How to lose fat and improve cardio

This is a general overview of the benefits of interval training and why low intensity exercise is not the way to lose body fat.

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Education

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• fat loss
• improve cardio
• interval training
• weight loss

[Boogers4dinner]

I heard the only downfall of doing high intensity cardio is that afterwards your body readjusts itself so whatever you eat it comes right back even quicker than you would doing low intensity and eating afterwards. For example: 2 people, 1 does high intense, the other does low intense. They both don't workout at all the next day and eat a Hostess cupcake. The one that did the high intensity cardio gets most of the fat gained right back the one who did low intense. Given worst case example.

[athlete365]

Have never heard that. How much fat would you absorb from one Hostess cupcake anyway? It does not matter what training program you do, you have to pay attention to nutrition as well. If you train at a high intensity but eat crap all day long then of course it will affect your fat loss.

[GanzLONDON]

Cardio is one trick matter !

[MrJhuneo1]

You look like the type of guy to be in the USMC or the navy seals for some reason

[eye31]

@redrose971 no... cut if you want to run 5 times a day and spend alot of ours of your day instead of just healf an our in two days then be my guest.....

[redrose971]

marathon runners train at low intensity for a long time.Are they fat?

[BangXD]

calories in vs calories out. tadaaa!

[murrelino]

Great information that is completely true. A 12min workout with for example pushups, squats and chinnies using the tabata protocol will affect your fat loss more than a long run at a low steady pace.

[basketball559]

so do 1 hour of low intensity and it will burn more fat?

[Rollride]

I hate high intensity cardio. It burns way too much muscle, it drains your energy out, so if you do it in the morning you feel like crap the rest of the day, its tough on your heart and nervous system. Slow, to mid-intensity is the best way to go. The only time when i find high intensity to be useful is when you hit your plateau and you need to get out of it!

[Ataensic]

Studies have shown that if you keep the intense phase of your intervals to approx. 15 seconds or below you will stay aerobic throughout your workout.

In other words: shorter bursts, less muscle fatigue, more fat loss.

More fat loss than intervals at a longer duration and much more fat loss than even-paced 'cardio.'

[forcetoregister]

Not really. If you were to exercise HIIT vs low intesisty for the same period of time you will always burn MORE fat with HIIT. Low intensity burns a bigger PERCENTAGE but HIIT burns up to five times more calories than low intensity thus significantly more fat. Does it make sense?