/lit/ - Literature

y would u rip book

>Be regular /fit/izen
>Decide to pop into /lit/ for the first time in probably over a year
>First page has a thread about cardio

Why you do this

>>4284237
We get the occasional retard who can't tell the difference between an 'l' and an 'f'.

>Can cardio get you ripped?

WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY "RIPPED"?

IF YOU MEAN, OVERLY MUSCULARLY DEVELOPED, NO.

AEROBIC EXERCISE ONLY STRENGTHENS MUSCLES, IT DOES NOT DEVELOP THEM.

AEROBIC EXERCISE IMPROVES THE CARDIOVASCULAR, AND RESPIRATORY SYSTEMS, AND COGNITIVE EFFICIENCY.

Doing only cardio can reduce your muscle mass. Now fuck off.

>>4284249
>AEROBIC EXERCISE ONLY STRENGTHENS MUSCLES, IT DOES NOT DEVELOP THEM.

Actually, it doesn't strengthen them either.

It can increase their endurance, but running will not actually make your legs "stronger". I.e. you wont increase how much weight you can squat by running.

Also, while size !=strength, strength = size. You can't get stronger without getting bigger, but you can get bigger without getting very strong.

Hop over to /fit/ and read the sticky if you're interested in learning more about it.

>>4284259
pretty sure it makes your core look better though

>>4284269
>pretty sure it makes your core look better

It can make your everything "look" better, because the expended energy in cardio can easily create a caloric deficit, which in turn causes the loss of bodyfat, which is hoe muscles gain definition. You can be very weak, but with low bodyfat you will look "cut" or "ripped" as long as you have some muscle underneath the fat that you've lost.

>>4284259
>You can't get stronger without getting bigger
I don't know. Gymnasts look plenty strong to me.

>>4284259
so much quackery and factual wrongness

thanks for reminding me the roaming pseudo-intellectualism of /fit/

now, show me some empirical data.

>>4284299
>Gymnasts look plenty strong to me.

They are decently strong. They are also typically very short. As far as lean mass:size ratio, they tend to look "big" in proportion. Pic related.

>>4284311
Actually there was nothing false about what I said. Look up the difference between "Myofibrillar hypertrophy" and "Sarcoplasmic hypertrophy" and it will explain to you why you can increase cellular size without much strength gain, but you cannot substantially gain strength without increasing muscular size and quantity.

>>4284324
>forgot pic

>>4284259

lel look at this muscle ape not understanding a nuanced use of the word strength

/fit/erature

>Not doing yoga for that sweet high

If running was asprine yoga would be heroin

>>4284324
>why you can increase cellular size
the size of an organism is dependent on the number of cells. not the size of the cells. you can't change cell size meaningfully beyond flooding it with water/starving it etc. this is some creative broscience though

So /flit/ what are some good thick books that are good for lifting and improving my mind?

>>4284361
something by mishima or something

>>4284259
>but you can get bigger without getting very strong
no shit

>>4284355
>you can't change cell size meaningfully beyond flooding it with water/starving it etc.

WHAT DO YOU THINK SARCOPLASMIC HYPERTROPHY IS?

>this is some creative broscience though

Actually it's science science.

>>4284372
damn that chick is fat as hell

>>4284355
You literally just proved him right with your first sentence and then called him wrong in your second...

>>4284299
gymnasts lift weights too

>>4284355
>you can't change cell size

Oh look everyone, it's the guy who failed his biology class is high school. Of course you can change cell size, otherwise the very term "hypertrophy" didn't exist. When you get fat, your fat cells grow larger. When you exercise, your muscle cells get larger. You can't significantly increase their number, unless you are on growth hormones.

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>>4284259
shutup

>>4284352
>Yoga
Muh strawberry!

Getting ripped is about mussel recovery.
Being skinny =/= ripped.
Long distance running causes too much wear and tear on mussels. Sprints and lifting are better. After sprints and lifting you have to let mussels recover. You can't get that recovery from long distance running.
Marathon runners are only skinny, not ripped. Sprinters are super fucking ripped.

15 min high cardo exercise is way better than 45 min light jogging.

Every other day I do a 25 min bike ride. 5 min warm up, then 15 mins high speed pedaling, 5 min cooldown.

>>4284642
So what's the best way, in your expertise, to shuck your mussels?

>>4284225

Yes.

Run 3 miles a day.