In powerlifting circles, cardio is often viewed as a dirty word. How many times have we heard “cardio is hardio” or “six reps is cardio bro”. Nah man, six reps shouldn’t be cardio. Improving your cardiovascular fitness can be of huge benefit not only to your health, but also to your powerlifting training. Excess specificity or specialising for powerlifting too much can come at a cost for your health and overtime, ironically for your performance too. Cardio training can help that.