Title: Cardio vs Intervals for Weight Loss
If this were a fight, it would be over fast. Intervals are just too
quick, and cardio is just too old and slow. Cardio peaked in the
'80s, poorly, and now interval training is the champ.
While we don't know everything yet about why these shorter, more
intense intervals workouts work the best - but it certainly goes
against the "more is better" approach.
After all, I've had people that write in and say SEVEN hours of
cardio per week is not working for them, and they ask me for
advice...what am I going to say? Do more cardio? Quit your job and
workout full time?
No, of course not. The answer is we have to change the
intensity...we have to go from slow, boring "magazine-reading on
the elliptical" cardio to short and sweet interval training.
Whether it's a fast walk for beginners or a full-out sprint for
advanced fat loss, the best way to burn the belly fat is with
interval training.
Bottom line, I think we're seeing more and more that interval
training is a better approach for fat loss, especially if you are
limited by time.
Recent research from Australia has shown that intervals works
better than cardio. The female subjects did 3 workouts per week.
Group 1 did intervals for 20 minutes. Group 2 did cardio for 40
minutes. The subjects in Group 1 lost more weight (in fact, the
subjects that did the 40 minutes of cardio didn't lose any weight
at all!). So don't rely on only slow cardio for weight loss.
There is more to bodysculpting than the number of calories burned
on a machine - look at the metabolism boost, the hormone changes,
and the muscle building benefits of strength training and interval
training. Focus on the turbulence you can put on your muscles.
Too many people have wasted too much time on cardio machines and
gotten little result for their efforts. There is a "dark side to
cardio"...and we can't ignore it. Whether it's wasted time, overuse
injuries, or stubborn fat loss, long, slow cardio just isn't what
many people make it out to be...
Learn how to do interval training, and let the increased intensity
ignite your fat burning to help you blast through your stubborn fat
loss plateau.
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Craig Ballantyne, CTT
Certified Turbulence Trainer
Author, Turbulence Training
PS - Research, doctors, and experience all agree - nothing beats
interval training for a fat loss "cardio workout".
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