My point with gymnast is they are usually a lot stronger than guys three times their size.
I'm guessing here, it's been a long time, but it sounds like the crossover in toning up. High reps and lots of sets work great for definition until you overdo it. Then the definition fades and you just become stocky. Cardio if you do it for your cardiovascular system shouldn't give you mass. I used to do the bicycle, a cal3 classes and then the circuit - ten machines, ten reps and one-minute pause in between. Never enough time on any particular muscle group to build up. Then I'd hit the heavy weights. But I trained for skiing, meaning endurance, and never had to worry about weight. At least until I quit smoking and got a desk job :) On 10/6/06, Gruss Gott wrote: > That's a great example of how cardio, done right, WILL bulk you. If > you look at a speed skater, bicyclist, or gymnast they're always > bulked up on the muscles they use. Yet they're high rep cardio > workers. > > Done right, cardio bulks you. But working past your fuel reserves > will eat muscle unless you're at a low heart rate - at least that's > how I understand it. > > And I've seen charts and graphs. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:217019 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
