WTF is wrong with people? Grrrrr I am so sick of people at my gym coming up to me and telling me that I do alot of cardio.
AND WHAT!!!??
Does anyone else notice that people are sometimes anti-cardio? The instructors at the gym tell me that I don't need to do that much cardio blah blah blah but do you ever see them teling people they do not need to lift that much weight?? Of course bloody not.
I am soo angry this morning i was running on the treadmill and one of the instructors came up to me and said he wanted to show me some kettle bell exercises. I said why. He said you will get better results. I said im on a maintenance program i already have the results I want. He said you don't need to do that much cardio to maintain. I said I like cardio and the ummm endorphins?? it gives me. Anyways I let him show me some kettle bell exercises. they were good and i might include them in my workout. But im not doing less cardio. thats the funnest part for me atm.
Why do they even have cardio equipment there if they are going to tell people not to use it?
I've been ranting all day to my work mates but no one understands

Tell them to piss off?

Ignore them, in fact you can do my cardio as well

If you are happy with what you are doing then thats all that counts, go for it.

That's crazy! Instructors telling you not to do so much?! Were they overweight?
Too much cardio? Next time tell them ultra-marathon runners run for 24 sometimes 48 hours at a time, now that's alot of cardio!

tell them their problem is that they dont do enough cardio, and thats why they look like shit. even if they look good, i bet they stop bugging you!

Can you guys come tell them?
I think im already the crazy cardio girl I don't wana be psycho bitch aswell lol

^^ specter, your services are required

Smile sweetly and say you've decided to train for a marathon? Maybe they're scouting for business, showing you one thing hoping you'll request a program?

I think most people that aren't endurance athletes do tend to over-emphasize cardio (and to the exclusion of other equally important targets) because they think it's more important than it is, and most people have the idea that cardio equals 'fitness'.

But the other side of that coin is that I'm not a douchebag about people doing what they want to do. If you didn't come ask me my thoughts on the matter, I'm not about to come tell you what you "should" be doing, either. That's lame.

I don't know your goals or why you're doing it to begin with, so it's a bit presumptuous to show up and just say you're wrong, like that trainer did.

I'm with the Pman... it's rude.

The key thing is that as far as you're concerned,

Peachy wrote:i already have the results I want

- and that's really the ball-game right there.

I'm anti cardio because I just don't enjoy it, but if you like it and it's the funnest bit for you and you get a great endorphin rush, then bugger what anyone else thinks!

Pretty rude coming up sticking their nose in, like others have said, without knowing you or your goals. They probably mean well, but so does everyone.

I'm with Hans

HaNs wrote:Tell them to piss off?

Do as much cardio as you want - its your body. Some trainers - sheeze!

Personally - I hate cardio but only do it so I don't turn into a fat bastard - I love my food. I'm gonna' have to learn to love cardio for the next 14 to 16 odd weeks - bloody precontest diets!

Just keep your earbuds in and smile and wave. Make it a royal one with a little flourish at the end

Kick the F%$KER in the Gonads!

How much cardio do you do. Are you looking too thin? People don't normally advise people they are doing too much cardio

agent86 wrote:How much cardio do you do. Are you looking too thin? People don't normally advise people they are doing too much cardio

Too thin? Impossible!

Dysmorphia is good for the mind and body.

Nup Im small but Im not too thin.

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Anyways they are not going up to the big boys and telling them to do less weights and more cardio Lol I think some of them can't do cardio anyways they walk with their legs too far apart they would need two treadmills.
Oh my heck my arse is so sore today from those bloody kettle bell exercises.

Well what are your goals?

Not that I want to defend the guy, cause that was a dick-move, but it may not be a matter of telling people, randomly, that they're doing too much of X - like telling the guys they're lifting too much, as in your example.

There's a lot to be said for goal specificity in training, in that what you do should ideally be moving you towards your goal, and it could be that he thinks you're doing too much cardio for your goals.

There are many tools in the chest to get the right results Peachy. The trainer was certainly in the wrong to approach you and try and give you advice. As mentioned in the post previously, he was more than likely touting for business.

There is a lot of research done into short intense metabolic conditioning circuits verses long drawn out cardio and the results are topical to say the least.

The bottom line is what works for you, works for you.