There is so much confusion over cardio exercises and fat loss. What is the best cardio exercise to lose weight? How many calories should I burn to lose weight? Is IT better than steady state cardio? Cardio training is a very important part of weight loss, but if you want to see results you have to do it right.
Do lose weight you have to burn more calories than you eat. This is the most important thing to remember about weight loss. It is always better to increase your cardio and weight training, then to reduce the amount of food you eat. Combining cardio exercises and weight training with a healthy diets gives the best results.
So the more calories you burn the better. But most people make things very complicated for themselves with not burning enough calories. Some think that if you walk on a treadmill for 45-60 minutes, that this is good enough. Others think that some extremely intense and short cardio program is the right way to go. Just because the intensity is high and it is performed in intervals, does not mean you will get the results you want.
The important factor is the amount of calories you burn. Total calories burned is a product of INTENSITY times DURATION, not intensity OR duration. You have to find out yourself how those variables produce the maximal calorie burn and maximum fat loss, based on your current health condition and your need for time efficiency.
Too many folks also focus on what you are burning during the workout – fats or carbohydrates. Some trainers and gurus tell us that:”The higher your intensity, the more carbs you burn during the workout. The lower your intensity, the more fat you burn during the workout.” That is why so many people focus on what kind of calories you burn, instead of the total amount of calories you burn.
A 150-pound person burns 170 calories in 30 minutes by walking 4 miles and 270 calories running 5 miles. Focus your attention on how you can burn more total calories during your workout and all day long. Try to find out what kind of a program works best for you.
Of course you also have to improve your diet to lose weight effectively. Many people increase their food intake at the same time as they start their cardio training program. So that way they gain back all the calories they burned with cardio. Nutrition is the foundation on which every fat loss program is built.
There is no specific cardio exercise or program that work for everybody. Some are more successful with lower intensity and some are more successful with higher intensity. You have to find out what works best for you by working the variables and getting the the results you want.
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