CARDIO KILLS GAINS

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I REPEAT, CARDIO KILLS GAINS!

This is not a drill! I was an avid gym goer, making all kinds of gains, sometimes girls complimented me, sometimes guys - they wanted to have muscles like me.

Anyway, last summer I went to a local parkrun (if you don't know, it's a timed 5km run every saturday, about 70 people in my area show up every time). It was ok, but I didn't care. Went a few more times, then run a 10k race and was done with it.

Or so I thought.

About 2 months ago I got an urge to go running. Idk what happened, I just went outside and run. Then started going to parkruns again. Then decided that I want to be better, so I started running more than once a week. I structured a nice training plan and run another 10k.

Then I got obsessed with this shit. I have a competitive nature and progression in running is something amazing. I trained for a month and have another 10k race coming and I know my time will be better. It was exhausting going to the gym and running 5 times a week, so I decided to drop the gym. In the gym, you either lift X kg or not... In running, you can push yourself and get a better time. Gym gives you strenght and muscles - I don't need either. I know I'm gonna be an autist forever, so it doesn't matter. In running, you can enter races and feel like a boss, even if you are slow. Old fags passing me and getting better times motivate me to get better.

I'm still a newbie, about 22min 5k so I have along road ahead, but I look forward to it. I stopped caring about my looks and I don't need to force feed myself anymore. I just wanna be faster. My big arms are useless for me.

So, be careful if you want to incorporate cardio into your routine. You may just kick yourself out of the gym.