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The fitness advice I've heard is that higher intensity cardio can increase your appetite, causing you to compensate for the calories burned. Low intensity cardi

• lapcat 2y ago
  > higher intensity cardio can increase your appetite True. > Low intensity cardio like walking doesn't have the same effect. That's short-term thinking though. Long term, higher intensity cardio builds muscle and endurance. The more strenuously you exercise now, the more strenuously you'll be able to exercise in the future. If you're not pushing yourself, then you'll remain stuck at the lower level forever. The extra calories now are an investment in your future body.
  • zero-sharp 2y ago
    >Long term, higher intensity cardio builds muscle Where? It's understood in the fitness community that you have to load a muscle within a particular range in order to build muscle. It won't happen through highly repetitive motions, such as the ones that occur in cardio (running, cycling, etc). The load isn't great enough. I believe cardio benefits the heart. But nobody does cardio to build muscle.
    • lapcat 2y ago
      > But nobody does cardio to build muscle. The heart is a muscle. ;-) Cardio certainly isn't the best way to bulk up muscles; ideally you want to combine cardio with strength training. Nonetheless, it does build some muscle, and there are various ways to add resistance to cardio, such as with machines, carrying weights, running uphill, etc. In any case, cardio does increase your endurance.