I could be wrong, but if I remember, the reason Arnold did ballet was only to improve his posing not for cardio. He viewed the posing and movement transitions from one pose to another in competition as an artform and wanted to perfect it as much as he could. His cardio was running on the sandy beach and cycling.
Doc,
While we can measure strength in pounds of weight moved, how should we measure conditioning? It is heart rate and time, or what? Also what should our targets? Is there a fives in the conditioning realm?
Sully,
Believe it or not I actually miss the prowler. I guess I am losing my mind. It will be good when we again have more time so we can do it.
Sully, While I certainly agree that high intensity conditioning is important, what about "zone 2" aerobic conditioning? High intensity conditioning uses the same high demand anaerobic energy pathways in the muscle cell that lifting does. Zone 2 conditioning however utilizes fat burning energy pathways utilizing the mitochondria. Why isn't training this energy pathway important? Am I waisting my time with 3 hours of Zone 2 training per week?
Your mitochondria don't turn off when you push the prowler, you know. ALL the pathways are operating when you train, if you're training at the high end of the spectrum. Look at the literature on EPOC, AND on PGC-1a activation (a precursor to mitochondrial biogenesis) in the setting of HIIT.
It is important. And I think you capture it adequately if you lift weights and push the prowler. If your sport requires more refined mixed endurance-power conditioning then practice your sport. As Bruce Lee once said, the best conditioning for the event is to practice the event itself. And who can argue with the Bruce?
I'm inclined to say you might be, but only you can answer that. Also, I see what you did there.