 - 60 minutes per session up to 5 times per week if necessary. If you are just beginning, or you are very overweight, it would be good for you to start out even by walking 3 days per week to build up your cardiovascular endurance slowly. If you have been doing some type of cardio for a while, maybe try to stick to a 3-4 day per week routine, and go at least 20 minutes per session, keeping your heart rate within a moderate range which will help you burn body fat.

To figure out what your range is, you would determine this by using a small formula to determine your heart rate ranges, from minimum to maximum. The formula looks like this:

220 - Age x .6 and x .8

Say you are 30 years old. 220 - 30 = 190 190 x .6 = 114 and 190 x .8 = 152

Therefore, as a 30 year old individual, your heart range for doing cardio would be 114 - 152. (These numbers represent your target heart ranges at 60% of your maximum and 80% of your maximum.) Then, once you have determined this, you can take your pulse as you are doing your cardio (either at the wrist or just below the ear at the neck) and count how many beats you feel in 10 seconds and then take that times 6 to get an average beats per minute. Since you are probably just beginning and want to burn some bodyfat, it would be good for you to stay near the lower range, around 60 - 65% keeping your heart beat around maybe 120 or so during your cardio session.

There are more accurate ways to do this, but I wanted to try to keep it simple for you and make you aware of how you know where to be when you do cardio. A much simplier way to tell if you are training at a good pace, is called the "talk test", and all that means is that if while doing cardio you are breathing moderately and still have enough oxygen to hold a conversation with someone while you're doing it, then you should be ok.

I hope this helps you a bit and wasn't too confusing. Doing a good cardio program is not hard, it just takes a little bit of research to make sure you are doing it properly to fit your goals. Some people are endurance athletes and want to train at higher heart ranges to do marathons, etc. It all depends on what you want to accomplish.

Good luck to you, keep up the weight training and perhaps consult a trainer if one is available where you work out. These people should be able to help you determine how you should train and explain why you are doing what you're doing. Enjoy.

-nikemand

Answer 2

Jogging is Cardio since it raises your heart rate. Jogging burns fat. Lift weights if you wanna gain muscle and do light weights and more reps to tone it.

Answer 3

i think he is wrong...i think it is very much cardiovascular exercise. and jogging is really good and much better than walking... they have a test at the hospital and they use this machine and it is kind of like jogging in place and they use it to test your heart rate and such... i believe he is wrong...

Answer 4

mz Tiza is 100% right! In fact, for the standard EKG testing, they use a treadmill!!! You can't get much more cardio!!!

Answer 5

As long as you are exercising near or at your target heart rate, you are exercising cardiovasculary.

Answer 6

whos that guy because jogging is a major cardio exercise!