For people whose primary fitness activity is lifting or sports: how much cardio do you do? Specifically, what do you do, for how long, and how often?

My primary fitness activity is a sport (recreational, 3x a week), with lifting 2-3x a week. I’m trying to do more LISS cardio outside of these for general cardiovascular health and possibly improved stamina.

Edit: Thanks for all the replies, y’all!

  • AnAnonymousApe@lemmy.world
    3·
    1 year ago

    I try and hit the gym twice a week (where I exercise every muscle group on both occasions), and I try to run twice a week (a 5k and an 8k-10k). I don’t really have any goals, just trying to get and then stay healthy.

      • sacbuntchris@lemmy.worldM
        2·
        1 year ago

        Kind of! They usually throw together a mixture of activities for time. So the workout might be something like “20 wall balls, 10 dumbbell snatches, then a run around the building” with 1 minute rest in between rounds. They change up the workouts every time, and it’s in a big room where everyone else is doing the workout with loud music. It makes it motivating.

  • yenahmik@lemmy.world
    3·
    1 year ago

    I have a dog, so I walk 1.5-2hrs a day to keep him happy. I was shocked at how well it improved my stamina in my sport.

    • berryjam@lemmy.worldOP
      2·
      1 year ago

      Getting a dog is a real life-hack for how much it improves your life! Give your pup some pets from me.

  • icesentry@lemmy.mlEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    I try to lift every other day. Every time I lift I do 15 minutes of exercise bike.

    I also try to walk about 1 hour every day. I don’t aim for a step number just be outside and moving for an hour is good for me.

    • berryjam@lemmy.worldOP
      2·
      1 year ago

      This sounds similar to what I do – a short warmup before lifting and then 20-30 minutes afterward. Thanks for sharing.

  • aaron_griffin@lemmy.world
    2·
    1 year ago

    I primarily care about strength. I lift 2-3 times per week, but also do 2 conditioning sessions a week (that involve burpees, KB swings, sandbag work, carries, etc) and 1 LSS session a week (usually just an hour of incline walking on the treadmill)

    • berryjam@lemmy.worldOP
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      1 year ago

      Your conditioning sessions sound interesting! Would love to learn more about your particular routine if you’re comfortable with sharing. I’m comfortable with bodyweight stuff like burpees but I’m a bit intimidated by KB swings.

      • aaron_griffin@lemmy.world
        2·
        1 year ago

        If you’re interested in conditioning from a lifting POV, I’d recommend the book Tactical Barbell II which covers conditioning in the Tactical Barbell system. Also good is Ross Enamait’s Infinite Intensity.

        I don’t really do anything abnormal during my conditioning days. Just 15-20mins of moderate to high heart rate work

  • hootener@lemmy.sdf.org
    2·
    1 year ago

    I currently do a ppl split. I’ll lift five days a week, do cardio/core for one day, and then rest for one day.

    I should probably just do six days of ppl ferda gains, but I really like the change of pace that comes from the core/cardio day.

    That day is usually twenty minutes of dedicated core exercise followed by 45 - 60 minutes (depending on how much time I have that day) doing moderate effort work on a spin bike

    • berryjam@lemmy.worldOP
      2·
      1 year ago

      Do you like the spin bike? Right now I alternate between the row erg and treadmill.

      It’s good to do core and cardio at least once a week :)

      • hootener@lemmy.sdf.org
        2·
        1 year ago

        Agreed on core and cardio. It’s just always felt like a missed opportunity to not get two full rotations of the ppl in each week, but this is working for me so far.

        I like the spin bike. I bought a Sunny off Amazon and used two external wahoo sensors to get cadence and rpm measurements. I don’t use that data much though, tbh.

        I chose the spin bike because I also just cycle normally for recreation. I have a knee injury from several years ago that keeps me away from running. I do like erg machines a lot, but my gym is a home gym in my garage and I don’t really have the floorspace for it.

        • berryjam@lemmy.worldOP
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          1 year ago

          Sounds good! I asked because my gym has a ton of cardio machines that I haven’t tried, so I will try the spin bike next :)

          Also lol I do core 4-5x a week.

  • Sheltac@lemmy.world
    2·
    1 year ago

    Mostly walk anywhere between 20 and 60min per gym session, depending on whether I want to.

  • feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world
    2·
    1 year ago

    Physical job, but I run as well and try to do barbell complexes once a week (bear complexes). Can’t hack it today though, I’m aching and exhausted. My main thing is lifting, which is based around 531 and I try to do four sessions a week.

  • drexy_rexy@programming.dev
    2·
    1 year ago

    I run and I have a concept2 rower. Most of the time when I’m doing that stuff it’s low intensity steady state. I guess I try to get at least 1.5 hours a week of LISS in some variety. I also occasional ride a bike or go on a walks or other things. My job can be vaguely active as well. In terms of interval higher intensity stuff I do that less often but I will try to do interval stuff with kettlebells once a week usually. I’m not focusing my training on anything in particularly currently just working on increasing my squat and deadlift slowly.

      • drexy_rexy@programming.dev
        2·
        1 year ago

        sometimes I wish I had a fan bike/airdyne because I don’t want to put in the coordinated effort for the rowing, and a lot of my exercise is pull heavy so having something low-impact without pulling would be nice, but for the most part I enjoy it immensely. Being able to pace very precisely based on stroke rate and heart rate and speed or wattage is nice to keep me from overdoing it.

  • stick2urgunz88@lemmy.world
    2·
    1 year ago

    I walk at least 3-4 miles every day, often more. That’s usually a 30-45 minute walk, on top of the usual walking around in the apartment and such. Combined with lifting weights 4 days/week, it does the job.

  • Sl00k@programming.dev
    2·
    1 year ago

    I play basketball twice a week for 4 ish hours total and get all my cardio through that, it’s fantastic.

    Also lift 2-3 times a week. Peak I go 3 days consistently but most the times it’s just 2 I’m satisfied w the gains and #s I get.

  • guckfoogle
    2·
    1 year ago

    Trail/mountain run once a week (2.5-4mi) just as maintenance, rest one day, which is always after that run because mountain runs kill your legs. Then I just lift everyday.