The Best Cardio For Muscle Growth 💪🏽 #cardio #muscle

4 Dec 2025 · 1 min

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In this segment Eric Roberts explains that the type of cardio you choose can influence muscle‑building results. He argues that high‑intensity cardio (e.g., sprinting, burpees) raises stress hormones and hampers recovery, making it sub‑optimal for those focused on hypertrophy. Instead, he recommends low‑intensity, steady‑state cardio such as walking on an incline or using a stair‑stepper at a moderate pace. This style of cardio improves the body’s capacity to generate energy and endurance, which translates into the ability to lift heavier weights for more repetitions during resistance training, thereby supporting greater muscle growth. Roberts suggests performing 2–4 cardio sessions per week, each lasting 15–30 minutes, preferably after weight‑training sessions or on rest days, to maximize gains.

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Like I know you are. Doing the right cardio can actually help you make more gains. Now, most people hear cardio and think high-intensity running, burpees, but that isn't the best if you're trying to build muscle because it increases your stress and makes it harder to recover from workout. But doing low-intensity cardio like walking on an incline or a stair stepper at a moderate pace can actually increase your body's ability to produce energy and endurance. So when you go to lift weights, you'll be able to lift heavier weights for more reps, leading to more muscle growth. So if you do 2 to 4 sessions of cardio per week for 15 to 30 minutes at a time after you lift weights or on rest days, you'll make even better gains.