I can only speak from past experience, but it was successful experience. I found that a moderate amount of cardio work actually enabled me to do heavier/better lifts, especially noticeable in squats and lunges. When heart and lungs are ship-shape, the muscles can handle a bit more work.
But now here is an interesting thing that I've noticed through the years, and wonder if there might be some validity to my theory. Has anyone else noticed this? I have a few friends who are really cardio freakos, i.e. marathoners, cardio queens, lah, lah, lah. "Gee, how much cardio do you do each week?"
"Eight hours." I know that cancer sometimes just happens, but also notice that many cardio freaks are all getting cancer in their 30's and 40's.
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Suz
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