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Originally Posted by Halewafa
Great thanks. I'll stick to cardio post workout for a while to see how it goes. I just climb on the stair master. I'll be honest, I HATE cardio, so I usually only last 10 minutes before stopping. Not because I'm tired, just bored. Is 10 minutes at 50/steps a minute even going to accomplish anything (only about 100 calories burnt).
My goal is to lose some fat while maintaining or even gaining muscle. So far it seems to be working, just going very slowly. I've lost about 2 pounds on the scale in the last 2 months, but my pants are getting loose and I continue to PR every week in the gym.
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To be honest, if you're not doing at least 30 minutes (...
preferably 45-60 minutes depending on the goal and your current body composition), you're really wasting your time. The stairclimber is an extremely effective fat shredding tool (...
as is walking on a steep incline on the treadmill at a slow/moderate pace). Both of the aforementioned cardio apparatuses are the body builder's fat shredding tools of choice; we use them because they work. The trainer in me assesses visually rather than through arbitrary numbers. Your weight may not change much at all, but your body composition can/might do a complete 180.