• GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml
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    5 days ago

    Whereas you can get the same or better cardio while lifting weights that also builds your muscles

    This is just blatantly false - same or better cardio from lifting weights? You’d have to be pedaling extremely lightly for this to be true.

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        5 days ago

        Right, so I do a 5/3/1 with a circuit of assistance work with essentially no downtime apart from switching out the weights. It’s challenging, and it builds my strength, but I don’t think anyone with any serious amount of experience doing cardio-focused exercise could with a straight face say that they are comparable. High zone 2/low zone 3 maybe, but not comparable in volume to a long run/ride nor comparable to HIIT sessions either.

        If lifting weights is seriously that taxing for you cardio-wise, you may need to get out and actually stress your cardiovascular system

      • mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca
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        5 days ago

        so by the exact same reasoning you have to actually be putting out high watts and not just casually cycling