Is Cardio Bad for Fat Loss

Jay Farrant CPT

Hey guys what you think of this ???????????What if you were performing those hours of cardio for nothing and it was actually causing you to gain weight?

I appreciate and wholeheartedly agree that LOW intensity (>30%) WALKING will primarily burn fat But when you think about it you are only burning energy 30% more than if you were at home or at work?! Not very productive is it? Why did you go to the gym? Walk OUTSIDE! It's nicer out there!

If you are serious about burning fat and developing the lean athletic look, go to the gym to TRAIN. Sorry ladies, but this also means staying out of the aerobics studio and away from the bums and tums toning classes. You have real work to do if you truly want to develop a lean and sexy feminine physique, and becoming a cardio queen and doing those aerobic classes and bums and tums classes at your local gym just don't cut it.

Low intensity exercise has two uses in my opinion. . active recovery (from an intense session) and performing everyday activity. Going to the gym to perform low intensity 1 hour+ long walks is inherently WRONG! Think about it. . . going to the gym to burn 30% more fat than if you were on your couch for that same hour. . NO THANKS.

Long drawn out exercise is COUNTERPRODUCTIVE . . think about it logically, you train your body for endurance with long drawn out 'cardiovascular' exercise yea? To what effect? Your body does not know you are trying to lose bodyfat. . it only knows that you began walking three times a week and it wants to become efficient at doing it. It gets BETTER at doing that activity. . i.e. next week you area going to use less energy doing the exact same exercise as you done this week.

Scary Huh?

You are essentially training your body to burn LESS FAT.

It's True!

You see your body stored that fat there for a reason, due to some poor nutritional habits and/or lack of physical activity and TRAINING. Low intensity exercises in the form of everyday activity is OK. It is more erratic and unpredictable than endurance activity. Doing the shopping and cleaning the house mowing the lawn and a physical job/hobby all count as physical activity as they are a mix of differing intensities and movements. Endurance exercises WILL burn fat, YES. . but as a result your body will actually store more so that you have fat for your next endurance activity!

Come on you know it makes sense!

If you knew you had 3 bills to pay: Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 7pm. . You would spare more cash until then to save getting into debt/missing a payment. You body does the same . . 'ok so she (your name) is going to perform solely fat burning exercise 3x / week. So I will keep storing fat so she can fuel these low intensity exercises. Your body is only doing as it's told, it thinks you need fat there so it stores it so you can perform the exercise next time. It's merely an adaptation to what you are doing!

Now here's the interesting part! When you perform high intensity exercise you primarily deplete GLYCOGEN stores. 'Glycogen' is 'muscle sugar' or a method which your body stores carbohydrates in your muscle. Interestingly enough you will burn minimal fat during the actual High Intensity exercise bout.

'WHAT? I thought you said you were going to show me how to burn fat '

Now listen up. . there is only one thing more precious to your body than your fat stores. . its your glycogen stores! Your body does not want to let go of them. . its like its 'piggy bank' its raw energy that it wants to keep and by performing high intensity exercises all the time and depleting this glycogen you are being a nuisance. In order to counteract this your body will do the unthinkable! It will actually begin to burn fat at higher intensities in order to PRESERVE your glycogen stores. A study done on male and female International level Judo competitors showed that following a training session (high intensity fighting average heart rate 80% + Max Heart Rate) they were primarily oxidising fat and not glycogen. Amazing! Their body adapted to the rigorous high intensity exercise and began to do the unthinkable and burn fat at increased intensities! You have turned your body into a fat burning machine!

Low intensity exercise makes you fat. High intensity exercise burns fat PERIOD.

here to be trained

Jay Farrant CPT wrote: »

Low intensity exercise makes you fat.

I dont have the time to read the full post dude, but I have to comment on the last line - what a load of tosh! that is complete rubbish in my view. coming out with comments like that leads to people being disincentivesed to do any type of physical activity. for example a good brisk 45 minute walk everyday is great exercise and if every overweight person did that alone and ate properly the excess weight they are carrying would fall off. Exercise isnt just about having a six pack and a lean toned physique, its about doing something that suits you and works for you.

longhalloween

Jay Farrant CPT wrote: »

Low intensity exercise makes you fat.

How???

How can exercise cause you to gain weight?

Hanley

Jay Farrant CPT wrote: »

Low intensity exercise makes you fat.

Reading your posts is making me fat. You're raising my cortisol levels.

There's a shred of truth in what you say, but you manipulate it into complete bullsh!t. I hope nobody listens to you.

metamorphosis

REMEMBER TO BEHAVE - I have a feeling this will need to be locked, I hope I am not right.

Im a long distance runner and cyclist and im about as fat as a pencil. That's my 2 cents.

SanoVitae

Jay Farrant CPT wrote: »

Endurance exercises WILL burn fat, YES. . but as a result your body will actually store more so that you have fat for your next endurance activity!

According to your logic, endurance athletes would be the most obese people on the planet....

COH

Its like you're actually trying to discredit yourself as a PT... don't you like making money??

SanoVitae

COH wrote: »

Its like you're actually trying to discredit yourself as a PT... don't you like making money??

