how long for peak cardio?

[fascistfury]

if someone is outta shape, and they start training and working their cardio, how long do y'all think it will take to get in good shape? what about peak shape? thanx! later!

[fascistfury]

does no one have any idea? surely the entire ignorant on the subject...i don't need a pro answer. a guesstimation will be fine.

[Underdog]

By how much you are outta shape? Let's say that I'm some 10lbs heavier and my cardio sucks; I would start with 20min jogging first thing in the morning; then I would add 2.5min each week until I would jog very easily for at least 45min. Then I would cut the running time in half but I would ran much faster, trying to get winded. when I will ran 30min straight at 5min/km speed I would know that I'm on the right track. At this point I would do sprints; first 100 mt then gradually augmenting until I would do sprints on 800mts. At this point my cardio would be pretty much very good, so I would concentrate on sports-specifics activities, forgetting about running. There are many: shark drills on the mats, takedowns on the heavybags (sets of 50 in a row), sprints on the bag (round of full power hitting). As for the time; it alla depend by you, I would estimate tha beginning with a complete lack of cardio I would need at least 5months to get really conditioned.

When I mean conditioned I mean REALLY conditioned.

Hope it helps, bro, If you have some specific question, ask.

[pharochuck]

five months following a workout program like that sounds about right. fury how far from peak shape are you?

[klif]

He is about five years from peak cardio.