re: I quit doing cardio

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I think it's probably a combination of the two and training for strictly one or the other is probably a bad idea. Took me a while of nothing but running to figure that out.

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Same here. I used to lift a lot back in high school for football workouts, and after college and getting married we'd go to the gym most nights. I hated cardio. Spin classes were not my thing, I didn't really like distance running. I got into it later on in life like a lot of people, and started to really enjoy just zoning out. I'd listen to music or podcasts and just go for a long run. It was great.

Then I bought a Peloton a couple of years ago and got really into that. A year ago I got back into weights, and have settled into a good mix of both. I like endurance training, and I also like lifting weights, but it is hard to be great at both at the same time. So I go back and forth on what I do. I'll take 6-8 week training blocks on the bike, and lift other days. Then I'll focus on improving strength for about the same amount of time, and ride just enough to maintain, or even lose a little bit of progress there. Keeps it fresh, and any sort of training or movement is better than nothing. I focused pretty heavily on lower body strength for the past month, and hopped back on the bike last week and could tell it made a difference. Typically ride for 45 minutes twice a week and an hour or longer one day a week, and that hour ride felt great. I had only been doing a half hour to 45 minutes 2-3 days a week, and was pleasantly surprised I wasn't gassed after an hour.