I'm tired of running. What should I try (not cycling, not peloton)

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I’m the master’s poster from upthread and I agree with pp. Also, for the leg press and Fitbit posters, a heart rate with no context (age, for example), is meaningless.

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Anonymous wrote:Strength training! Lifting heavy is so good for our body.

Your body, Our bodies...you don't share a body with OP.
Anyway, strength training is not cardio. I'm assuming OP is looking for a cardio replacement. A strength training program should already be in place.

Chill the F out. It was a typo should have said “your” body. Why are people on here so uptight?

And OP did not specify cardio. Plus if you strength training right and with enough weight your heart will be pumping. Not the same as running but you’ll be challenged.

Nope. I have a master’s degree in exercise physiology. This is not a thing. Only a small segment of professional or Olympic-level athletes are capable of “getting their cardio by lifting weights”.

My heart rate is at 180 and I can't speak for the next 15 minutes every time I do high rep leg press and over 150 whenever I go after 8-12 reps of heavy bulgarian split squats. Yes not the same as sustained cardio but you can definitely improve your cardiovascular fitness by lifting weights. Except walking I never do actual cardio and I easily outpace my friends who only run on difficult hikes.

Never said it would count as cardio or replace cardio. Just said it gets your HR up. Reason I said that is because people often pick their preferred exercise because of how it makes them feel.

You may have muscle strength, but your health is poor. Not being able to speak for 15 minutes after getting your heart rate to 180 (doing weights, not cardio) is... pretty awfully poor. I don't mean that as an insult, but something you should really work on improving. That isn't normal.

Especially if your heart rate remains high after a minute. The quicker you can recover, the healthier your heart. After running and having my heart rate around 180 (nothing gets my heart rate even close to that high besides running), my heart rate will drop to 125 after 60 seconds. And that's to a walk, not actual rest.

Strength training is important and I myself should work on it, but your heart is clearly not in good shape according to what you're describing. That's not something to brag about. Seriously. Not meant as an insult. Especially if you can't quickly get your heart rate back down.

I slightly exaggerated with not being able to speak for 15 minutes and I never said that my heart rate would stay there that long. It is just where it is immediately after I am done. You also have no idea what kind of workouts I am talking about to be able to judge what the normal body response should be. Very few people actually push themselves really hard when they lift. Most stop when things get slightly uncomfortable so of course their heart rate never reaches any excessive levels. I am not gasping for breath every time I lift but this particular leg press workout is done partly with that in mind. If you want to test it for yourself try to load the leg press to a weight you can do for 21 reps and by that I mean that there is no way you could do 22 not because it hurts but because your legs would fail. Do those 21 reps, then take a 20 second rest, then do another 15, take 20s rest and then do another 9. Then please report your heart rate. I would be really curious where someone who considers themselves cardiovasculary fit ends up.

A high heart rate is not indicative of cardiovascular fitness. Nor is a high heart rate always a good thing, even when you exercise. I'm not knocking your lifting, but I seriously don't think you understand fitness very well.

And I seriously don’t think you understand what my point was. I never said high heart rate is indicative of health. All I was saying is that lifting can actually raise your heart rate and make an impact on your cardiovascular health which someone above seemed to be disputing. Yes, sets of biceps curls won’t give you that benefit, but there are ways to lift weights to achieve that. Yes, it won’t be the same as running regularly, but the fact that I don’t run, as I find it extremely unenjoyable, does not make me unhealthy. You don’t need to be able to run a marathon to be considered healthy.

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It’s 2021. Please stop arguing and answer the question.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s 2021. Please stop arguing and answer the question.

It was answered already. OP should lift if she isn’t doing it yet.

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Dance Banghara - high energy and there's some guys teaching it on twitter / youtube during the pandemic. very popular.

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jump rope

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Anonymous wrote:It’s 2021. Please stop arguing and answer the question.

It was answered already. OP should lift if she isn’t doing it yet.

Still needs to do cardio, though.

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42 y/o female here. I get my cardio from lifting and walking outdoors with the occasional bike ride.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s 2021. Please stop arguing and answer the question.

It was answered already. OP should lift if she isn’t doing it yet.

Still needs to do cardio, though.

She can just lift faster.

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Swimming

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Anonymous wrote:It’s 2021. Please stop arguing and answer the question.

It was answered already. OP should lift if she isn’t doing it yet.

Still needs to do cardio, though.

She can just lift faster.

Master’s poster again. No, she can’t. The science doesn’t support this. People like to tell themselves this in order to get out of doing cardio.
You do you, but don’t spread misinformation to others.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s 2021. Please stop arguing and answer the question.

It was answered already. OP should lift if she isn’t doing it yet.

Still needs to do cardio, though.

She can just lift faster.

lol what?!

That's not how you accomplish cardiovascular exercise. Unless you're doing jumping jacks with free weights.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s 2021. Please stop arguing and answer the question.

It was answered already. OP should lift if she isn’t doing it yet.

Still needs to do cardio, though.

She can just lift faster.

Master’s poster again. No, she can’t. The science doesn’t support this. People like to tell themselves this in order to get out of doing cardio.
You do you, but don’t spread misinformation to others.

It was a joke. You need to relax.

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Anonymous wrote:Ok, then why does my 30 minutes strength training session yield generally 15-20 minutes of cardio (heart rate above 126) on my Fitbit? I’m doing compound exercises and believe me I am winded. Does this somehow not count as cardio?

NP. I do 30-60 minutes of strength training 4-5 times a week and feel very healthy, good stats. Cardio in addition to regular daily activity isn’t necessary. It’s overdone and time constraining IMO. Just find an exercise routine you like.

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Women always do too much cardio. It is the obsession with being skinny.