We're curious about: GREENJOBS
Looking for Accurate Weather Forecasts? Click here.

Idea: the great cardio myth

http:// solace307 .az.com

AZ.COM AZ Zorgium: The owner of the unique content which we abstracted has a web page that our search engine cached here. For your convenience, our search engine enhancement has rendered it script and pop-up free. Proceed from our abstracted version to the owner's website in our frame page when you have determined you have further interest. We've included a hyperlink above in blue that will take you to the original fully formatted article and sources when clicked. We've also included hyperlinks to alternatives below in blue. AZ.COM AZ Zorgium provides endorsement free abstractions. BEWARE of 'fakeosphere'
fake articles, fake blogs (flogs) and web traps.

These following stats are for our tracking and internal use only:
SiteClicks: 67%, SegmentsViewed: 64%, Weight: 63%
ForwardChainedVisitors: 65%, LinkBacks: 58%, VerControl: 1.17

IDEA Alternates: creditaud amazonas40 adj4health lessons101 restorebat bigsurveys 7miracle7 peopleb mhddesigns maxplr ndcb1001 rlproducts freestuff0 spinsphere
IDEA Favorites: azaromath77az az-sunsoft-az bestmlbsystem az-tincher-az rapid-catalogues

Abstract

#The Great Cardio Myth ť Question - What is the Biggest Myth About
Cardio for Weight Loss? Comments Feed About Endorsement Policy The
Great Cardio Myth RSS Feed

* Home
* Subscribe

The Great Cardio Myth

Exposing the Biggest Myths in Diet and Exercise

Question - What is the Biggest Myth About Cardio for Weight Loss?

4 Things You NEED to Understand About Why the "Average Cardio Workout"
May Be PREVENTING You From Losing Stubborn Body Fat

ATTENTION: If you have ever tried and failed to lose weight by spending
30, 45, or even 60 minutes trying to force yourself to endure long,
slow, and painfully boring cardio workouts to try and lose weight, then
it is vitally important that you read this article...

1. Did you know that your body adapts very quickly to long, "same
speed" cardio workouts, which can make you burn less calories each time
you workout?

This is something that at least 95% of people do not understand. The
more time you spend doing a cardio workout such as walking, running,
using the treadmill, elliptical, bike, rowing machine, etc., the more
your body adapts and the less calories you burn! Even worse, most
people do a cardio workout and go at the same speed the whole time.

Imagine this. If you went outside to run 5 miles right now, it would
be pretty tough if you weren't conditioned for it. But if you did that
same run 5 times a week for the next two months, what do you think
would happen? It would get easier!

Your body would become more efficient at doing the same workout over
and over. Once this happens, the workout becomes less of a challenge
each time you do it. After awhile, you might burn half the calories as
you did when you first started.

The only solution then is to run faster or run further. Unless you
have a serious passion for running, who wants to do that?

Unfortunately most people make this exact same mistake with their own
cardio workouts. They do the same workout repeatedly in the gym or at
home. At first they might lose some weight, but pretty soon their body
adapts and their progress comes to a screeching halt!

2. Did you know that several research studies have shown that too much
long, slow cardio can actually make you lose lean muscle mass, which in
turn slows down your metabolism?

This is another major downside to doing too much same speed cardio.
Most people have a "more cardio is better" mentality and think nothing
about how it is affecting their metabolism. One of the biggest factors
to your metabolism is how much lean muscle mass you have!

Having proportionate lean muscle mass turns your body into a calorie
burning factory. Unfortunately, excessive amounts of same speed cardio
does nothing to help you build lean muscle mass. Even worse, too much
of it can make you lose muscle and slow down your metabolism.

Like we just talked about in the first reason, lots of same speed
cardio makes you more efficient at doing the same workout. Combine
that with a decrease in muscle mass and you have a perfect recipe for a
weight loss plateau or even worse, gaining more weight back.

3. Did you know that long, slow cardio workouts have little to no
impact on your resting metabolism?

Sure, you might burn 300 calories after spending 45 minutes walking on
a treadmill. But unless you are really pushing yourself the whole
time, the calorie burn is going to mostly stop when you finish your
workout. That means one Vitamin Water or a Gatorade afterwards has,
for the most part, negated the calories burned during the entire
workout!

Let's face another fact. The 30, 45, or 60 minute you spend on a
cardio machine is usually no joy ride. So many people try to space off
and read a magazine, cover the timer with a towel, talk on a cell
phone, or do anything else in their power to try and forget there are
exercising. For many, exercise is a chore that is often an
inconvenience.

A long workout with short term benefits that is also very un-engaging
is certainly not an ideal combination for permanent weight loss.

4. Did you know that most people are completely unaware of an
alternative method to slow cardio called interval training?

This one is HUGE, so I want you to read very carefully. It could make
a huge difference in both the enjoyment of your workouts and your
results!

"What Exactly is Interval Training?"

Interval training is a different than the normal "same speed" long
cardio routines because it involves changing speed and intensity at
specific points in the workout.

Interval training is by its nature fast and effective. When performed
correctly, you can get a great interval training workout in only 25
minutes.

Read that again, only 25 minutes at the most - and that includes the
warm up and cool down! Who really has the time to go spend 60 minutes
on a cardio machine 5 days a week anyway like so many people do?

In fact, one research study found that interval training burns up
to nine times more fat cells than normal slow cardio workouts.

And thats just for starters.

Another research study found that subjects who used interval cardio
resulted in significant fat loss as compared to other subjects who
worked out at a lower intensity.

You don't need drugs, "magic" supplements, crazy crash diets, or
special exercise gimmicks with interval training.

One of the best things about intervals is that you can use them with
just about any cardio machine you would find in someone's home, at a
commercial gym, or even outside!

Comments on this entry are closed.
Fit Woman
* Cardio and Weight Loss Articles
+ The Best Leg Exercise in the World
+ The Biggest Myth About Cardio and Weight Loss
+ The Biggest Six Pack Abs Myth
* Endorsements

* Resources
+ Dragon Door
+ Perform Better
+ Sports Training Advisor
* Policies
+ About
+ Endorsement Policy
+ Privacy Policy

Get smart with the Thesis WordPress Theme from DIYthemes.

WordPress Admin

End of Abstract

ZORGIUM NOTE TO CONTENT PROVIDERS: If you end up experiencing long delays before the content of this page is indexed by your search engine, you may need to change search engines. Goto your browser's AZ toolbox and select option "YAHOO as Alternate", or "BING as Alternate." Yahoo usually indexes our pages the best, i.e., search for "az.com" using yahoo.com. If you don't want your page to appear in Zorgium's search abstraction then put an exclusion for "Zorgium" in your web server's robots.txt file.

DISCLAIMER: Zorgium is a free world-wide-web engine from AZ.COM. You may use it, but by doing so you agree that your use of other people's information discovered via our website is entirely your responsibility. Enjoy!
View Full Article