Forget "Hamster Wheel" and Burn MORE Fat!
Published: Fri, 06/14/13
Going through some client emails over the last few days I've
noticed that many people are still stuck doing long duration, low-intensity
cardiovascular exercise -- yikes!
Here's the deal: if you're looking
to achieve maximal benefit from the time you put into your workouts, long
duration "slow-go" cardio is NOT the way to go, and for many reasons.
Here are my top 5:
1. Minimal calories burned -- 45
minutes on the treadmill may burn a whopping 300 calories if you're lucky, the
equivalent of ONE TENTH of a pound of fat. Exercise ten hours a week and you
might just lose a pound!
Which brings me to my next point:
2. Way too much time involved -- I
don't know about you, but I don't have hours and hours of my time to pour into
working out each week. In fact, very rarely do I ever a couple hours of
exercise weekly, and you know what? That's ALL you need. In fact, research has
shown that anything more than 90 mins a week may be detrimental! (more info
here) ***BE SURE TO LINK "MORE INFO HERE" TO YOUR AFFILIATE
LINK***
Beyond that, slow-go cardio is:
3. BORING as heck -- Sitting on an
exercise bike staring at the wall in front of me for 45-60 minutes? No thanks.
But perhaps even worse is the fact
that slow-go cardio provides:
4. No prolonged metabolic benefit --
Did you know that with higher intensity exercise it is possible to continue to
burn calories for up to 48 hours post workout? It's true. But you know what
else is true? Long duration, low intensity cardio provides virtually NO
prolonged elevation in metabolism. In fact, with slow-go cardio, metabolism
returns to baseline almost IMMEDIATELY following the exercise session.
And finally, the reason that trumps
all the others:
5. Minimal fat loss -- Minimal
calories burned during the session and virtually no additional calories burned
afterward = minimal, if any fat loss results. And let's be honest, the only
reason anyone is doing cardio is for the "result".
So if slow-go cardio isn't a great
solution, what is?
Keep training hard,
Mike
LeanHybridMuscle.com