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Make Fit Simple

108. Are You Utilizing the 5 Zones of Cardio?

Make Fit Simple

Andrea Allen

Education, Fitness, How To, Health & Fitness, Nutrition

4.91.5K Ratings

🗓️ 23 November 2022

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Cardio is an important part of your fitness lifestyle. Andrea is discussing how to make cardio more effective in your workouts by creating variety in the cardio zones. Not all cardio is created equal and there are five zones of cardio that each serve a different purpose. Andrea is breaking down each zone and how you can utilize them in your workouts. Heart Rate Formulas [ 220 – Age ] – most common and widely used maximum heart rate formulaTanaka (208 – 0.7 x age) more prec...

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0:00.0

Hello, hello, thank you for being here today. And today we're going to discuss cardio.

0:06.2

Now I know cardio sometimes gets a bad rap, but let's be honest, depending on who you're talking to,

0:11.1

people will be like, uh, cardio stupid, or people will be like uh cardio stupid or people will be like oh weightlifting stupid neither of them are

0:16.6

stupid they both have their benefits they both help create well-rounded health

0:21.2

I am not a believer in black and white of things.

0:24.5

Like I believe there's a lot of gray and fitness and that everything can be beneficial

0:28.8

if we understand how to use it effectively.

0:32.4

Because I feel like especially in the health and fitness

0:34.6

industry people love to shout from their side or their opinion of why something

0:39.8

else is wrong and they never point out any of the pros or never point out how having well-rounded

0:45.6

fitness can be best for a lifestyle.

0:48.5

So here's the truth.

0:50.1

I love cardio.

0:51.2

I love strength training.

0:52.4

I love them both. I recognize that I build muscle when I do strength training but I

0:56.8

recognize that cardio helps my heart, my lungs and my mental capacities.

1:02.0

Honestly when I'm feeling, when I'm feeling anxiety,

1:04.5

when I'm feeling stressed, when I'm feeling overwhelmed,

1:07.5

I will go on a walk, I will do kickboxing,

1:09.7

I will do something, and it just literally makes everything better. I have a entire

1:15.8

episode telling about how I went through a very rough stage of depression. It is

1:21.6

episode 34, it's titled anxiety and depression, and I explain how fitness and

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