MYTH BUSTER
THE LEGEND OF CARDIO KILLING MUSCLE BEGAN DECADES AGO, WITH A STUDY THAT ASKED PARTICIPANTS TO TRAIN A HUGE VOLUME OF CARDIO SESSIONS ALONGSIDE HIGH-INTENSITY RESISTANCE EXERCISES. UNSURPRISINGL Y, YOU CAN’T HAVE THE ATHLETIC PROWESS OF BOTH MO FARAH AND EDDIE HALL, AND PARTICIPANTS DIDN’T GAIN MUSCLE. A 2013 STUDY IN THE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY, HOWEVER, HELPED RESET UNDERSTANDING. COMPLEMENTING RESISTANCE EXERCISES WITH CARDIO WAS ACTUALL Y FOUND TO INCREASE MUSCLE GROWTH: TWO TO THREE SESSIONS OF 20-MINUTE CARDIO A WEEK SEEMS TO BE THE SWEET SPOT.