Just wanted to put up a thread and do sort of a survery to see what everyone is doing cardio wise. Please take a minute to put in your two cents. Thanks!

Your Cardio Exercise:
Usual Duration: ___ minutes.
Average Perceived Level Of Difficulty:
Borg Scale [Rating of Perceived Exertion (RPE)]
6
7 very, very light
8
9 very light
10
11 fairly light
12
13 somewhat hard
14
15 hard
16
17 very hard
18
19
20 very, very hard


Do you feel it's effective for you:

Anything else you want to add.



MINE:

Your Cardio Exercise: Recumbant Bike - non HIIT
Usual Duration: 40 minutes.
Average Perceived Level Of Difficulty: 12

Do you feel it's effective for you: Yes

Anything else you want to add. Beginner Cardio building up for harder routine.

Your Cardio Exercise: Recumbant Bike/Eliptical trainer
Usual Duration: 45-50 minutes.
Average Perceived Level Of Difficulty:
70% max heart rate

Do you feel it's effective for you: Yes

Ok here are my answers:

Your Cardio Exercise: bike
Usual Duration: _30__ minutes.
Average Perceived Level Of Difficulty: 70-85% target heart rate
Borg Scale [Rating of Perceived Exertion (RPE)]
6
7 very, very light
8
9 very light
10
11 fairly light
12
13 somewhat hard
14
15 hard
16
17 very hard
18
19
20 very, very hard


Do you feel it's effective for you: yes

Anything else you want to add. 85% for 20 min is killer!



MINE:

Your Cardio Exercise: Recumbant Bike - non HIIT
Usual Duration: 40 minutes.
Average Perceived Level Of Difficulty: 12

Do you feel it's effective for you: Yes

Anything else you want to add. Beginner Cardio building up for harder routine.[/QUOTE]

Your Cardio Exercise:

Swimming(Monday-Friday) Usual Duration: 45 minutes
Running (Saturday) Usual Duration:~30 minutes

Average Perceived Level Of Difficulty: 13

Do you feel it's effective for you: Yes

Anything else you want to add: Been easing into swimming after a 15 year hiatus. For now I alternate 2 lengths moderate breast stroke and 1 length higher intensity crawl stroke.

Your Cardio Exercise: Treadmill HIIT
Usual Duration: 21 minutes. ( 5 mins warm-up & 3 mins warm-down )
Average Perceived Level Of Difficulty: 16

Do you feel it's effective for you: Yes

Anything else you want to add. Beginner Cardio dont try HIIT before doing regular cardio for several months :tucool:

cardio exercise: stationary bike HIIT
Duration: 15mins
Difficualty: 17
Do you feel it's effective for you: Yep i can really feel my legs falling off at the end! and it takes me a few minutes to recover getting off the bike, but it makes me feel tons better

Anything else you want to add: Its nice to know that i just have to do 15mins of cardio 3 times a week, when i see all those other people in the gym slaving away for 40mins to get the same or smaller results!

MINE:

Your Cardio Exercise: Stationary bike 3-4 times a week
Usual Duration: 65 minutes.
Average Perceived Level Of Difficulty: 15-16

Do you feel it's effective for you: Yes - very effective! :tucool:

Anything else you want to add. Cardio aimed at fatloss & cardio-vasc. training. I maintain between 70 and 80% of my Max HR throughout the 65 min.

Your Cardio Exercise: Treadmill 6 days, Lap Pool Swim 2 days
Usual Duration: 30 min on lift days, 60 min on non-lift days
Average Perceived Level Of Difficulty: 15

Do you feel it's effective for you: Yes

Anything else you want to add. I average 75-85% Max HR, and do HIIT during the week :30 min sessions. One day a week I do a long swim/bike/run session (120 min).

Your Cardio Exercise:: Running - HIIT
Usual Duration:: 6 min warmup, 30 min HIIT, 5 min cool down.
Average Perceived Level Of Difficulty: 50% - 92% MHR. Borg = 17
Do you feel it's effective for you:: YES & NO. I expect the weight to shed faster as I average 0.5-1 lb/week. Then again I haven't lifted weights in many years so that may be offsetting it. I am losing inches so I guess its working.
Anything else you want to add.: Some envenings I'll go far a 3 mile walk. Sundays I hike approx. 8-10 miles.