Lift three times a week usually. Try and get 40 mins of squash in somewhere.
You can't persuade me that cardio machines are worth my time. I lift because I can shut my brain down and focus on one activity for an hour or so. I like that. Cardio doesn't do that for me. Legs go round and brain wanders
I walk a lot, and in the spring I'm going to get into some sandbag training.
Your heart is a muscle. Cardio is the only way to excercise that muscle.
If your weight routine involves high rep work with little rest time, then you're doing cardio too. If not, then you need to add cardio.
I really do not understand sitting on a stationary bike in a gym for an hour watching telly.
You know, you can read a book while you're riding the exercise bike. It's not like you have to watch the road.
I noticed that a local gym has this swing-out table thing, a power jack, and wifi so you can use your laptop while pumping the pedals. It's for today's busy, on-the-go but going nowhere executive, I guess.
I run, two or three times a week around the campus. I think it's about 1 1/4 miles. I'm adding pushups, situps, and the like as I get back into it. I have no desire to increase my muscle mass, just to get it back to peak efficiency.
That tabata workout thing looks pretty much like football practice. Wind sprints, running a short distance and smacking the sled repeatedly, and actual double time field practice. I'm not sure I like the idea of doing a weight exercise involving anything remotely spinal, but the theory is sound. You get lean like that, and you'll have great explosive strength, which is good for fast-paced contact sports like football. Squash moves fast enough that it will probably improve your game a little bit.