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Originally Posted by penguinz
Strength training is 10x+ more important than cardio to live a full and healthy life.
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I'm trying to live longer ans just be healthy. Women live much longer than men. Have less muscle tone, less muscle and are smaller. The smaller you are the better off you are generally. Sure avoiding muscle atrophy is important but most body building stuff is not exactly good for you. Ideally you would do both but I don't think there is any doctor ever that would tell you if you had to pick one to pick strength training instead of cardio.
Back when I was into body building I couldn't run for shit. My heart was still unhealthy. I got just as tired from running a block as I did after not lifting for 8 years. It gave me no aerobic benefit and did not help my triglyceride levels. Cardio and simply replacing my red meat intake with fish did. Ive only been doing cardio for 6 months and have only went from 188 lbs to 183 lbs and it is like night and day for my health. I felt sluggish alot when the focus was just strength training and that was when I was a younger man. I feel the absolute best I have ever felt in my entire life. Someday Id like to do both but for now focusing on the heart and blood levels.