Cardio Not The Answer
The reality is, you can do all of the exercise in the world, and undo your efforts very quickly with poor nutrition. The key to proper nutrition is a commitment to making some lifestyle changes.
Fad diets will not work in the long term, and actually do more harm than good.
Fat loss is not complicated.
Eat right and exercise. Pretty simple stuff. While it may be hard to actually do it, the strategy certainly is no more complicated than that. You have to take action and implement what you now understand about nutrition, and couple that with a consistent exercise program.
That is the only true way to healthy, long term fat loss.
Smaller Muscles Burn Less Fat
First, muscle is the tissue in the body where fat is burned for energy. Endurance training does not make your muscles bigger, and in fact it can make them smaller. Thus, less muscle mass will result in fewer calories burned throughout the day. Next, endurance training makes your muscles more efficient at energy
utilization.
What does that mean?
Well, if today it takes 100 calories of energy for you to run a mile, and you stay consistent with your endurance training, you will eventually only need to use 70 calories to perform that same task.
In other words, to burn that same 100 calories, you will now need to run almost 1.5 miles!
So, now not only are your muscles possibly smaller and burning fewer calories during your workout, they burn fewer calories throughout the rest of the day because of the effects of the endurance training. So, now not only are your muscles possibly smaller and burning fewer calories during your workout, they burn fewer calories throughout the rest of the day because of the effects of the endurance training.
Now are you beginning to understand why it can be hard to lose the flabby thighs doing only Cardio?
We want to lose excess fat, not run a marathon. Thats a different goal, and when fat loss is the goal, relying solely on endurance training is one of the least effective exercise routes to get there.
Think about this: Olympic 100 meter sprinter. Body like a Greek statue right?
Well, guess what?
They dont do long duration cardio. They sprint, they rest, then they sprint some more. Short duration, high intensity activity.
Would you rather look like an Olympic sprinter, or an Olympic marathoner? Have you seen what marathon winners look like?
Im not implying that you can achieve the body of an Olympic sprinter, but that is certainly a better target than a marathoner. Cardio is good for you but to lose fat and get your weight down its not the best strategy.
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