It's what's commonly referred to in the fitness industry as "The Poliquin Effect"

Hanley

SanoVitae wrote: »

It's what's commonly referred to in the fitness industry as "The Poliquin Effect"

Hahahahahahahahahahahaha man just get some anti-oxidants and you're game ball.

itsallaboutheL

CompletePissTake

faceman

I genuinely thought the OP was going to sell weight loss pills

The Davestator

The style and the substance of the OP's post is a simple cut and paste from some American website I'll bet - they all look the same.

Barry.Oglesby

The Davestator wrote: »

The style and the substance of the OP's post is a simple cut and paste from some American website I'll bet - they all look the same.

I think you can buy them off the shelf. There's also an article generator (no ****) available.

here to be trained

the method of delivery of the op's post reminds me alot of the delivery method used by "another" fat burning physique transformation specialist (yawn), waffle, waffle and more waffle!

if there is anyone reading these posts that is interested in loosing a stone, go out for a brisk walk 5 nights a week for 45-60 minutes, clean up your diet and within 6 weeks you will loose 10lbs+ (now thats simple!).

Barry.Oglesby

here to be trained wrote: »

if there is anyone reading these posts that is interested in loosing a stone, go out for a brisk walk 5 nights a week for 45-60 minutes, clean up your diet and within 6 weeks you will loose 10lbs+ (now thats simple!).

That's actually among the best advice I've seen on this forum.

Chet Zar

http://ezinearticles.com/?Your-Cardio-Workout-Could-Be-Making-You-Gain-Weight&id=1895080

http://personaltrainerdublin.wordpress.com/2009/02/16/your-cardio-workout-could-be-making-you-gain-weight/

http://www.kineda.com/should-i-do-cardio-or-weights-first-to-get-lean/

Jay Farrant CPT

Guys I never said I wrote this a friend of mine wrote this and I was seeing what people thought ???? As I have had this argument with a few people lately.....

I just thought it was a good post and would put it up ....

Hanley

Jay Farrant CPT wrote: »

Guys I never said I wrote this a friend of mine wrote this and I was seeing what people thought ???? As I have had this argument with a few people lately.....

I just thought it was a good post and would put it up ....

If your friend truly believes that and isn't just trying to create a USP, then he's a moron.

Jay Farrant CPT

Hanley wrote: »

Reading your posts is making me fat. You're raising my cortisol levels.

There's a shred of truth in what you say, but you manipulate it into complete bullsh!t. I hope nobody listens to you.

Ha Ha Hanley Happy new year to you my favoure Boards.ie member lol

Like I said in my last post I didnt write this but thought it was a good post . I was talking on FB about long distance cardio v HIIT for fat loss and a girl i was speaking to said she gain 4kg whilst training for a half marathon ????

Come on now hanley its the new year You still loving them bicep curls lmao

cc4life

Stupid statement.. Makes no sense and is completely untrue.. You have 100% more chance of getting fit in the gym than you do sitting at home.. Ridiculous

Jay Farrant CPT

Hanley wrote: »

If your friend truly believes that and isn't just trying to create a USP, then he's a moron.

Bit harsh ant it
whats usp Stand for ?

Jay Farrant CPT

cc4life wrote: »

Stupid statement.. Makes no sense and is completely untrue.. You have 100% more chance of getting fit in the gym than you do sitting at home.. Ridiculous

Think the point is lets say you do loads of long endurance cardio and then say go on a low fat diet . your body will start storing fat to fuel the the distance cardio you get me ???

Doesnt mean you should exercise , Basically saying that perhaps long distance cardio isnt the best way for fat loss ???

itsallaboutheL

Jay Farrant CPT wrote: »

Like I said in my last post I didnt write this but thought it was a good post . I was talking on FB about long distance cardio v HIIT for fat loss and a girl i was speaking to said she gain 4kg whilst training for a half marathon ????

Ah ya, sure diet has fuck all to do with with weight gain, must have been the running.

cc87

Jay Farrant CPT wrote: »

Bit harsh ant it
whats usp Stand for ?

Unique Selling Point

Anyone who makes blanket statements like cardio makes you fat, will always be disagreed with.

G86

Jay Farrant CPT wrote: »

Like I said in my last post I didnt write this but thought it was a good post . I was talking on FB about long distance cardio v HIIT for fat loss and a girl i was speaking to said she gain 4kg whilst training for a half marathon ????

So because one girl gained 4kg doing LIT, it means that long distance running makes you fat? She could have been ben&jerry'in it morning, noon and night for all you know.

I've yet to see a fat marathon runner.

metamorphosis

Not only is this thread ridiculous, but it has run it's course I think. It was started for exactly the response it got.

When we live in a country where people are getting more and more obese and not just overweight, and kids at an ever younger age are heavily overweight, statements claiming cardio makes you fat really irk me. We need people getting out there, getting more active as a whole. Not only will this lead to a healthier, slimmer nation, but will combat depression and all these trapped feelings many people feel in a country that is financially in the crapper. This opening post, imho, goes against fitness, as an idea and this is after all a FITNESS forum.

If another mod feels that it should be opened up again, go ahead.