Total separate angle here.
I cant stand the whole cardio thing. I dont mean the exercise, I mean the label.
1. Cardio vascular exercise literally means working the HEART.
Using specifically cadio-vascular exercise to lose fat is absolutely TERRIBLE for your heart!!! ESPECIALLY if you are overweight!!!!
2. AEROBICS is the exercise most suited for burning calories in an attempt to burn fat.
Its ego and trendy bullshit that made "Cardio" a thing. Guys didnt want to say they were doing aerobics bc thats associated with chicks, so "Cardio" sounds "cooler" (not to me, but society).
Once the aerobics trend became passe, the industry came up with "cardio".
3. The most FAT burning exercise you can do is LIFTING WEIGHTS, which also raises your heart rate at a HEALTHY level.
4. The most effective CALORIE burning excercise is AEROBICS.
While some cardio exercises are also aerobic, and vice versa, there is a big difference between exercises that majority work the body, vs. that majority work the heart.
And... fasted cardio is fuckin stupid, does it work, yeah, are you also fucking yourself up in ways you dont realize? YEAH!
Rant over.
Hey Fletcher, you know me and you agree on a lot of things, and I'm 100 percent with you, I just didn't say anything because I feel like I already project my philosophies of diet and training on everyone.
A few things I'll point out:
All you need to do is simply accelerate your heart rate, that means the thing that accelerates your heart the most IS the most beneficial.
I've talked about a girlfriend/family associate that I workout with often, when we hike I can obliterate them, even though she runs several miles every day and I NEVER do "cardio."
That means doing 225lb Squat for 25 reps is 100x more beneficial for fat loss and heart health than running for an hour.
Cardio work literally breaks down muscle tissue, think about this for a second. You are using excessive energy, on top that your body adapts to what you are doing.
That means if you weigh 250lbs of solid muscle and all the sudden start running several miles several times a week your body will literally break down muscle tissue to adapt to the stimulus you are putting on your body. It is NOT efficient to be a 250lb runner, it IS efficient to be a150lb runner.
So what to do? Accelerate heart rate, and keep the body moving. Lift weights. If you do "cardio" do short bursts of intense workouts.
Like what? Sometimes in the morning I simply get up and 5 minutes of speed jump roping.
If I'm not at work (because I do manual labor) take 10 minute walks after meals to aid digestion and work your heart rate.
The point is to do short bursts of intense work that accelerates heart rate.
But whatever you do, unless you're trying to actually be an endurance athlete, do not do long distance low intensity work, it is completely counterproductive. Yes, you are losing weight, but you are simply losing muscle, NOT fat!
I said my piece.
