Cardio & the Suicide Girls

Yes, this needs to be said YET AGAIN.

I have had many clients ask "why aren't I doing that much cardio?"
or
"why am I walking?"

here is the big secret.

Cardio doesn't mean cardio!

huh?

To me and my clients, they eventually find out there are 2 types of cardio.

1)cardio preformed for fat loss
2) cardio preformed to aid/improve a sport

Most of my clients fall in category 1.

so, what burns FAT? walking. slow walking. body fat can do it, its very easy to do this.

running, however, when the goal is fat loss, CAN be counterintuitive. basically, it can backfire and do one or a combo of the following:
1) make the metabolism shift downward (shutting it off)
2) make the body scared thinking its running away from something (I usually use a dinosaur)
3)tell the body its going to have to do this a lot (running), so it ditches muscle instead of fat
4) make the body dependent on the cardio to keep the heart rate up.

do any of those seem plausible to you? didn't think so.

so as mentioned in one of my previous posts, yes it is better to do cardio FOR FAT LOSS in the morning or after workouts. we're trying to ditch fat.

for other means? sports? thats a good question. depends on the sport, how badly the goal is wanted to be achieved, and how fat the person is along with that sport.

Also, having no calories while doing cardio FOR SPORT would seem silly. how is your body going to push further and get better without a fuel supply? exactly.

so, the suicide girls are the ones doing insane amounts of cardio, weights, EVERYTHING and not seeing any results.

look around your gym, they're everywhere.