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2893: The 5 Best Forms of Cardio Ranked From Worst to Best (The Results Will Surprise You)
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Ranked #1 (best): Playing
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Play takes the top spot not for its metabolic data but for the one thing every other form of cardio struggles to maintain: consistency across a lifetime. When you're doing something you love — cycling, dancing, skiing, surfing, playing with your kids — you stop tracking time and effort. [1] — Sal Di Stefano "The best cardio isn't a workout — it's something you love so much you lose track of time. Sal's salsa-dancing client. Adam's father-in-law …" 18:33 Sal anchors this with two vivid examples: a 65-year-old female client who danced salsa multiple nights a week and came to strength training with the coordination and fitness of someone half her age, and Adam's account of Katrina's father, late 70s, who salsa dances four nights a week for hours, smokes, drinks, and moves like a man in his 50s. Adam adds the parenting angle: becoming a father revealed how much real exercise is buried in simply chasing a toddler around. The section closes with Sal announcing his own return to jiu-jitsu the previous evening — the personal experiment that prompted this whole conversation.
