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Anonymous
Sup /fit/.

Question to all of you:

How much cardio is too much cardio?

See me and some friends are planning an arrested-development marathon this saturday, and we're planning on ordering pizza. Now I don't wanna be the idiot who ruins the mood by making everyone feel bad when eating pizza because I won't have any saying that: "I'm on a diet". So naturally I wanna eat some pizza. However I keep hearing those horror stories like: "I cracked one day and ate XXXX and totally ruined my last 2 weeks of weight loss" and it scares the shit out of me.

So I was thinking, I could go for a one hour run at the beginning of the day, and a one hour run at the end of the day, which should total like, 1000-1200 calories. And if that pizza is all I eat that day, I'll, if not lose weight, at least not gain any, right?

But then I hear people say stuff like: "Never do more than one hour cardio / day". So what's really the truth, /fit/? Can I pull off one day of pizza-gorging without actually gaining any weight, or am I gonna have to choose between my friends and my diet here?

Pic very much related.
>> Anonymous
Any cardio is too much cardio. LIFT HEAVY ASS WEIGHTS, YOU BLACK PIECE OF SHIT.
>> Anonymous
ITT: Overly cautious fag who can't figure simple shit out himself.

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>> Anonymous
general rule is if you eat good 90% of the time, you can go hog wild 10% of the time.
>> anonymous
I run track and cross country for my college, and our easy days are 70-80 minute runs. As long as your body is somewhat used to it, there's no such thing as "too much cardio." Double runs allow you to do more, but don't go crazy. If you usually do an hour of running, try two 45 minute runs, or a 60-30 double. I wouldn't do more than double your normal distance though.
>> Anonymous
You think you'll die or something from running twice in a day? How the FUCK do you think humans would have survived this far if we were that frail?

Enjoy your pizza :D
>> Anonymous
>>395309
i heard 88.5/11.5
>> Anonymous
>>395309

10%? More like hog-miled! amirite?
>> Anonymous
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Listen, brah, so long as you're lifting and getting yourself into constant muscle damage/repair, you're safe. If you're just doing cardio, I don't know--you'll be set back a bit, but just cardio isn't the most efficient way to lose fat anyways. Pic is an epiz pizza my friend and I made and ate--I ate maybe 65% of it. Did I feel fat that day? Yes. Did I gain much fat from it? Nothing noticable. Did I feel fully recovered the next day, in terms of muscle repair, ready to tackle my next 1-rep max? Hell yes. I still lost fat in the end. Eat your damn pizza and lift heavy. Ain't nothin but an EPIC PIZZA.
>> Anonymous
>>395356
Fucking americans.....
>> Lee Priest
>>395356
To gain a pound takes 3500 calories on top of what you normally eat. You probably eat over 3000 right now, anyway.
I used to be afraid of the same thing. One day, at a New Years' party, I ate chicken wings, chips, cake, you name it. I looked the exact same 12 hours later in the mirror and weighed the same, scale-wise. Unless you regularly eat that much, every day, you'll be fine.
>> Anonymous
>>395376
Well for me, I theoretically require 2600-2800 per day, given my activity level and all. Those days I was eating 2000 per day, trying to lose fat. That epic pizza day, I took in some 3600 calories in total. I should've gained fat, and maybe I did, but what I observed was that I ended up shitting a lot of it out pretty quickly.
>> Anonymous
why the hell dont you just work this pizza into your normal nutrition for the day

sure its got alot of fat, big deal.. figure out how many slices you need to get your # of calories
>> Anonymous
>>395368
Brah, I'm from Australia.
>> Anonymous
you don't wanna ruin the mood?
i bet your fat friends won't give a shit if you're on a diet.