How Much Cardio Is Too Much?

How Much Cardio Is Too Much? May 04, 2023 at 01:00PM Running, biking and other aerobic exercise help improve your health and fitness. Find out just how much aerobic exercise is right for you and how much cardio is too much. Hi friends! How’s the morning going?? I hope you’re having a wonderful week. For today’s post, I updated an older *beefy* one with lots of fitness tips. If you’re wondering about how much cardio to do and need help with your routine, join us for Fit Team! I frequently get variations of the same question. What is my weight loss goal? What cardio exercises should I do? What is a *good* amount of cardio I can do without losing muscle? What’s the bare minimum? But what the core of each of those questions is ultimately asking is: How much cardio is too much? Let me dust off my cardio queen badge and tell you a long tale. How Much Cardio Is Too Much? The Tale of the Cardio Queen Back in the day, I thought cardio was the “end all be all” of health, fitness, and (what my goal was at the time) losing weight. I figured that more was better as far as cardio exercises go. Little did I know, I was burning my precious muscle away as I pounded the treadmill and was striding along on the elliptical. It’s equally tragic and amusing to consider the amount of time I spent doing cardio, thinking I was throwing myself a solid to only later find out that it was overkill. I cardio-ed my little heart out, and there was a time when I was going an hour +, almost every day of the week. I was doing way too much cardio at high intensity. (This is also when I screwed up my metabolism years ago.) Thankfully, I started to work in the fitness industry, became certified to teach group fitness and work as a personal trainer, and learned a lot about the cardio balancing act. It takes a little time to find out the amount and types of fitness that will propel you toward your goals, while providing endorphins, SWEAT, and performance gains (including endurance, speed, and agility). It wasn’t until I cut down the duration of my aerobics session and made the exercises count that I noticed a difference in my fitness gains and overall health. I also felt a major boost in my gym mojo, as I was no longer using the time to read books and gab with friends. (