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Interval and steady state cardio?

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  • 07-05-2014 5:32pm
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    silverharp
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    Happened to catch a piece on a Youtube channel (Yuri Elkaim) and they were discussing the relative merits of interval and steady state cardio. A point was made that interval training is better at releasing fat but steady cardio is better at burning fat.
    Assuming these facts are true and are trying to burn fat, would it mean that a gym session is best ended with a good 20 or 30 minutes on a cardio machine. Or that a steady cardio workout say a 5k or 10k jog would be great the day after a gym day or other activity that has an interval component built in ie does the released fat stay "released" for only hours or a day?

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    runawaybishop
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    Strength work is better than cardio at burning fat. HIIT tends to burn more calories in a shorter time and your metabolism will be elevated for a day and a half after.

    If you are doing strength work though you might not be able to HIIT the day after, so light cardio would be all you can do.


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    harvester of sorrow
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    So which would be the best to do along side a weight training program,to drop bf%, HIIT or SSC?


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    Alf Veedersane
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    Nothing wrong with mixing it up.


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    runawaybishop
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    harvester of sorrow wrote: »
    So which would be the best to do along side a weight training program,to drop bf%, HIIT or SSC?

    Diet>strength work>HIIT>cardio.


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