Cardio Update

So, I have been learning this more and more, and I've been enjoying playing around with it.

Cardio should be seen ONLY as a tool, an instrument and that is it.

so, lets give you an example, and this isn't mine, Skip Hill came up with this one.

if you drop weight too quickly, your metabolism WILL crash. so, depending on how lean you are, this could be anywhere from 1lb a week to 10 lbs a week (yes, it varies that much).

so, having someone assess you, and is able to determine a good rate of change for yourself/realistic goals, will help you vastly (to see not only what is realistic, but see someones educated opinion)

lets say if you have a weekly goal, using whatever method you are using (aka keto, high carb, low carb, etc) and you are hitting your weight on the scale (if that is your judge)

THEN DROP THE CARDIO.

aka

stop doing it for the rest of your week till your next assessment.

huh?

lets say you were 170 this week, and a "good" drop for you weekly is 2 lbs, and you have to be assessed every friday.

tuesday you hit 168.

perfect. stop the cardio and stay there. that raises what Skip called "the ceiling"

that means that NOW you have more tools, instead of continually doing the cardio, making your body get used to it, only having to do MORE cardio to keep going.

you don't want to get USED to cardio if physique is your goal. you want to be sweating and huffing at the end, that means its burning fat!

it gave myself and hopefully even more people out there more fuel that CARDIO IS NOT THE ANSWER, it a tool.


Nutrition always comes first.

good luck running that pizza off :)