How Much Cardio Should You Do?

I was recently asked “how much cardio should you do? When do you worry about cardio raising your cortisol levels? And when do you worry about losing muscle?”

And I wish I had a simple answer like “3 times per week, for 30 minutes”, or “150 minutes per week.” But I don’t. It’s my usual answer of “it depends.”

What does it depend on? A lot of factors, and that’s what we’ll cover in this article. But if you want to skip all the theory, and the figuring things out for yourself, our staff have done the work, taken the hard parts out of it for you, and can give you a solution that’s customized to you, on a silver platter. If you want to see whether you qualify to work with us, you can fill out the application form on our home page.

So let’s get to it.

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HOW MUCH CARDIO SHOULD YOU DO? THE 4 FACTORS TO CONSIDER

What exactly does the amount of cardio you should do based on? What are the factors that need to be taken into consideration? In no particular order, here they are:

FACTOR #1: YOUR GOAL

It comes as no surprise that someone whose goal it is to run a marathon should be doing way more cardio than someone whose goal is to build muscle.