ARNOLD'S ADVICE ON CARDIO

[INFORMER]

"Aerobics are a great benefit for fat-burning. Running or jogging and swimming are fantastic. Stair climbers, rowing machines, stationary bikes and treadmills also provide effective aerobic exercise. Your choice of aerobic activity is not as important as the fact that you just do it. Daily sessions of 20 to 30 minutes will speed up your metabolism, and make your abs show much sooner than just doing ab exercises and dieting.
"Running and swimming also make you more athletic and prevent your body from becoming stiff and prone to injury. I have personally found running to be a very valuable training asset. I highly recommend it for faster progress in training down to a hard muscular body condition. The health benefits of doing aerobic exercise are reason enough to do it. Your heart, lungs and immune system benefit, and your energy level, endurance and stamina markedly improve. You can train with less fatigue and at a faster pace because you recuperate more quickly."

(MuscleMag International, May '97)



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"Bodybuilding can stiffen the body. It happens this way: Blood rushes into the muscle, gives you a pump, and makes you stiff. To counteract and correct this you should try something different from the exercises you do in the gym. Jogging and swimming will satisfy these needs by helping to stretch and lengthen your muscles and eliminate the danger of becoming 'musclebound.'"
(The Education of a Bodybuilder)



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"Every serious bodybuilder should do a substantial amount of aerobic training. I have always liked to run several miles a day. Some bodybuilders, however, find that running does not suit them and leads to problems with the legs and ankles, so they seek other ways of developing cardiovascular conditioning...The fact is, the better conditioned your heart, lungs, and circulatory system, the more intense training you will be able to do in the gym and the more progress you will make as a bodybuilder."
(Encyclopedia of Modern Bodybuilding)